Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall took the oath of office at a ceremony at City Hall on Monday, replacing one-term Mayor Jackie Biskupski.
Mendenhall has a background in air quality work and during the election promoted her City Council experience as a boon to a City Hall that has been led in recent years by former state legislators.
She plans on her first day in office to take “immediate steps” on air quality issues and told The Salt Lake Tribune on Friday that she will also work to address gaps in the Salt Lake City area’s new homeless resource center system.