Councilmember Ryan Mecham announced in late May he would not be running for reelection this year. 

Mecham, whose District 1 covers everywhere west of 700 East, made a public statement during the Sandy City Council meeting on May 27 announcing his intention to not campaign again due to work obligations.

“A big change is happening at work in the sense of we are doubling our production hours from 10 to 20 hours a day,” he said. “And since I’m responsible for operations, I am responsible for a lot of folks and a lot of time and I just felt a conflict between what I would need to do here and there.” 

Mecham is the chief operating officer at Really Right Stuff in Lehi, a camera equipment manufacturer. He will finish out the rest of his term this year and said he looked “forward to serving the city in other capacities.”  

“I very much appreciate the opportunity to serve with all of you,” he said during the meeting. “I am very thankful for my constituents and those I’ve been able to work with and hopefully have done well in serving them and serving the city as a whole.”

Mecham was elected in 2021defeating Katie Johnson by less than 100 votes during the final round of ranked choice voting. Sandy will return to the traditional method of voting for the 2025 elections. 

The primary reason Mecham campaigned to be on the council, he said in a city spotlight video, was to “bring people together.” 

“One of the challenges we’ve had in the past is not coming together and I wanted to lend my voice in bringing administration and council together so we could solve problems,” he said. 

Brooke Christensen and Shana Davis, respectively, filed their candidacy for District 1 in early June. No primary will take place so the two will square off in the November general election. 

District 3, which covers the northeast section of Sandy running from Dimple Dell on its southern end to Creek Road at its most northern point, will also see a new face elected this fall as Zach Robinson, the current councilmember, announced in January his intention to step down citing his promise to only serve two terms in office. 

His replacement will face stiff competition as five candidates filed in Iva Williams, Kris Nicholl, Derek Matsumori, Mathew Ostrander and Parry Harrison. The race will require a primary election to be held Aug. 12, with primary ballots set to mail July 22. 

One of Sandy’s three at-large council seats will be up for grabs. Councilmember Brooke D’Sousa will be running for reelection against Evan Tobin. This also will require no primary in August. 

Meanwhile the race for mayor will definitely require a primary as six candidates filed for the election. 

Incumbent Monica Zoltanski, McCall Williams, District 2 Councilmember Alison Stroud, Councilmember at-large Cyndi Sharkey, Justin Hilgendorff and Rodger Downward all filed in early June. The mayoral race will whittle down to two after the Aug. 12 primary election is complete. 

Prospective voters can meet candidates at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 3 at the Sandy Library (1011 S. Petunia Way). The meet the candidates night will be hosted by the United Women's Forum Salt Lake Chapter. 

The event will run until 8:30 p.m. λ