One member of the Park City Council on Wednesday will begin a first full term in office while two others will join the other elected officials as a new term begins, effectively completing an era of change that started on Election Day in 2021.
A swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for Ryan Dickey, Ed Parigian and Bill Ciraco, the three winners in the November election. Dickey is an incumbent member of the City Council who was appointed in 2022 to complete the vacated term of Nann Worel as she ascended to the mayor’s office. He won a full term on Election Day. Parigian finished second in the election while Ciraco was the third-place finisher, taking the other two seats on the ballot.
The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled on Wednesday from 4 p.m. until 5 p.m. at the Bob Wells Plaza on Swede Alley, at the base of the Marsac Building steps. The mayor is slated to administer the oaths of office. It is likely the mayor as well as the three incoming members of the City Council will deliver remarks during the event.
The three City Councilors-elect emerged from an eclectic field of candidates during a campaign that was generally a mild-mannered affair. The election focused on well-established issues like growth, traffic and the economy.
The three generally agreed on the overarching issues, but they provided differing details as they outlined ideas to address them. Ciraco, notably, spoke of an ambitious concept of a rail line to address traffic along the S.R. 224 corridor that serves as Park City’s primary entryway.
The first City Council meeting with the three is scheduled on Thursday. Some of the agenda items include the expected approval of a series of licenses for activities during the upcoming Sundance Film Festival and planning for Main Street’s future.
The City Council’s first meeting of a year often lacks major agenda items, but upcoming meetings are expected to delve into some of the community’s key topics. Some of the issues that will likely be addressed in coming months include the efforts to host a second Winter Olympics in the state, the future of City Hall land off the Kearns Boulevard-Bonanza Drive intersection, the City Hall-Deer Valley Resort partnership at Snow Park and long-range plans for transportation.
The City Hall election followed two years after a municipal campaign that also saw significant change with two new members of the City Council and a new mayor.