It’s a new year and the city of Cottonwood has quite a bit on its plate this month.
From new animal regulations to street projects, the City Council has already looked at several matters.
Last week, the council looked at a new measure that could potentially increase the amount the city charges cable providers for their license fee to operate.
The city currently charges cable providers a rate of 3 percent and is looking at raising the fee to 5 percent.
It’s the normal rate charged by most communities, according to a city report.
“Cable One currently pays the city a license fee equal to 3 percent of its gross revenues from subscribers within the city, and its license to operate in the city is about to expire,” City Attorney Steve Horton said. “In the course of researching other cable TV license arrangements around the state, it became clear that the typical cable license fee is 5 percent. In fact, when Cable One’s area manager was approached with this information, he indicated that Cottonwood was the only jurisdiction he managed that did not currently collect a license fee of 5 percent.”
This week, the City Council is meeting in a work session to discuss new rules about home detention for people convicted of crimes and a measure that would require most dogs in city limits to be spayed or neutered, as well as microchipped.
To read the full story, see the Wednesday, Jan. 14, edition of the Cottonwood Journal Extra.
