Council pays routine bills, discusses BLM telecom notice, drought order and facility requests

At its afternoon meeting the Bluff Town Council approved routine town bills, considered external notices and scheduled follow-up for several operational items.

Staff presented payroll (already paid), routine utilities and a request to pay the town credit card and other bills; Speaker 5 moved to pay the bills, Speaker 2 seconded, and the vote was unanimous.

Council members noted a Bureau of Land Management notice seeking public input on a proposed telecommunications project (a public hearing in Moab on April 30 was cited). Members discussed whether the town should file a written comment and agreed to allow individual responses unless someone requested a formal town comment.

The presiding member briefed the council on Governor Spencer Cox's drought executive order that listed San Juan County among counties at drought risk; members discussed whether local agencies (e.g., Bluff Water Works, fire department) had received the order and whether water-use restrictions might follow. The council directed Speaker 1 and staff to confirm receipt by Bluff Water Works and to add related matters to a future agenda or work session as appropriate.

On other business, councilmembers raised the question of marking fire hydrants along the highway and who holds responsibility; the presiding member scheduled a work session on the 13th to address hydrant marking and responsibilities. Staff also reported a request from dCycles (a youth cycling program based in Indiana) to overnight at the community center on July 7 for about 15 students and leaders; the council put the exception request on the next agenda for a vote and discussed cleaning and rental logistics.

The meeting adjourned at approximately 3:18 p.m.