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Commissioners report legislative outreach and local issues including data center monitoring and Zion East Side vehicle closures
Summary
Commissioners updated the panel on work toward guardrails for preliminary municipalities, monitoring of statewide data center moratoriums, childcare site recruitment, tourism projects and Zion National Park East Side restrictions on large vehicles; the commission then voted to enter closed session on pending litigation.
Commissioners provided routine reports and legislative updates. Celeste said she has been working with state lawmakers to develop guardrails for preliminary municipalities and expects committee work or a bill to be pursued. Commissioners also noted statewide conversations and a gubernatorial moratorium about large data centers; Patty cautioned the county has no current projects but said the state is preparing policy and infrastructure considerations.
Other updates included outreach to potential childcare providers, work on a dinosaur visitor center property transfer, tourism building remodeling, and operational impacts from low water levels at Bullfrog. Celeste described new restrictions at Zion National Park’s East Side that bar large vehicles and noted county efforts with tourism partners to provide shuttle options. The meeting concluded with a motion and vote to enter closed session to discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation.
