Monica Zoltanski
Mayor, Sandy
Office held
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Law, journalism and small business
Monica Zoltanski grew up in Ohio, studied journalism at Marquette University and spent a year studying in Salzburg, Austria. She worked as a congressional aide in Washington before attending law school at the University of Toledo. After moving to Utah, she practiced litigation, worked as a Sandy City prosecutor and later operated antiques shops in the Salt Lake Valley. [1]
Council member and mayor
Zoltanski won election to the Sandy City Council in 2019 and served for two years before winning the mayoral election in 2021. She became the first woman elected mayor in the city’s history. Sandy now identifies her as its twenty-seventh mayor, serving a second term, and describes public safety, economic development and community engagement as her administration’s priorities. [1] [2]
Open space and neighborhood advocacy
Her earlier campaign biography identifies her as a founder of Keep Dimple Dell Wild and the Dimple Dell Preservation Community. It describes organizing volunteers for park cleanups and supporting restoration of a pioneer homestead in Dimple Dell Park. She links that advocacy to protecting open space and neighborhoods while addressing development pressures, and to supporting first responders and municipal services. [3]
Regional representation
Zoltanski represents Sandy on the Central Wasatch Commission. The commission’s biography connects her environmental advocacy with her legal career and experience in local prosecution. It describes increased resident participation, protection of established neighborhoods, support for public-safety officers and responsible use of tax money as her stated priorities. This regional role extends her public service beyond Sandy’s municipal government. [4]
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Sandy council overrode a budget line-item veto in July 2026; 2020 and 2022 budget votes are also on record
On July 7, 2026 the council voted 5-1-1 to override a veto of a $93,100 water capital appropriation. Minutes also record a 4-3 budget adoption and veto notice in 2020 and a 2022 tax decision.