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City Council Meeting Minutes September 19, 2006 Page 5 of 10 the City. This is well known as an occupation tax and applies towards basic local exchange service or LAN lines only. The amount of the tax levied is $8.00 per telephone account for which local exchange telephone service is provided within the corporate limits of the city. This Gharge is passed on to the consumer through a monthly fee on the telephone bill. The City collects approximately $67,800 in telephone utility tax annually. City Staff is in the process of reviewing and updating chapters in the Sales and Use tax ordinance. The ordinance was reviewed for definition changes and whether or not the rate levied was reasonable and comparable to what other Cities charge. Based on the review, the rate is reasonable. However, Staff has recommended updating the legislative intent and definitions in the chapter and establishing clearer administration procedures to enable establishing a reconciliation process and a reporting process to better track the collections received from the phone companies. The repealing and reenacting of Chapter 3.26 of the Louisville Municipal Code regarding the telephone utilities tax is not a TABOR issue matter. Mayor Sisk opened the public hearing and requested public comment, and hearing none, closed the public hearing. MOTION: Council member Sackett moved to approve Ordinance No. 1500 Series 2006, seconded by Council member Yarnell. Roll call vote was taken. The motion carried by a vote of 7-0. DISCUSSION/DIRECTION - COMCAST PEG FEES Mayor Sisk requested a Staff presentation. Deputy City Manager Boyd reported the City received a proposal from ANSI, the audio visual company the City has worked with to formulate a program to provide audio visual equipment that will enable the City to provide better facilities for presentations and broadcasts of public meetings held in the City Council Chambers. ANSI has outlined their scope of work, following the design recommendations presented by D.L Adams, an acoustic engineering company previously under contract to the City Hall project architect, McMenamin Design Associates. The list of recommended equipment for the project is broken out into three separate proposals for the basic room equipment; web cast equipment and a podium equipment cabinet and ADA compliant document table for presentations. Additional expenses for the project not included in the ANSI proposal are a new desk top computer for use by the City Clerk to record the meetings, staff tables with computer access and four floor core drills for the wiring. The computer will