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..~.' 11 JC':i TUESDAY OCTOBER 24~ 1978 changes and to the requested extension of said franchise ordinance. Meanwhile, Mr. Robert W. Flanagan~ of Lanier Road~ presented an estimate of "cost and profit" which Martinsville Cablevision might incur and realize~ on the basis of Mr. Flanagan's findings, should the requested monthly subscriber rate increase be allowed and (should) Martinsville Cablevision add Channel 17 from Atlanta~ Georgia. Mr. George M. Chapman, of 711 Beverly Way~ expressed the opinion that Martinsville Cablevision's financial operations are lucrative and also registered his objection to the replacing of Channel 4 (an "educational television station" in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) with Channel 17. Councilman Oakes expressed the hope that~ should Council approve the requested ordinance amendments, Channel 4 would not be supplanted by Channel 17. Upon motion, duly seconded, Council adopted the following amendments (by ordinance) to the "CATV" franchise ordinance~ all members voting in the affirmative with the exception of Vice-Mayor Cole, who voted against the motion (to adopt the amendments) in representation of those subscriber citizens living on fixed incomes: WHEREAS~ Multi-Channel T. V. Cable Co. of Mansfield, T/A Martinsville Cable Vision, has petitioned the Council of the City of Martinsville for an amendment to its Franchise Ordinance whereby it would be permitted to increase its monthly service and maintenance charge to each subscriber from six dollars and fifty cents ($6.50) to seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50), for a single receiver, and its monthly charge for each additional receiver from one dollar ($1.00) to one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25)~ and has represented to said Council that it will not charge the increased rates unless and until Channel 17 has been made available to its customers; now~ therefore, BE IT ORDAINED bJ the Council of the City of Martinsville~ Virginia~ in regular session held on October 24, 1978, that that certain ordinance~ popularly known as the Cablevision Franchise Ordinance~ originally enacted on March 22~ 1966, and amended on December 11~ 1973, and on February 24, 1976~ be amended so that Sections 2, 8~ and 24 thereof shall read as follows: "Section 2. Grant of Authority. Subject to the provisions~ conditions and restrictions hereinafter set forth~ there is hereby granted to Multi- Channel T. V. Cable Co. of Mansfield~ T/A Martinsville Cable Vision~ Grantee, for a period of fifty-nine (59) months from November 1~ 1978, the right to use the streets of the City to operate and maintain a community antenna television system within the limits of the City, and for these purposes to acquire~ install~ maintain and use cables~ wires and appliances over and along and to run cables and wires in~ under and over and along the streets within the corporate limits of the City as said corporate limits now exist or may hereafter be extended or altered within the period of this franchise."