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58 Regular Council Meeting 2/21/94 Page Twenty-four Mr. Busa, seconded by Mr. Fixler, made a motion to enact Ordinance No. 94-11. Mrs. Cinco said Council received a letter from Mr. Hovancsek requesting them to go ahead with this. Hovancsek explained the Village pays 20% of the cost of the project. We recently received a letter from the County requesting payment. ROLL CALL: AYES: All NAYS: None Motion Carried Ordinance Enacted First Reading of Ordinance No 94-12, entitled; "An emergency ordinance creating a new Chapter 766, Cable Television Regulation of Basic Service Rates and Charges, setting forth adoption of FCC rate regulations for enforcement by the Village. Mr. Diemert explained Council does not need to suspend the rules. Mr. Stephens, seconded by Mr. Basile, made a motion to enact Ordinance No. 94-12. Mr. Diemert said we have elected to have reserved for the Village the right to regulate rates when and if they try to change the basic cable rates, it is within our rights within the Federal law to try to control those. We elected to notify the FCC and Cablevision that we are going to do that. We had an obligation then within 90 days to adopt the regulations that we will use in reviewing those rates when and if we choose to exercise that right. One of the methods you can use is to incorporate the FCC method of regulating which I have done for you by merely incorporating by reference all of the FCC cable service regulations. That will give you the full right to examine them, to cross-examine their rates, require hearings, require proof, require them to show you their accounting and their audit record, if you so desire. It is merely a formality. It does not obligate you to do anything. ROLL CALL: AYES: All NAYS: None Motion Carried Ordinance Enacted Executive Session Mr. Basile, seconded by Mr. Flynn, made a motion to recess into Executive Session to discuss land acquisition.