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Emery County Commission directs attorney to press BLM on Green River gravel pit
Summary
The commission voted to direct County Attorney Olson to prepare a letter to the Price BLM field office asserting the county’s interest in the Green River gravel pit, citing historic plats and the need for road maintenance and emergency riprap; recorded ayes include Borwood, Leonard and Jensen.
At a regular meeting, the Emery County Commission voted to direct County Attorney Olson to prepare a letter to Nick Lafazio at the Price Bureau of Land Management field office asserting the county’s interest in taking possession of the Green River gravel pit.
Unidentified Speaker 1, who moved the measure, said the county’s plats show the parcel as county property “for over 100 years” and described the gravel as needed “to maintain roads on the BLM and also for . . . a source of emergency rip rap for Green River City.” Unidentified Speaker 2 seconded the motion and restated the request for a formal letter to the BLM.
The commission’s recorded responses during the vote list Borwood, Leonard and Jensen as voting “Aye.” The chair declared the motion passed and directed the attorney to prepare the letter.
The motion, as read aloud at the meeting, instructs the county attorney to communicate the county’s historical claim and its need for gravel and rock material for road maintenance and emergency purposes to the Price BLM field office. The transcript includes alternate spellings of the BLM contact (appearing as both “Lafazio” and “DeFlazio”); the commission directed the attorney to send the letter to the Price BLM contact identified in the motion.
Next steps recorded in the public transcript were limited to the vote and the subsequent agenda item; the record does not show the content of the letter or any immediate response from the BLM.
