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CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED RALPH SEXTON TO APPROACH THE BOARD <br />AND THEN READ RESOLUTION 80-44 HONORING HIM FOR HIS YEARS OF DEVOTED <br />SERVICE TO THE COUNTY. <br />THE BOARD NEXT DISCUSSED THE RATE INCREASE FOR FLORIDA <br />CABLEVISION. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT THE BOARD HAD THE RIGHT TO <br />REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENT AND ACCEPT TESTIMONY <br />IF IT SO DESIRED; THE PUBLIC WAS NOTIFIED THAT -THE HEARING WAS <br />CONTINUED UNTIL TODAY. <br />BILLY B. CROSBY, GENERAL MANAGER OF FLORIDA CABLEVISION, <br />APPROACHED THE BOARD AND COMMENTED ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THEY WERE HAVING <br />WITH CHANNEL 2. HE CONTINUED THAT ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO WHEN CHANNEL 2 <br />WAS PLACED ON CABLEVISION, THE SIGNAL WAS NOT VERY STRONG�BUT OVER <br />THE YEARS THEY HAVE IMPROVED IT GREATLY. MR. CROSBY NOTED THAT THEY <br />HAVE CO—CHANNEL PROBLEMS AND CHANNEL 2, WHICH COMES FROM DAYTONA, IS <br />THE WORST CHANNEL OF ALL. HE ADVISED THAT MR. DOOLEY OF CHANNEL 2 <br />HAS RECEIVED AN FCC GRANT TO BUILD A MICROWAVE TO HELP IMPROVE THE <br />CHANNEL, AND HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THEY SHOULD GET A GOOD <br />SOLID CHANNEL, MR. CROSBY ADVISED THAT A WEEK AGO, MARTIN COUNTY <br />RECEIVED A RATE INCREASE TO $7.75, AND OKEECHOBEE WAS GRANTED A RATE <br />OF $8.95 A MONTH. HE FELT THAT FLORIDA CABLEVISION WAS DOING AN <br />OUTSTANDING JOB AND WERE ONLY ASKING FOR $7.25 A MONTH. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT ALL THE LETTERS THAT <br />HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE BOARD FROM UNSATISFIED CUSTOMERS SHOULD BE <br />GIVEN TO FLORIDA CABLEVISION IN ORDER TO HELP THEM UPGRADE THEIR <br />SYSTEMS AND TO HAVE BETTER PUBLIC RELATIONS. HE FELT THE RATE <br />STRUCTURE WAS NECESSARY TO UPGRADE THEIR SYSTEM. COMMISSIONER WODTKE <br />NOTED THAT AT TIMES THEY DO RECEIVE A BAD SIGNAL BUT THOUGHT CABLEVISION <br />DOES CARRY CERTAIN GOOD STATIONS. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMIS— <br />SIONER DEESON THAT THE BOARD ADOPT RESOLUTION 80-49 WHICH WOULD <br />AMEND THE FLORIDA CABLEVISION RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING A RATE INCREASE <br />TO $7.25 PER MONTH, EFFECTIVE .JUNE 1, 1980. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE CHANNEL <br />2 OFF THE AIR AND HE. FELT WHAT WE GET ON CHANNEL 2 WAS WORTH ,IT,. <br />—21— BOOK_, 43.EA �c.h <br />MAY 2 x.1980 <br />