The 250 or so residents of Bluff in southeast Utah are being asked to consider incorporating the town. Advocates of the move have set a community meeting for Thursday, February 9th, to discuss the possibility.
Bluff, which is currently considered part of the unincorporated areas of San Juan County, is managed by a Service Area Board. The co-chair of the incorporation committee, Brant Murray, says Bluff is the county’s oldest community, adding, “It looks like a town, functions like a town, but it’s not officially a town.” He says incorporation would give the community a seat at the table it doesn’t have now. Proponents are seeking signatures on a petition to put the issue before voters. Twenty percent of the town’s populace would have to sign in order to begin the process.
