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Willie. Board of
To Covnty Commissioners Date April 8, 1991
COLORADO From Brucp T. Barker, Assistant County Attorney
sub;ect: Rate Increase by Chartwell Cables of Colorado,
Inc.
On March 29, 1991, the Weld County Attorney' s Office received a
letter from Chartwell Cable of Colorado, Inc. , informing Weld
County that Chartwell intends to raise its basic cable rate. The
increase will take effect May 1, 1991 . The basis cable rate will
increase from $15 .95 per month to $18 . 15 per month.
Weld County Ordinance 94-B states the following: "C. Company may,
without an application for rate revision, increase its rates by an
amount not to exceed five percent per year. " Ordinance 94-B was
enacted on February 12 , 1985 .
This rate regulation section set forth in Ordinance 94-B is not in
accordance with federal regulations . Attached to Chartwell ' s
letter is a copy of 47 C.F.R. , Section 76 . 33 . Effective October
29, 1988, franchise authorities are only allowed to regulate the
rates for cable systems which are not subject to effective
competition. The definition of "effective competition" is whenever
100% of the "cable community" receives service from at least three
unduplicated broadcast television signals .
Here, Chartwell correctly states that the "cable community" (which
includes the area which Chartwell serves) is serviced by at least
seven non-duplicated broadcast television stations . Therefore,
Weld County does not have the power to regulate the rate increase
proposed by Chartwell . The letter is really for information only.
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Bruce Barker
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County Attorneys Office
P. O. BOX 1948
Greeley, CO 80632
RE: Rate Increase
Dear Bruce:
This letter confirms our phone conversation regarding the
upcoming rate increase we plan on implementing May 1, 1991.
The basic cable rate will be $18 . 15 - an increase of $2 . 20 .
The rate for pay services and convertor rental is unchanged.
In addition, I have enclosed a copy of the section of the Code of
Federal Regulations regarding rate regulation. The Chartwell
Cable of Colorado, Inc. system in Weld County is served by at
least seven non-duplicated broadcast television stations-all of
which easily reach the area with Grade B contour signals.
Also, I have enclosed a copy of the letter that will be sent to
our subscribers in the April statement.
If you have any questions, please call me at 800/955-1515.
Thank you.
Since ely \
Guy Larson
General Manager
Enclosures A/S
Chartwe//
Cable of Colorado, Inc.
Po Box 621369
Littleton, CO 80162
303/1331343
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Chartwe//
Cabe of Colorado, Inc. •
Po Box 611369
Littleton CO 80162
303/233-2343
FAX/233-2231
March 28, 1991
Dear Subscriber:
PRICE INCREASE EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1991
On May 1, 1991, your monthly rate for basic cable service will increase by S2.20. The new
basic cable rate will be $18.15. This is the first increase in rates since the cable system was
activated in late 1989 and early 1990. These prices compare favorably to basic cable TV prices
in the surrounding area. In fact, we continue to be the one of the most affordable cable
companies around as indicated below:
BASIC TAX/FEE TOTAL
Chartwell Cable Weld County $18.15 included S18.15
Scripps Howard Cable Berthoud/Loveland $19.95 51 .00 S20.95
Scripps Howard Cable Longmont $19.95 51 .00 $20.95
TCI Cable TV Boulder $19.05 $0.62 $19.67
The rates for HBO, Showtime and The Disney Channel will remain unchanged, and as always, we
will continue to provide free service and repair to all our customers.
CHARTWELL CABLE'S COST HAVE RISEN SIGNIFICANTLY
Like you, we have been subjected to the inflation that our economy is facing today. Some of our
costs have increased by more than 30%. This rate adjustment (equal to 13.8%) is necessary to
help us offset increased costs:
• The fees that we pay to each of the channels (like ESPN, The Discovery Channel,
CNN Headline News) increased 39% over last year.
• Our costs for labor, materials and the gasoline we use to fuel our customer service
vehicles increased a total of 24%.
• The fee we pay to the local power company to use their utility poles costs us one
full month of revenue. Being a rural cable TV system, our costs per customer
served are higher than a cable TV system in town.
CHARTWELL CABLE WILL ENHANCE THE BASIC CABLE SERVICE
On July 1, 1991, we plan on adding USA Network to our basic cable channel line-up. USA
Network is one the most popular cable TV services available. USA's programming includes; some
of TV's top series like MacGyver, Murder She Wrote, The Equalizer and Miami Vice. Also,
exclusive sports events, including World League Football, professional golf, professional tennis,
live boxing and WWF wrestling. Over 3 hours of quality kids programming is available every
weekday and 5 hours every Sunday. And finally, USA offers more than 50 movies a month along
with World Premier Movies and original episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Ray Bradbury
Theatre and many more, seen only on USA.
CHARTWELL CABLE IS MORE THAN WHAT YOU SEE ON YOUR TV
We pride ourselves on excellent customer service! Our goals are to offer quality service and the
variety in programming you expect from cable television. We believe cable offers more for the
entertainment dollar, because basic cable still only costs 60e a day.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for you business.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call us at 800/955-1515, Monday through Friday,
8:30 AM to 5:30 PM.
