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THING, SUCH AS GAS, OIL, BUSINESS TELEPHONE, ELECTRICAL SERVICE, CABLE <br />AND CONNECTOR COSTS, ETC, WHICH INCREASES HAVE RANGED FROM H% TO 123%. <br />HE NOTED THAT HE AVERAGED THESE INCREASES OUT, AND IT CAME TO AN AVERAGE <br />OF 34%, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU CANNOT CHARGE YOUR CUSTOMERS THE SAME AMOUNT <br />AND REMAIN IN BUSINESS WITH INCREASES LIKE THESE. MR. HAIMOWITZ SUB- <br />MITTED TO THE BOARD A FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR 1975 AND NOTED <br />THAT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY EVER SHOWED ANY KIND OF PROFIT, AND THIS <br />PROFIT WENT TOWARDS THEIR ACCUMULATED DEBT FROM THE FIRST YEARS. HE <br />NOTED THAT TO SHOW THIS PROFIT THEY HAD TO CURTAIL ANY EXPANSION TO NEW <br />AREAS. <br />FIR. HAIMOWITZ CONTINUED THAT NEXT YEAR THEY PROPOSE TO MAKE <br />EXPANSIONS ACCORDING TO THEIR FRANCHISE REQUIREMENTS IN GIFFORD, SEBASTIAN, <br />MICCO, ETC. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY MUST VERY SHORTLY OVERHAUL <br />THEIR ANTENNAS WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE DONE SLOWLY OVER A SIX-MONTH PERIOD <br />AS THE ONLY OTHER ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO BRING IN A CREW TO STRIP THE <br />ANTENNAS AND CUT SERVICE ENTIRELY FOR A WEEK AND A HALF; MR. HAIMOWITZ <br />STATED HE FEELS THE REQUESTED INCREASE IS NOT OUT OF LINE AND IS, IN FACT, <br />A VERY MODEST REQUEST, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD TOLD MR. <br />HAIMOWITZ THAT HIS CUSTOMERS MUST BE NOTIFIED OF THE REQUESTED INCREASE, <br />BUT HAD AGREED TO DO THIS BY CERTIFIED MAIL WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE. HE <br />ASKED MR. HAIMOWITZ TO SUPPLY SOME CERTIFICATION THAT ALL HIS CUSTOMERS <br />HAVE BEEN CONTACTED, <br />MR. HAIMOWITZ STATED. THAT HE HAD A PRE-PRINTED NOTICE MAILED <br />OUT OVER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF WEEKS, WITH THE LAST ONES BEING SENT OUT <br />THIS MONDAY, THE MAJORITY WERE SENT OUT SOONER. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT THIS COMPLIED WITH THE INTENT OF <br />HIS SUGGESTION AND ASKED THAT THE PRINTED NOTICE BE MADE A PART OF THE <br />MINUTES AS FOLLOWS: <br />44 <br />a a 27 124 <br />IS <br />