§ 2.24.145. Office of telecommunications—Additional powers and responsibilities.

The office of telecommunications shall have the power, and its duty shall be, to perform the following functions:

A.

Provide for the day-to-day administration and enforcement of all provisions of any and all cable communications system franchises which have been or may be issued by the metropolitan council;

B.

Act as the responsible office of the metropolitan government in all matters pertaining to cable communication system franchises;

C.

Provide technical programming and operational support to public agency users, such as metro department, schools and health care institutions, of such cable communications systems that may exist within Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County;

D.

Establish and approve procedures and standards for operations and services, use of dedicated channels, and expansion of available channels within guidelines included in legislation granting all such cable communications systems that may be authorized by the metropolitan council;

E.

Receive and act upon complaints filed by citizens when such complaints have not been satisfactorily resolved by the grantee(s) of such cable communications system franchises as may be in operation within Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County;

F.

Provide any and all reasonable and appropriate assistance requested by citizen and community groups that may be formed to facilitate public access, as required by the Federal Communications Commission, to all cable communication systems that operate within Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County;

G.

Formulate and recommend to the director of information systems long-range telecommunications policy, and report to the director of information systems from time to time on the operations of cable communication systems within Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County.

(Ord. 93-688 § 1 (part), 1993)