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A Public' Hearing upon the. application of U.~. Cable Vision Corp. for approval of a rate increase for the cable television services provide~ by the applicant was held on Sept. 30, 1977 at 7100 P.M. in the A~erican Legion Hall. Present: ~yor Synnett, Tr. Dolan, T~. Silvestri, Tr. Schlnella & Atty. Lyons. Absent: Tr. Alfonso, Tr. Lawrence & Tr. O*~ourkeo Atty. Lyons reported Notice of Public Hearing had been published in the W. & S.D. News on 9-21-77. He sta~ed aPPlication to amend a franchise to allow a rate increase can Only be done after a Public Hearing. Mr. M~ngold, Atty. of US Cablevision, reported they originally made an application for a Public Hearing back in April of 1976, over 16 months ago. Nr. Howard Erlchsont discussed background of the system as it now exists and distributed pamphlets which showed comparable rates for Dutchess County. Listed as exhibit #1. Mayor Synnett reported delay was not a problem created by th~ Village. Board as certain information had not been received from CATVo ~lr. Erichson discussed the various areas whic~ are being served and reported Village receives its signal from the Wappinger system located on Cedar Mill Loop (collection point and also microwave receiver}. He stated one trunk line runs through the Town o£ ~appinger, south of the Village and the other runs through the Town of Poughkeepsie. ~. irichson reported it was impossible to construct a back up system but that they were rebuilding system, adding a stand by power supply. He staied reconstruction has started,which will red~c~ outages and is expected to take about t~o years. ~r. Erichson reported company was adding cable lines from~t, Beacon ~o Cedar Loop which would bring in UHF channels from New York. He stated this was presentiy under eonstructlon and should be completed this fall. Mr. Erichson reported system had 9500 subscribers, 915 residing in Village, He'stated 3 employees reside in the Village and vehicles were available for emergency repairs. ~r. Erichson reported cost to provide cable service has escalated and discussed cOstS to provide cable service in the Village compared ~o the consumer price index. He stated rate was below the cost of living inde~ and in comparison same would be $8.OO per month. ir. Erlchson reported determination for increase was based on maintenanee of records concernino expenses.