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Memo <br /> <br />To: <br />From: <br />Date: <br />Re: <br /> <br /> ICAI]ARI~US COUNI~I <br /> <br />Board of Commissioners /t~/~ <br />John D. Day, Deputy Cowry M~age~ffff <br />~t~e~15~0~TV Rate increase ~[-' <br /> <br />In February 2001, the Board of Commissioners denied a request from Time Warner <br />Cable for an increase in rates. The requested increase was found to meet Federal <br />Communication Commission (FCC) rules by the county's cable TV consultant, <br />Centralina Council of Governments. <br /> <br />Time Warner appealed the Board's denial of its increase in rates to the FCC as without <br />basis. FCC rules require such a denial to be accompanied by a written decision <br />explaining why the operator's rates are not reasonable, demonstrating that the proposed <br />rates exceed the maximum permitted rates as determined by FCC rules. <br /> <br />Since the proposed rates did not exceed the FCC's maximum permitted rates, I could <br />send no such explanation. <br /> <br />Attached is a Memorandum Opinion and Order from the FCC remanding the local <br />rate order to the Board of Commissioners for consideration consistent with FCC <br />rules. <br /> <br />Please contact me if you have any questions. <br /> <br /> Office of the County Manager <br /> <br />P.O. Box 707 · Concord, NC 28026-0707 · (704) 788-8t00 · Charlotte (704) 375-0829 <br /> <br /> <br />