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City of Pleasanton Article 6. Other Related Services and Standards <br /> Franchise Agreement with Pleasanton Garbage Service <br /> <br />City of Pleasanton Page 95 June 7, 2022March 8, 2018 <br />6.8 Customer Service Program 3301 <br />6.8.1 Office Location 3302 <br />Contractor shall maintain a business office in the City, or such other location as the City approves, for 3303 <br />purposes of carrying out its obligations under this Agreement, such approval not being unreasonably 3304 <br />withheld. If the office is located outside of the City, Contractor must ensure that telephone calls to its 3305 <br />office from locations within the City are toll free calls or are billed to Customers as “local calls” by all 3306 <br />telephone companies. 3307 <br />6.8.2 Office Hours 3308 <br />Contractor’s office shall be open to the public from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The 3309 <br />office may be closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays (as defined in Article 1). 3310 <br />6.8.3 Availability of Representatives 3311 <br />The office shall be staffed with a sufficient number of Persons capable of accepting payments from 3312 <br />Customers, answering service questions, changing Customer Service Levels, and resolving other Customer 3313 <br />service issues in a timely manner, and in accordance with the performance measures described in Exhibit 3314 <br />E. At a minimum, Contractor shall employ one (1) full time Customer service managers and four (4) full-3315 <br />time Customer service representatives dedicated to serving the City and its Customers. A representative 3316 <br />of the Contractor shall be available from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday to communicate 3317 <br />with the public in person and by telephone. 3318 <br />A voice mail service or program shall be available for Persons to leave a message during non-business 3319 <br />hours. Contractor shall return calls received during non-business hours no later than 5:00 p.m. of the 3320 <br />following Business Day. If Contractor fails to meet the requirements described in this Section, the 3321 <br />Contractor shall pay the City Liquidated Damages in accordance with Section 11.6. 3322 <br />Contractor shall provide City with the names and telephone numbers of contact Persons available during 3323 <br />office hours and of emergency contact Persons who will be available during hours when the office is 3324 <br />closed. 3325 <br />Customer service personnel shall maintain a log documenting each Complaint or inquiry received and 3326 <br />listing for each entry the following: date, time, Customer name and address, description of Complaint or 3327 <br />Inquiry, and resolution of the Complaints. Copies of this log shall be made available upon City request. 3328 <br />6.8.4 Telephone 3329 <br />Contractor shall maintain a telephone system in operation at its office from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and 3330 <br />shall have staff available to answer calls. Contractor shall install telephone equipment sufficient to handle 3331 <br />the volume of calls typically experienced on the busiest days and such telephone equipment shall be 3332 <br />capable of recording a variety of call statistics (e.g., average hold time, average talk time, dropped calls, 3333 <br />etc.). Contractor’s phone system shall be TDD compatible for the hearing impaired. Customer service 3334 <br />representatives shall be available to speak to non-English-speaking Customers (Spanish and Mandarin at 3335 <br />a minimum). If Persons are unable with reasonable effort to reach Contractor’s office by phone, or are 3336