Economic Opportunity Advisory Board approves RCG final reporting, holds golf-course payout pending master plan

The Economic Opportunity Advisory Board voted unanimously June 24 to approve the Rural County Grant (RCG) reporting package and authorize disbursements, with one final payment to the Moab Golf Club held until the consultant delivers the club’s master plan.

“I move to approve the reporting and disbursement of RCG funds acknowledging that additional narratives will be added to the reporting before being submitted and final pay and a final payment will be made to the golf course when the master plan is complete,” the chair (S4) said when introducing the motion. The motion was seconded by Commissioner McCandless (S6). The board called the question and, according to the chair, the vote was unanimous among voting members present.

Melissa Jeffers, Grand County staff (S8), told the board the county implemented a new structured reporting and reimbursement system this year that reconciled invoices and receipts to original budgets and contract scopes. “We’ve received all of the receipts, all of the invoices, all of the financial documentation that aligns with original budgets and aligns with the contracts,” she said, and noted that all grantees except the golf club had completed final narrative reporting.

Board members discussed how to record remaining funds before the motion. The reporting package lists $17,386 as remaining; some members said those funds are already committed internally to economic development work, while others asked that the motion note the purpose explicitly. The group left the funds encumbered to support the county’s economic development office functions as reflected in the reporting spreadsheet.

The board agreed to hold the golf-course final payment in escrow until the consultant delivers architectural plans and the final business plan; Jeffers recommended encumbering the funds rather than paying before the deliverables arrive.

The motion formalizes the board’s sign-off on the county’s fiscal and narrative reporting for the completed RCG cycle, and completes the committee’s statutory reporting obligation so the county can proceed with the FY2027 application cycle.