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APR 2 3 1980 43 F**UZSS COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE WOULD SECOND THE MOTION WITH THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS: THAT WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THE FIGURES ON PAGE 16 OF THE AGENDA INFORMATION, AND BE INFORMED HOW THOSE FIGURES WERE CALCULATED. COMMISSIONER LYONS NOTED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BE SURE WHAT THE BASIS IS FOR ARRIVING AT THOSE FIGURES, AND BE SURE IT FOLLOWS SOME STANDARD ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE FOR SETTING RATES. IVCOMMISSIONER.WODTKE REITERATED THAT THE BOARD IS NOT ASKING FOR AN EXTENSIVE RATE STUDY, JUST A BREAKDOWN OF THE FIGURES ON PAGE 16; POSSIBLY -A PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT AND AN ANNUAL STATEMENT FROM COLUMBIA CABLEVISION, INC. CAN BE INCLUDED. MR. CROSBY THOUGHT HE COULD GATHER THIS INFORMATION IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER WODTKE, FOR THE BOARD TO CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION UNTIL 9:30 A.M. ON MAY 21, 1980, AND IN THE MEANTIME, THE BOARD SHOULD BE GIVEN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE RETURN OF INVESTMENT, AND HAVE A BREAK- DOWN OF THE FIGURES ON PAGE 16 OF THE AGENDA INFORMATION, AND OF HOW THOSE FIGURES WERE CALCULATED, AS MENTIONED ABOVE. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT SAID HE WOULD VOTE AGAINST THE MOTION BECAUSE COMMISSIONER LYONS IS HANDLING THIS AS A UTILITY - TELEVISION IS ENTERTAINMENT, AND HE WAS NOT SURE THE BOARD SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THIS. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND PASSED, WITH CHAIRMAN SIEBERT VOTING IN OPPOSITION. MR. CROSBY REQUESTED THAT A LETTER BE SENT TO HIM INDICATING WHAT THE BOARD WOULD REQUIRE IN THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HE IS TO FURNISH. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NEXT PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION TO ELMER TURNER, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS: 34