THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, February 25, 1996 TAG: 9602230190
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN PAGE: 03 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: By KATRICE FRANKLIN, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Short : 41 lines
Representatives from Falcon Cable showed up at Wednesday night's City Council meeting with promises of rebates for all customers who lost cable during the snowstorm earlier this month.
``I can't say it's a pleasure to come down here again,'' said Jack Edwards, the cable company's regional manager. ``We took a major power surge in our system and it destroyed our database . . . We are going to issue credit to everyone for the time their cable was out . . . I appreciated the council and mayor for taking calls.''
The meeting was the first between Falcon and city officials since Suffolk residents lost their cable for several days during the snowstorm.
Edwards said customers should see a four-day credit on their next month's bills. He also promised to work with any customers whose cable was out for more than four days.
In other business, the council voted unanimously to spend $741 to add listening device equipment to council chambers for residents who need assistance during council meetings.
The council also voted unanimously to beef-up its no-truck ordinance in the heart of downtown. The police department now has the means to penalize truck drivers who aren't making deliveries or picking up packages downtown.
In a 6-1 vote, the council extended the permit for an automobile race track that it issued last year to Upton and Arnette Associates.
The race track, to be located at the intersection of Nansemond Parkway and Shoulders Hill Road, was approved last year, but no work has been done on the site. The track's 65 acres have been tied up in a legal battle against a group of Chesapeake and Suffolk residents who oppose the race track.
Council member Marian ``Bea'' Rogers voted against the extension.
KEYWORDS: CABLE TELEVISION SUFFOLK CITY COUNCIL by CNB