Trail Mix committee approves bylaw changes; removes some agency seats, adds search-and-rescue

The Grand County Trail Mix Committee approved a package of bylaw revisions and agreed to submit the edited document to Grand County staff for final processing.

Committee members discussed multiple edits requested by the county attorney. Key changes approved in the motion included removing the attendance qualifier for becoming a voting member, removing SITLA and UDOT as designated voting seats, deferring resolution of the Moab Trails Alliance (MTA) seat pending coordination with local nonprofits, adding Grand County Search and Rescue as a voting member, and renaming several user-category seats: “mountain biking” became “cycling,” “climbing and canyoneering” became “roped activities,” and “trail running” became “running.”

Members noted the county had urged the committee to resolve seats that were routinely vacant so the committee could maintain quorums for votes; one committee member said a quorum must be “more than 50%” under the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act. The chair asked staff to clean up wording and submit the document; staff said they could submit a final version by the end of the next day if required.

The committee moved and seconded approval of the edits and took a voice/hand-raise vote. Members present raised their hands in favor and the motion carried without recorded opposition. The committee also agreed to hold one item — replacement of the Trails Alliance seat — pending follow-up conversations with the Moab Mountain Bike Association (MMBA) and Moab Trails Alliance representatives.

Members flagged implementation details: the document will need one more round of edits and staff will submit it to Grand County (staff discussed sending it within a day). The committee also agreed to retain an attendance expectation for voting members but remove a numeric attendance threshold from the bylaws at the county’s request.