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COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THAT THEY SHOULD DO SO AND REPORT TO MR. MILES, AND CHAIRMAN WODTKE SUGGESTED TAKING CERTAIN HOMES IN SHADY REST AND MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO MR. HAIMOWITZ TO CHECK AND DO HIS TESTING. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. CHAIRMAN WODTKE COMMENTED THAT AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER, HE HAS RECEIVED CALLS DURING LATE HOURS FROM PEOPLE COMPLAINING THAT THEIR SET HAS BEEN OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES. HE NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH CABLEVISION IS A UTILITY IN A SENSE, HE DID NOT FEEL IT IS A DIRE NECESSITY SUCH AS WATER, SEWER, AND ELECTRICITY, BUT AGREED THAT THE CABLEVISION COMPANY SHOULD SUPPLY THE BEST SERVICE THEY CAN. CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT INDIAN RIVER CABLEVISION HAS GROWN CON- SIDERABLY AND STATED HE HAS SEEN EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE A QUALITY SERVICE AND HE IS IN FAVOR OF THE RATE STRUCTURE PROPOSED. HE ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING IN THE RATE STRUCTURE THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED PREVIOUSLY. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON CATEGORY #5, "PREWIRED APARTMENTS, CONDOMINIUMS," AND MR. HAIMOWITZ EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS PRIMARILY FOR BREVARD COUNTY, BUT HE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT STANDARD. THIS APPLIES TO A SITUATION WHERE AN OWNER OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WISHES TO SUPPLY CABLEVISION SERVICE TO ALL HIS TENANTS, AND HE IS GIVEN A REDUCED FEE. COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT THE PREVIOUS COMMERCIAL RATE QUOTED TWO OR MORE OUTLETS AT.$2.30, AND THE NEW COMMERCIAL RATE CALLS FOR $2.50 FOR "EACH ADDITIONAL OUTLET." MR. HAIMOWITZ EXPLAINED THAT THE OLD STRUCTURE STATED THAT IF YOU HAVE TWO OR MORE OUTLETS, IT WAS A CHARGE "PER OUTLET" AND THIS IS JUST MAKING IT CLEARER. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT NO CABLEVISION SYSTEM IS WITHOUT PROBLEMS, AND NOTED THAT THE ONE IN VERO BEACH IS NOT PERFECT EITHER, HE STATED THAT ON TWO OCCASIONS HE HAS BEEN IN A N=OV i 4 1979 15 800r 42 PAGE 92