Sun Valley council authorizes mayor to sign road relinquishment agreement

The Sun Valley City Council authorized Mayor Peter Hendricks on April 26 to execute a Road Relinquishment and Transfer of Ownership Agreement between Blaine County and the City of Sun Valley when the City receives the document from the state. The council voted in favor on a motion by Council Member Keith Saks, seconded by Council Member Jane Conard; roll-call minutes list Council President Michelle Griffith, Conard, Saks and Council Member Brad DuFur as voting AYE and no NAYS were recorded.

Hendricks said the Idaho Transportation Department board on April 22 unanimously voted to relinquish the 75 Spur to Blaine County, which intends to pass it to the cities of Ketchum and Sun Valley and "agreed to funding it in FY2021." He said, "We should get the monies that we agreed upon before June 30, 2021 and we are awaiting on the paperwork from the state." The mayor also announced he had appointed Council Member Keith Saks as the city's liaison for traffic issues related to the transfer.

The motion authorized the mayor to sign the agreement once the city receives the formal paperwork from state authorities. The transcript records the council's vote as four recorded AYES and no NAYS; the minutes do not list additional voting details for the mayor's individual vote. Council members did not attach conditions or amendments to the authorization in the recorded discussion.

Next steps are administrative: the city is awaiting the formal agreement from the state and the anticipated FY2021 funding before June 30, 2021, according to the mayor.