Section 5.33.060 Customer service.

    A.  Local  office.  Unless waived by the City, the operator shall maintain an office within the City as well as a local telephone listing which will accommodate customer walk-in traffic and requests for service connections and disconnections, request for maintenance service, any change of  additional or optional service, and any questions regarding programming or billing. The office shall be open during normal business hours: at least seven (7) hours Monday through Friday. If the operator is required to provide a local office as prescribed in this Section, then the City and the  operator agree that the costs of meeting this requirement can be treated as an external cost, subject to pass through to subscribers, pursuant tothe Cable Act.   
    B.  Telephone equipment. The operator shall maintain adequate telephone equipment to receive incoming calls. The Operator shall list the telephone number that provides twenty-four hours a day customer assistance.  The local office hours, if a local office is maintained, and telephone number for customer shall be noticed in the monthly billing statements.
    C.  Customer service representative. All telephone calls and all local office walk-in customers, if a local office is maintained, shall be assisted by a customer service representative or a device capable of problem resolution. The operator shall periodically train all customer service representatives to accurately and courteously respond to customer requests.
      D.  Requests  for services. A  minimum of ninety percent (90%) of all customer requests for connection or modification of service shall be completed within fifteen (15) working days and in conformance with Section 5.33.070 (C) of this ordinance.  A minimum of ninety percent (90%) of all appointments for repair or service scheduled by he operator and an individual subscriber shall be met by the operator on the day of the appointed repair  or  service.    As  expeditiously  as  reasonably  possible  after  receipt of  any  subscriber complaint  regarding  any  service  provided  by  the  operator,  and  in any  event  within  four  (4) working days,  the operator  shall  investigate and  resolve the complaint  to  the extent  reasonably possible.
        E.  Notice to subscribers. At the time of entering into an agreement to provide service and once  a year  thereafter,  the operator, either in writing or electronic via the operators website,  shall provide  each  subscriber with written  information concerning:
                1.  The  procedures  for making  inquiries  or  complaints,  including  the name, address,  and  local  telephone  number  of  the  employee  or  agent  to whom inquiries or complaints are to be directed;
                2.  The City official designated to be responsible for regulating the franchise, including the title and telephone number of the official; and
                3.  The  operator's  business  hours,  legal  holidays,  telephone  number  end procedures  for  responding  to  inquiries  after  normal  business  hours  Operator  shall include  the above-referenced notices as part of  its normal, federally required mailings.


(Ord. 2009-22, Add, 10/30/2009)