The Radcliff City Council met for their second meeting of the month Tuesday.
The council approved a franchise agreement between the city and Charter Communications, which operates Spectrum. Radcliff Mayor JJ Duvall said he wanted to clarify that the agreement is related to Charter’s operations in the city, not an agreement for citizens.
“What that means is that we’re allowing them to use easements, guidelines, stuff like that, telecommunications,” Duvall said. “This is not saying that you have to use Spectrum. I think there was confusion by some people stating that we are requiring you to use them if you’re within the city limits and that’s not the case. These are just formalities that we have to do to ensure that they are in agreement with their federal guidelines and everything else.”
Council Member Jerry Brown voted against the agreement. Brown said he did not appreciate Charter making money off of Radcliff residents while not maintaining a more active presence in the community.
“They don’t have a representative in this town,” Brown said. “They don’t have an office. They don’t have a person. They haven’t hired a person to man that office to answer questions.”
The council voted to approve a zoning map agreement for property located at the west side of the intersection of Bullion Boulevard and North Logsdon Parkway, which switches about 8.5 acres from Commercial to R-4. The council voted against approval for a zoning map amendment for property located at 2585 South Wilson Road that would have switched it from R-2 to R-6. The Radcliff Plan Commission recommended denying that zoning change after their finding of fact on the matter.
The Radcliff City Council will next meet for a work session on June 10.
