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Council delays sign-off on UDOT mileage update after surveyor’s totals don’t match local checks
Summary
Bluff Town Council held off signing a revised UDOT mileage submittal after staff and councilors identified naming inconsistencies and arithmetic mismatches in the surveyor’s road-mile manifest.
Bluff Town Council on Jan. 7 reviewed a revised map and mileage manifest prepared for submission to the Utah Department of Transportation and decided not to sign the document pending a surveyor’s correction of identified discrepancies.
Michael (consultant/engineer) presented the map and manifest the town intends to submit to UDOT for the update of Class B/C mileage data. Council member Lou Anne raised multiple issues: inconsistent street names between county records and local usage, small numeric differences in paved/gravel/dirt segment totals (examples cited: paved total 7.88 vs. 7.89, gravel and dirt subtotals that change overall totals), and several short segments that appear to lie on private property rather than public right-of-way. Michael confirmed a net loss of roughly 0.5 mile from a prior submission, primarily because a portion of Nielsen Avenue had been turned over to a private operator before incorporation and a segment beyond a gate on Third West was removed as no longer a town route.
Council discussed options: approve the surveyor’s submission as-is, ask the surveyor (Brad/Brad Bunker per packet materials) to recheck the arithmetic and clarify the basis for claiming certain segments, or have staff perform internal edits. Members expressed reluctance to alter a surveyor’s certified calculations in-house and instead directed Michael to contact the surveyor to reconcile the totals and confirm which segments, if any, are on private property. The council asked staff to add a brief follow-up meeting to next week’s work session so the town can approve a corrected submission before UDOT’s deadline.
No final sign-off was given at the Jan. 7 meeting. The council specifically asked the surveyor to review recorded deeds and the county’s quit-claim information that transferred streets and alleys in 2021 so that claimed mileage aligns with recorded public rights. Councilors emphasized the deadline urgency and asked Michael to coordinate with the surveyor and report back by the scheduled follow-up so the town can meet the UDOT submittal timeline.
