Chapter 5.33 FRANCHISE - CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
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)