Park City Council candidate Bob Sertner, a newcomer to City Hall politics, raised significantly more campaign monies through late August than the others in the field, relying heavily on contributors from outside of Utah as well as his own wealth as he amassed more than $30,000 with the primary election looming.

Sertner and the other candidates in recent days filed their first financial reports detailing contributions and expenses. Sertner listed $31,540 in contributions and a little less than $25,700 in expenses. He had a little less than $5,900 left at the time of the report.

Sertner himself put $10,000 into the campaign over the course of three contributions between May 5 and Aug. 1. He described one of the contributions — $5,000 — as a loan.

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Sertner is a retired television producer and lives in upper Deer Valley. He has lived in Park City on a full-time basis since 2020 and owned a residence in the community for 20 years.

Sertner especially tapped a network of supporters from California, the report shows. There were approximately 40 contributions from people with addresses listed in California, including cities like Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Palm Springs, La Jolla and Laguna Beach. There were just several contributions other than his own listed in the ZIP codes that cover Park City. Several others were listed in a ZIP code in the Snyderville Basin.

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He reported spending approximately $25,661 on consultants, video production, advertising and other typical campaign expenses.

Sertner said many of the people listed in the report with addresses outside of Utah own properties in Park City. He estimated one-third of the total dollar figure of the contributions was amassed from those property owners.

He said he is approaching the campaign with “1,000% energy and gusto” and the fundraising response has been extraordinary. Sertner explained he set an overall campaign budget of $25,000. He said, however, the campaign calendar was extended slightly when the primary election and Election Day were pushed back as a result of a special congressional election in the state.

Highlights from the filings submitted by the other candidates include:

• Bill Ciraco listing $16,400 in contributions and a little more than $4,000 in expenditures. The candidate himself was the largest contributor, by a wide margin, putting nearly $11,000 into the campaign.

• Ryan Dickey, who is serving a partial term on the City Council, listing nearly $13,400 in contributions and a little more than $8,000 in expenditures. Some of his contributions came from the local development community.

• David Dobkin reporting $600 in contribution and $331 in expenses. The candidate contributed $300 of the total.

• John Greenfield reporting $880 in contributions and a little more than $540 in expenses. A person in Jeremy Ranch was the largest contributor.

• Matthew Nagie reporting $1,000 in contributions and approximately $370 in expenses. Nagie himself contributed the entire dollar figure in what was described as an interest-free loan.

• Ed Parigian reporting a little more than $3,000 in contributions and approximately $2,070 in expenditures. The candidate himself contributed the bulk of the monies, classifying nearly all of the personal contributions as loans.

• Jody Whitesides listing $400 in contributions and $280 in expenses. He did not list any individual contributors.

A former candidate, Betsy Wallace, meanwhile also filed a report in the weeks after she suspended her campaign. She reported raising and spending an equal amount of a little less than $18,800 prior to the suspension. The entire fundraising total came from the candidate herself.

The primary election is Tuesday. Six candidates will advance to Election Day in November. The winners in November will be sworn into office for four-year terms in early January. The balloting is through the mail.