The Carbon County Commission recorded several motions and voice-vote outcomes at its July 2 meeting. Below are the items acted on and the outcomes as stated in the meeting record.
- Approval of minutes (agenda item 1): A motion to approve the minutes from the June 18 meeting was made and seconded; commissioners voted “Aye” and the motion carried.
- Tabling of USARA opioid-settlement funding request (agenda item 7): A motion to table awarding and approval of funding requests from USARA (Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness) until the county could evaluate all such requests was made, seconded and carried by voice vote. The tabling means no award of the $200,000 request occurred at the July 2 meeting.
- Contracting for NEPA environmental review (agenda item 8): A motion to approve contracting with Jones and DeMille Engineering to perform the environmental review (NEPA) for Carbon Industrial Park road work was made, seconded and carried by voice vote. Staff stated the quoted NEPA cost is $60,000 and may be paid from the $2,850,000 federal grant funds discussed in the meeting.
- Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board grant (agenda item 9): A motion to approve and ratify the grant award received by the Clerk/Auditor’s Office from the Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board (approximately $4,680 with a 1:1 match) was made, seconded and carried by voice vote; the county has already begun scanning and preserving older marriage records as described by staff.
- Adjournment: A motion to adjourn was made and seconded and recorded as carried.
The meeting transcript records these votes as voice votes with commissioners responding “Aye” and the phrase “Motion carries.” The transcript does not provide roll-call vote tallies or identify individual commissioners’ votes for these motions.