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Interim planner says she was asked to draft transition plan; commission discusses housing task force funding and dark‑skies budget
Summary
Interim planning staff member Chrissy told the commission she has been asked to craft a transition plan to replace herself and plans to stay on 30–60 days; commissioners also discussed a $15,500 housing task force funding request and a smaller county budget for a dark‑skies cooperative agreement than one commissioner expected.
Interim planning staff member Chrissy updated the commission on personnel and program items and said she had been instructed to draft a transition plan to replace herself, though she had not yet received an official response to a prior letter. Chrissy said she expected to remain on to help with continuity for another 30 to 60 days but that timing was not final.
“I have been told to draft a transition plan to replace myself,” Chrissy said. “As of right now, I have told applicants that I do plan on continuing working with the ones who would want to continue working with me just to keep continuity.”
In a recap of other recent county business, commissioners reported the following items discussed at the August 19 county commission meeting: the Moab Area Community Land Trust presentation; the removal of a conditional use permit (Randy’s Metals) from that agenda; approval of a final plat for a subdivision in the Plateau area; and the appointment of an additional county liaison to the Planning Commission (Brian Martinez), a motion that passed 4–3.
Commissioners also described a funding request from the county’s housing task force. The housing subcommittee had asked for $15,500 to continue work on public input, typology study and pipeline assessment. Multiple commissioners said they supported funding the study to inform housing policy.
One commissioner said they had mistakenly believed the county had budgeted $20,000 for a cooperative dark‑skies mitigation agreement; staff corrected that the current available amount was $3,000. The commissioner said other county commissioners volunteered unspent travel funds to augment the dark‑skies effort.
Commissioners and staff briefly discussed outreach items such as a Grand Water & Sewer Agency program to pay residents to replace lawns with waterwise landscaping and potential changes to local ordinances to participate in Utah’s “SOGVAC Buy Back Program.”
No formal personnel action was taken at the planning commission meeting. Chrissy said staffing and the land‑use code update remain priorities and that the hiring of a permanent planning and zoning director will influence timelines for a land‑use code rewrite.
