§ 138-52. Implementation of preventive maintenance program.

A. 

It shall be the duty of an MCS provider to devise and implement a preventative maintenance program for the multichannel system in order to ensure that there is no material degradation of the operation or performance of the multichannel system that would affect the citizens' health, safety, and welfare, or negatively affect the quality or reliability of multichannel services provided throughout the Town.

B. 

Before the MCS provider implements such a preventive maintenance program, it shall provide a copy of such program to the Town for its review and approval. The Town shall specifically have the right and authority to establish the minimum acceptable standards for the preventive maintenance program.

C. 

Although not exhaustive, the following areas and standards shall at a minimum be included in a preventive maintenance program, and the results included in any subsequent report:

(1) 

Daily inspection, and adjustment if necessary, of the signal quality of each channel;

(2) 

Daily scan, and adjustment if necessary, of carrier levels with a spectrum analyzer or functional equivalent;

(3) 

Daily logging of any and all adjustments made to the head end electronic or signal processing equipment, any antennas or other reception equipment, or the distribution system;

(4) 

Daily monitoring, and logging, and repair if necessary, of signal leakage, to ensure that the multichannel system is within FCC allowed levels;

(5) 

Inspection of drops as an integral part of every service call, and schedule for relocation or replacement, if necessary;

(6) 

Inspection and recordation of appropriate signal levels during each service call;

(7) 

Weekly monitoring, and adjustment if necessary, of head end audio and video carrier levels;

(8) 

Weekly monitoring, and adjustment if necessary, of head end videocipher AGC levels;

(9) 

Weekly monitoring, and adjustment if necessary, of satellite receiver input carrier-to-noise;

(10) 

Monthly monitoring, and adjustment if necessary, of head end audio and video modulation levels;

(11) 

Monthly performance measurements, and adjustment if necessary, at all extremities of the distribution system, and to include:

(a) 

Video and audio signal levels;

(b) 

Overall difference in signal level or response flatness;

(c) 

Hum modulation;

(d) 

Carrier-to-noise; and

(e) 

Signal ingress.

(12) 

Monthly monitoring, and adjustment if necessary, of head end scrambler levels;

(13) 

Monthly testing, and repair if necessary, of the emergency alert override system;

(14) 

Monthly testing and inspection, and repair if necessary, of 1/3 of all standby power supplies;

(15) 

Semiannual monitoring, and adjustment if necessary, of head end radio frequency (RF) input levels to off-air processors;

(16) 

Semiannual inspections, and repair if necessary, of:

(a) 

Any antenna tower;

(b) 

Any, and all, earth stations; and

(c) 

Any and all buildings and fences associated with the multichannel system;

(17) 

Semiannual inspections, and repair and/or recalibration if necessary, of all in-house, and field test or measuring equipment;

(18) 

Semiannual extremity tests (and adjustment if necessary) of the distribution system to include:

(a) 

Cross-modulation distortion;

(b) 

Composite second and third order products; and

(c) 

RF sweep response.

(19) 

Annual testing for determining compliance with the FCC's cumulative leakage index (CLI) rules;

(20) 

Annual extremity tests (and adjustment if necessary) of the distribution system, to include:

(a) 

Twenty-four-hour signal level stability test; and

(b) 

Channel response flatness.

(21) 

Where required by local or state law, annual inspection and repair (if necessary) of all MCS provider owned or leased vehicles.

(22) 

Notwithstanding anything in the preceding subsections, the MCS provider shall ensure that all test equipment is properly calibrated prior to any required testing.

D. 

Thirty days after each calendar quarter, an MCS provider subject to this section shall notify the Town of the preventive maintenance information available for that calendar quarter, and that such information is available for inspection, examination, and review by the Town.