Si�`ly
Guy W: Larson
General Manager
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;cast signals (b) Requests for special temporary P e undo of this section, the franchis
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iously have authority may be submitted informal- t "� ity shall:
ered. ly, by letter, and shall contain the fol- '(`� *stem ts' war i'�' (1) Give formal notice to
lowing: e� *^fit( ":iw)tHs , . (2) Provide an opportunit
3080 309, 315, (1) Name and address of the a li- . • "• " ested parties to make t:
s, . 152, 085. Pp q,y )9 „n %�
S.C. 152, 163, cant cable system. 1, ` ^,, , .. known, at least through w
.315,317) (2) Community in which the commu- n - `j lb missions;and,
nity unit is located. ^'s" ''f - y (3)Make a formal statem(
emended at 45 (3) Type of operation to be conduct- ''7Nse ing summary explanation)
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(4) Date of commencement of pro- '�" - (c) Any party may petitiol
tration state- posed operations. y'� ' mission for relief of the pt
(5) Duration of time for which tem- •" a e `s'{'; # ,m, this section in accordance
nts shall be Porary authority is required. ' Jr )", "ffr provisions and procedures s
^perator; by (6) All pertinent facts and consider- for = §76.7 for petitions for specie
operator is ations relied on to demonstrate the " °'" ire. .. , y, •"6 jet
q if the op- need for special temporary authority b ,�i „ [53 FR 17051,May 13, 1988]
a member and to support a determination that a "111''''''''''q,'' ' tr,) c • ;
ester is an grant of such authority would serve - t d4 14, '7 Subpart D—Carriage of 'I
or by any the public interest. -^ tP s i� �� Broadcast Signal:
if the o er- (7) A certificate of service on all in-
p' §76.51 Major television mark(
terested parties. , ',,,
nts may be (c) A request for special temporary -,. a,0' -" '°ss;,-L1[ • For purposes of the cabb
attorney in authority shall be filed at least ten - •1-4s wet'_ r ` rules, the following is a
ical disabil- (10) days prior to the date of corn- (3)The Commission may grant waiv major television markets
the United mencement of the proposed oiler- designated communities:
ers of this standard where the filing
ill in that ations, or shall be accompanied by a (a)First 50 major televisi(
'.he reasons statement of reasons for the delay in party demonstrates with engineering
ement was submitting such request. studies in accordance with §73.686 of (1)New York,New York-Lind
the Commission's rules or by other Newark,New Jersey.
r. In addi- (d) A grant of special temporary au- (2) Los Angeles-San Bernar
showings what such Grade B level slg-
Sed on the thorny may be rescinded by the Com- Fontana,Calif.
nals are (or are not) in fact available
relief only mission at any time upon a finding of (3)Chicago,Ill.
facts which warrant such action. within the community. In performing (4)Philadelphia.Pa:Burlingt
•), he shall the engineering studies noted above, (5)Detroit,Mich.
:ens for be- [39 FR 35166, Sept. 30, 1974; 42 FR 19346, cluster measurements, as provided in (8)Boston-Cambridge-Worces
s are true. Apr. la, 1977, as amended at 43 FR 49008, §73.686(b)(2)(viii), may be taken in (7)San Francisco-Oakland-Sa
Oct.20, 1978]
place of mobile runs as provided in (8)Cleveland-Lorain-Akron.<
§73.686(b)(2)(v). Responsibility for (9)Washington,D.C.
Subpart C—Federal-State/Local the cost of engineering studies under- (10)Pittsburgh,Pa.
Regulatory Relationships taken to refute the predicted availabil- (il)St.Louis,Mo.
.eve public ity of Grade B service will fall on the (12)Dallas-Fort Worth.Tex.
egistrat.ion C 76,.33 Standards for rate regulation. party that loses in the waiver proceed- (14)Mine polire,Mdt.Paul,Mi.
Baltim(a) Effective October 29, 1988, a ing.Any party intending to obtain this (15)Houston,Tex.
franchising authority may regulate study must first inform the other (16)Indianapolls-Bloomingto
the rates of a cable system subject to party and provide it an opportunity to (17)Cincinnati,Ohio-Newpor
writy the following conditions (cable sys- negotiate a resolution. Parties not (18)Atlanta,Ga.
uiring the terns that were subject to rate regula- taking this first step will be assigned (19) Hartford-New Haven-i
V units for tion prior to this date will remain sub- full responsibility for the study costs. Waterbury.Conn.
(20)Seattle-Tacoma,Wash.
c the Com- ject to that regulation pending demon- (4) A cable system, once determined (21)Miami,Fla.
television station that they may not be regulated to be subject to effective competition (22)Kansas City,Mo.
temporary pursuant to this section): after the effective date of this section, (23)Milwaukee,Wis.
'ommission (1) Only basic cable shall not be subject to regulation for (24)Buffalo,N.Y.
:y author- fined in §76,5(iq talhil4 one year after any change in market (25)Sacramento-Stockton-M(
public in- (2) Only cable systems t. are conditions which would cause it be de- i (28)Memphis,Tenn.
nby, for a subject to effective comp on termined not be to subject to effective (27)Columbus,Ohio.
(28)Tampa-St.Petersburg,F
(90) days, be rate regulated. A cable 1 competition. (29)Portland,ores.
,rity, upon be determined to be sub (b) In establishing any rate for the (30)Nashville,Tenn.
additional tive competition whenever _ pe ' r provision of basic cable service by (31)New Orleans,La.
(90) days. of the cable community re es sere-`'" 1 cable systems subject to paragraph (a) (32)Denver,Colo.
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