Votes at a glance: Bluff Town Council actions, May 20, 2025

At its May 20, 2025 meeting, the Bluff Town Council recorded the following formal actions and votes.

• Engineering proposal for Old Bluff Highway (Jones & DeMille). Motion: “Accept the proposal as submitted by Jones and DeMille.” Vote: approved, 4 yes, 1 no. Notes: Proposal as submitted reflects a 30-foot roadway concept; council discussed a verbally proposed additional 6-foot delineated area for bikes/pedestrians that was not part of the written submittal.

• State of Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation grant contract for Bluff Community Center Playground Phase 1. Motion: Authorize signature and execution of the state grant contract. Vote: unanimous (council recorded as unanimous). Notes: Staff will obtain the signature page and file the executed contract with state grant administrators; initial playground committee meeting scheduled.

• Code of Conduct (inserting anchor-location language for telecommunication meetings). Motion: Approve code of conduct with anchor-location language reinstated. Vote: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 abstention. Notes: The anchor-location language requires at least one physical anchor point for public meetings except under certain health or safety emergency conditions.

• Hamadu chipping services for Cooperative Cultural Center wood piles. Motion: Accept services at $1,800 and authorize chipping at the CCC. Vote: unanimous. Notes: Council decided not to use volunteer labor to move material over the fence; staff will determine distribution or mulch use for chipped material and report back.

• Bills to pay (as presented in packet). Motion: Pay bills. Vote: unanimous.

• Memorandum of Understanding recognizing valid business licenses among San Juan County, Bluff, Monticello and Blanding. Motion: Approve and sign MOU recognizing annual business licenses reciprocally. Vote: unanimous. Notes: Temporary, event-based permits remain excluded from reciprocal recognition; municipalities retain authority to require a local license for businesses with a physical location in the municipality.

• Motion to move into executive session to discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation pursuant to Utah Code §52-4-205. Motion: Move to executive session. Vote: unanimous.

These votes were recorded in the meeting minutes and in the transcript of the May 20 meeting. For items approved unanimously the council did not provide individual roll-call vote listings in the recorded audio; where numeric tallies were announced on the record, the counts above follow the council’s statements.