Sandy council elects Alison Stroud chair and Cyndi Sharkey vice chair; keeps candidate disclosure rules unchanged, 4-3
July 13, 2021, 5:15 p.m. · Online meeting (Sandy City Council, 10000 Centennial Parkway)
At its work session the Sandy City Council elected Council Member Alison Stroud as chair and Council Member Cyndi Sharkey as vice chair. By a 4-3 roll call it kept candidate financial disclosure requirements as they are, and it reviewed a draft interlocal agreement with the Alta Canyon Special Service District.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 1 · Appointment
Election of council chair and vice chair
Approved
Alison Stroud was elected Council Chair and Cyndi Sharkey Vice Chair. Stroud presided over the rest of the meeting. The vote count is not recorded in the minutes notes.
Item 2 · Other
Community connectedness as a mental health protective factor
Discussed
Council Member Marci Houseman presented on mental health during COVID and social connectedness, citing a Sandy Well Being survey in which 73% of respondents said social connections were important or very important. Discussion covered a plan, the CDBG committee's role, neighborhood service projects, community education, support for LGBTQ residents and existing city programs. No vote was taken.
Item 3 · City code
Candidate financial disclosure due dates
No action · 4-3
Council Member Cyndi Sharkey said that after Sandy adopted ranked-choice voting for 2021, the candidate filing period moves to Aug. 10-17, 2021, and concluded no change to disclosure deadlines was warranted. She moved, seconded by Council Member Alison Stroud, to keep the requirements as they are and not bring the item back. Council Member Zach Robinson moved to call the question, seconded by Council Member Kris Coleman-Nicholl. The minutes notes describe that procedural vote as passing 6-1 with Council Member Brooke Christensen opposed, and also record a 4-3 roll call, with Stroud, Coleman-Nicholl, Houseman and Sharkey yes and Christensen, Robinson and Zoltanski no.
Item 4 · Contract
Draft interlocal agreement with the Alta Canyon Special Service District
Discussed
City Attorney Lynn Pace reviewed the expired interlocal agreement with the district, recommended a new agreement to formalize current practice and reviewed a draft. He said structural changes should be addressed before major recreation center capital improvements. Council Attorney Tracy Cowdell suggested the council consider the district's future governance. No vote was recorded.
What residents said
Candidate financial disclosureCommunity programsAlta Canyon district governance
John Winder asked whether the council would bring back the Community Action Team and Community Coordinators programs. Steve Van Maren wanted candidate financial disclosures to start within a week of filing and be due monthly. Jim Edwards congratulated Stroud and wanted the first disclosure a week after filing. Aaron DeKeyser supported improved disclosure rules, a first deadline two weeks after filing and occupation information on forms.