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SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, NOVEMBER 22, 1982
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A special Council meeting was held on November 22, 1982, in the City
Council Chambers with Mayor Hartsfield presiding. The meeting was
t'=s5 called to order at 7:30 p.m. with the following Councilmen present:
Roll Call Present: Blume, Borgmeyer, Gordon, Davis, Hequembourg,
Kliegel, Lock, Roark and Scheulen.
Absent: Halsey.
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A quorum was present.
The purpose of the meeting was the introduction of Bill 82-126 and
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the discussion of the TCI cable television system.
82-126 Bill 82-126, introduced by Councilman Scheulen, entitled:
No Parking AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI , AMENDING THE
Elm St . CODE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON BY AMENDING SECTION 23-79,
PARKING PROHIBITED AT ALL TIMES AT DESIGNATED LOCATIONS, BY
DELETING ONE ROADWAY AND ADDING ONE ROADWAY.
Bill 82-126 was read second time by title, and Councilman Scheulen
requested that the rules be suspended and taken up for third reading
and final passage.
Bill 82-126 was read third time by title, placed on final passage and
was passed by the following vote as Ordinance No. 9884:
Aye: Blume, Borgmeyer, Davis, Gordon, Hequembourg, Kliegel,
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Lock, Roark and Scheulen.
Nay: None.
The next item on the agenda was the discussion of the TCI cable •
television system in Jefferson City.
TCI Mr. 1)on Morris, a representa live of ICI was present to make a
presentation and answer quest ions. Mr. Morris di fit ributed printed
" materials outlining, the proposed changes in the system with tt
completion date set for approximately April , 1983. Mr. Morris also r
discussed the list of channels which will be added to the new system.
The. upgraded system will offer a twenty-0m, channel capacity.
However, two or three of those channels may be unusable due to
regu1ations imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration {FAA)
concerning interference in flight communications.
Mr. Morris answered questions asked by the Mayor, City Counselor
and Councilmen explaining the programming on the channels lusted,
projected dates for completion and technical aspects of the project.
Mr. Morris then introduced Ms. Shirley Zbinden, Systems Manager,
TCI Cablevi,ion, Jefferson City. Ms. Z binders also distributed printed
information to the Council members which listed areas of the City
recently added to the cable system. According to Ms. Zbinden,
approximately 175 new customers have been hooked up since the
awarding of the franchise. Also, about 125 "drops" have been
buried underground.
Mayor Hartsfield asked for comments from the gallery, after which the
following persons spoke regarding the cable system: Mr. Bob Priddy,
Mr. Jerry Green, Mr. Kent Malinowski and Mr. Danny Massie. Each of
the four persons offered criticisms regarding the lack of quality of
reception on the s stem as well as dissatisfaction with the proposed
new programming. Mr. Green also stated that he had been waiting to
be hooked up to cable beyond the ninety-day period allowed after a
request is made for hook-up. :
Several comments were made by Councilmen regarding complaints they
have received of poor reception and frequent outages from cable
customers in their respective wards. Both Mr. Morris and Ms. Zbinden
stated that they would look into the matter.
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Mr. Morris then presented information regarding problems with "copy-
right royalties" which TCI has been made aware of recently. Accord-
ing to Mr. Morris, that is the reason TCI will not be offering the
two large independent stations from Atlanta and Chicago. Mr. Morris
stated that if those two channels were offered, the extra 3.75 percent
royalty on gross receipts would have to be passed on to the
customers.
After a motion was made and seconded, the meeting was adjourned. Meeting
Adjourned
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