Council Agendas, Meetings & Schedules

GRAND COUNTY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING

Grand County Council Chambers
125 East Center Street, Moab, Utah

AGENDA
Tuesday, February 7, 2012

3:00 p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION

• Call to Order
• Elected Official Reports
• Resource Team Report and Review of Interim Measures in the Absence of a Council Administrator
• Department Head Reports

1. 2011 Sand Flats Recreation Area Report (Andrea Brand, Sand Flats Program Manager)

• Agency Reports

2. Public Defender Semi-Annual Report (Don Torgerson of Chiara & Torgerson)
3. Update on County Land Exchanges, and Potential SITLA Acquisition of BLM Lands in Grand County (John Andrews, Associate Director/Chief Legal Counsel of Utah School & Institutional Trust Lands Administration)

• Presentations (none)
• Action Items- Discussion and Consideration of:

4. Approving Sponsorship of Moab Half Marathon Events which would Allow Event Use of Grand County School District School Buses and Drivers (Ranna Bieschke, President of Moab Half Marathon, Inc. and Margaret Hopkin, Superintendent of Grand County School District)
5. Approving Proposed Melich House Rules for Use by Emergency Medical Services On-Call Staff (Andy Smith, EMS Director)
6. Approving Proposed Training Center Agreement between the American Heart Association, Inc. and Grand County Emergency Medical Services (Andy Smith, EMS Director)
7. Approving 1) Proposed Extension of a Fiscal Assistance Agreement between the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation, Federal Recreational Trails Program Funding, and Grand County for Improvements to the Fins and Things Trailhead Parking/Staging Area, and 2) Corresponding Proposed Letter (Andrea Brand, Sand Flats Program Manager)
8. Approving the Role of the Council Administrator in Terms of Supervision, Performance Evaluations and Hiring/Firing of Council Staff and Department Heads of Non-Elected Departments (Council Member Baird)
9. Approving Proposed Letter to 1) Greater Sage-Grouse LUP by Direction of the BLM and 2) Manti-La Sal National Forest, US Forest Service Concerning the BLM and the US Forest Service Proposed Planning Process to Evaluate Greater Sage Grouse Conservation Measures (Chairman Ciarus)
10. Approving Proposed Memorandum of Understanding Between the BLM Canyon Country District Office and Grand County as a Cooperating Agency Concerning Preparation of the Moab Master Leasing Plan (Chairman Ciarus)
11. Approving Council Membership/Subscription Renewals for 2012 (Chairman Ciarus)

• Discussion Items

12. Discussion on Opening the 2012 Budget to Consider Approving Classifications with Increased Salary and Hourly Ranges for Grand County Employee Job Positions in Order to Be Consistent with Similarly Classed Utah Counties (Orlinda Robertson, Human Resource Director)
13. Discussion of Calendar Items and Public Notices (Ruth Dillon, Council Assistant)

• Consent Agenda- Action Items:

14. Ratifying Initial Terms for Each of Seven Appointments to the Newly Established OSTA Advisory Committee
15. Approving Proposed Office Lease Agreement at Canyonlands Field with Great Lakes Airlines through December 31, 2013
16. Approving Proposed First Amendment to Easement for a Term of 30 Years Regarding the Proposed Bike Path Upriver to Negro Bill Canyon, such Agreement with the Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands Closed Session(s) if necessary

• Recess

7:00 p.m. EVENING SESSION

• Call to Order
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Approval of Minutes (Diana Carroll, Clerk/Auditor)

1. January 17, 2012 (County Council Meeting)

• Approval of Payment of Bills
• Citizens to Be Heard
• Presentations (none)
• Public Hearings- Possible Action Items
• General Business- Action Items - Discussion and Consideration of:

2. Adopting Proposed Resolution Approving the Update to the Grand County General Plan (Gabe Preston, Managing Partner, RPI Consulting (by phone) and Krissie Braun, County Community Development Director)
3. Adopting Proposed Resolution Approving a Conditional Use Permit for Moab Giants Dinosaur Park Located on the Corner of Highway 191 and State Route 313 (Community Development Representative)
4. Adopting Proposed Resolution Approving a Temporary Conditional Use Permit for Frehner Construction for an Asphalt Batch Plant and Sand / Gravel Extraction in Conjunction with a Local I-70 UDOT Project (Community Development Representative)

• General Council Reports
• Future Considerations

Closed Session(s) if necessary

• Adjourn

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