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Phil Batchelor, County Administrator i Costa
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DATE: July 14, 1995
SUBJECT: APPROVE CENTURY CABLE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'S FCC FORMS 393, 1200 AND
1210 (BASIC SERVICE RATES).
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
APPROVE the Federal Communications Commission(FCC)Forms 393, 1200 and 1210 submitted
by Century Cable of Northern California for the Basic Service Rates effective after September, 1993.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
On or about June 4, 1994, Century Cable of Northern California(Century) submitted to the County
an FCC Form 393; on or about August 15, 1994, Century submitted an FCC Form 1200; and on or
about March, 1995, Century submitted an FCC Form 1210, which is a quarterly pass through of
certain external costs for the basic service tier.
Since additional time was needed for review of these forms, the Board adopted accounting orders to
extend the review time until July 25, 1995. Patricia Burke, Cable TV Administrator and Paul
Abelson, Systems Accountant reviewed the FCC Forms. In staffs opinion these applications were
prepared in accordance with the FCC's instructions and the amounts appear reasonable (letter
attached).
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURES :
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED / OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
/ I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED
Contact: PHIL BATC ELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
CC: 4fJ SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY 54 DEPUTY
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Century Cable was above permitted rates on some services in the FCC Form 393 and below on other
services resulting in a net refund of zero. On the FCC Form 1200, Century was above permitted from
July to September, 1995 for a total of approximately $.50. However, from September to April,
1995, Century charged a rate $.12 per month less than permitted. This would total $1.08 per
subscriber that they could have charged but did not, resulting in a net refund of zero. Therefore, staff
recommends that no refund be ordered for the FCC Form 1200 and that the Board approve the FCC
Form 1200.
Contra Costa County
Auditor-Controller's Office
To: Pat Burke, Cable Franchise Administrator
From: Paul Abelson, Systems Accountant '
Date: April 4, 1995
Re: Century Cable 393, 1200 & 1210 Rate Application Reviews
I have reviewed Century Cable's Form 393 Rate Application package dated Sept 1, 1993,
the form 1200 dated July 14, 1994, and the form 1210 dated August 15, 1994, for internal
consistency and completeness. Deloitte & Touche performed some testing of the first
two prior to Century's submittals, and I have relied in part on their work. Century
provided us with additional documentation requested, including a representation letter
stating there were no year end adjustments discovered subsequently which would have
affected the amounts submitted in the application.
The work performed was not an audit of the data, however, based on the information
provided by the Applicant, it is my opinion that these applications were prepared in
accordance with the FCC's instructions and that the amounts appear reasonable.
cc: Ken Corcoran, Auditor-Controller
Judith Van Note, Assistant Auditor-Controller
Sandra Winn, Principal Accountant
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Contra Costa County
Auditor-Controller's Office
To: Pat Burke, Cable Franchise Administrator
From: Paul Abelson, Systems Accountant
Date: July 7, 1995
Re: Century Cable 1210 Rate Application Review
I have reviewed Century's 1210 Rate Application package dated March 23, 1995, for
internal consistency and completeness. Deloitte&Touche performed a review for the
express purpose of assisting the company and franchise authority (us) in evaluating
management's assertions about Century's compliance with FCC regulations with respect
to this application. Deloitte & Touche reported no exceptions.
The work I performed was not an audit of the data, however,based on the information
provided by the Applicant, including the Deloitte & Touch report, it is my opinion that
this application was prepared in accordance with the FCC's instructions and that the
amounts appear reasonable.
cc: Ken Corcoran, Auditor-Controller
Sandra Winn, Principal Accountant
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