HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 17, Page 219, No Resolution NumberA RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO INFORM OUR CONGRESSMEN
AND SENATORS OF THE INTEREST OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH IN PERMITTING
THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE STEAMBOAT, DELTA QUEEN
WHEREAS, in 1966, Congress passed legislation known as the
"Safety at Sea Law", and
WHEREAS, the U. S. Coast Guard has found the steamboat Delta
Queen to be unsafe under the 1966 standards, and
WHEREAS, the Delta Queen is the last of an historical era
of passenger steamboats plying the inland waterways, and
WHEREAS, U. S. Lawmakers from Kentucky and Southern Indiana are
attempting to obtain legislation to permanently exempt the river
steamboat from the said safety at sea law, and
WHEREAS, we find and believe that the requirements for safety
at sea are different from the needs of river vessels, and
HWEREAS, we conclude that application of the sea law to the
inland waterway is unnecessary and based on erroneous concepts,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor be authorized and directed to write
each of Kentucky's Congressmen and Senators and forward a copy of
this resolution to them, and to urge them to promote legislation
permanently exempting tiver steamboats from the 1966 Safety at Sea
Law.
SECTION 2. This resolution shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption.
Mayor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners July 7, 1970
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, July 7, 1970.