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Bradley Park

County Surveyor · Countywide

OfficeCounty SurveyorDistrictCountywidePartyRepublicanTerm endsJan 2029Next electionNov 7, 2028Raised$48,627Serving since2025

At a glance

  • County Surveyor since 2025 (first term).
  • Won 2024 by 3,650 votes after trailing on election night.
  • Seat next on the ballot Nov 7, 2028.
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Insufficient evidence — unrated (weak prior: Republican label).

Evidence behind this assessment
  • Technical office; 2026 fee/monument ordinance work is administrative.

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Votes & record
  • 2026: presented ordinance updates on monument permits and Surveyor fees, including a Public Land Corner Preservation Fund, to the County Council. Council agenda record (CivicClerk)
Campaign finance

Source: EasyVote (filer "Park, Bradley").

Report (submitted) Contributions (period) Expenditures (period) Ending balance
Pre-general 2024 (10/28/24) $12,250.00 $13,419.81 $342.57
YE 2024 (01/26/25) $2,290.00 $2,612.99 $19.58
YE 2025 (01/30/26) $0 $0 $19.58
  • 2024 cycle aggregate: $48,627.04 raised / $48,267.46 spent (YE2024).
Disclosures
  • 2026 COI (01/26/2026): employer Salt Lake County (Surveyor); no owned entities, outside income ≥$5k or board seats; lists retirement accounts (Dominion Energy savings account; Utah Retirement Systems). 2026 PDF · 2025 PDF
Election history
Year Result Source
2024 general Park (R) 241,667 (50.38%) vs Kent D. Setterberg (D) 238,017 (margin 3,650). Election-night returns showed Setterberg ahead 51.4%–48.6%. 2024 certification; KSL election night
2024 GOP primary Park 54,390 vs Bruce A. Williams 42,944 2024 primary
Lobbying & ethics
  • No lobbyist ties, ethics complaints, or County Auditor audits of the Surveyor's Office found (2022–2026 audit index reviewed). Audit index
Office & term
Item Detail Source
Office County Surveyor (countywide, partisan) — Public Land Survey System, official survey records Surveyor's Office
Current term 2025–2028 (first term; ends early Jan 2029) 2026 Budget in Brief p.3
Next election Nov 7, 2028 computed
Salary (2026) $197,058 2026 Adopted Budget p.49
Office budget (2026) Surveyor $3,483,429 (20.48 FTE, −3) + Surveyor–Tax Administration $817,387 (6 FTE) 2026 Adopted Budget
Stated affiliation
Item Detail Source
Party / ballot label Republican 2024 certification
Self-description None found in official materials beyond office duties Surveyor's Office
Party roles None found —
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Gaps

  • Professional licensure (Utah PLS) status — verify via Utah DOPL license lookup (public).
  • Prior employment/background — not in official materials.
About this office: Salt Lake County Surveyor

The full-time licensed land surveyor who protects the survey monuments and records that define property lines and boundaries in the county, and makes maps for county offices.

Role
Countywide surveyor; must be a licensed professional land surveyor
Hours
Full-time
Pay
$197,058
Typical week
Overseeing monument maintenance, survey filings and GIS mapping; reviewing records of survey

Responsibilities and powers

  • The office must be filled by election and by a licensed professional land surveyor (Utah Code 17-73-201).
  • Provides all maps the county or its officers need and files them (except ownership plats, which the Recorder keeps) (17-73-301); may administer oaths and take evidence for surveys and set rules for electronic filing (17-73-302).
  • Services include finding surveys and monuments, filing records of survey, monument permits and mapping/GIS (SLCo Surveyor).
  • Four-year partisan term (current term 2025–2028).

A typical week [INFERRED]

  • Reviewing filed surveys, field crews resetting monuments disturbed by construction, permit questions from engineers and surveyors, and GIS work shared with the Recorder and Assessor.

Time commitment

  • Full-time [INFERRED].

Staff and budget

  • 26.48 FTEs (Surveyor 20.48 + Surveyor Tax Administration 6) (SLCo FTE table); 2026 budget $4.3 million (Budget in Brief p.14).

Pay

  • $197,058 a year, about $64.1k in benefits (2025) (SLCo pay schedule p.48).

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