HomeMy WebLinkAboutRequesting the U.S. Department of Transportation to review its decision respecting time in the St. Joseph County, Indiana RESOLUTION
No. 210-69
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
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Attest: City Clerk
Attest: President of Common Council.
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
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City Clerk
Approved and signed by me 19
Mayor
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WHEREAS, petitions were previously filed with the U. S.
Department of Transportation, some of which requesting that St.
Joseph County be moved from the Central to the Eastern Time Zone;
and,
WHEREAS, after consideration of the matter, the Department
of Transportation announced a decision to move the time line so as to
include St.Joseph County, Indiana, and therewith the City of South Bend,
Indiana in the Eastern Time Zone, effective April 27, 1969; and,
WHEREAS, the State Government by Veto action of the
Governor on a proposed law passed by the 1969 INDIANA GENERAL
ASSEMBLY, which would have exempted the State from the "day-light"
requirement of the Federal Uniform Time Act, has determined that the
St. Joseph County, Indiana, and the City of South Bend must observe
daylight time during the summer six months, and standard time during
the winter six months, thereby initially resulting in a two-hour time
change to the residents of this area; and,
WHEREAS, it is the belief of this body that a majority of
the residents in the City of South Bend, when required to observe
daylight time, would prefer to be included in the Central Time Zone,
thereby resulting in only a one-hour time change each six months to
the residents of this area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. THAT WE
REQUEST THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
REOPEN CONSIDERATION OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED DECISION,
TO HOLD HEARINGS AND CONDUCT STUDIES ON THE MATTER
CONCERNING ACTIONS OF THE INDIANA STATE GOVERNMENT AS
IT RELATES TO ST.JOSEPH COUNTY, AND THE CITY OF SOUTH
BEND, INDIANA.
AND, FURTHER, we request that the currently established
time line at the Eastern border of St.Joseph County be observed until
this reconsideration has been concluded and also for so long as the
observance of daylight saving time in this area is mandatory. The
granting of such a request would permit St. Joseph County, during
this period of reconsideration, to continue to observe Central Standard
and Central Daylight Time as it now presently is doing and has done
for the past years.
1st & 2nd READING 3-24-69
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
PUBLIC HEARING 3-24-69
3rd READING
NOT APPROVED
P �^ ro Member of the Common Council
PASSED 3-24-69