Assembly postpones discussion on larger ships coming to town

The borough assembly on Monday voted in favor of removing a discussion item from its agenda, which addressed the possibility of 900-passenger cruise ships stopping in Petersburg in 2020.

“I think we just need to delay this,” said assembly member Nancy Strand. “We have a lot of things to discuss and it’s completely unnecessary to discuss it at this time.”

Member Kurt Wohlhueter supported the decision stating the topic needs to have a community discussion before anything goes on the record.

Mayor Mark Jensen, who requested the item be added to the agenda, said he wanted it on the agenda so the p...

 

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