Bountiful City’s 2025 Municipal Election will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, giving voters the opportunity to elect a new Mayor and two new City Council members.
Here at The Bountiful Forum, we spoke with all the candidates for both the mayoral and city council races to get more information on their positions and ideas so that you, as a Bountiful resident, can make a more informed decision about who to vote for.
Here is a summary of our meeting with city council candidate Aubry Bennion.
Who Is Aubry Bennion?
Originally from San Diego, Bennion moved to nearby North Salt Lake after graduating college in 2005, then to Bountiful eight years ago. She describes herself as someone who likes to stay busy, whether it’s working on a project around her house, traveling to San Diego or Paris, or getting involved in her community.
Professionally, Bennion works as a project manager with an engineering firm where she has spent the past 20 years managing public involvement for infrastructure projects throughout Utah, Idaho, and Colorado.
In her current role, Bennion focuses on helping the public understand the technical details of community projects such as roads, bridges, parks, and utility services — communicating their value, purpose, benefits, and long-term impacts. She finds fulfillment in being part of projects that help communities grow and in building understanding between organizations and the people they serve.
Bennion also runs a small side business, a craft and party supply company, out of her garage.
Priorities for the City Council
If elected to the Bountiful City Council, Bennion’s first goal would be to improve how residents receive information about their city. “Imagine living in a world where Bountiful residents got their news about Bountiful, from Bountiful,” she said, rather than relying on informal online sources.
She hopes to help make the city a trusted, reliable source of information by strengthening its communication channels and building direct, transparent relationships with residents by directly engaging with them. Drawing from her professional experience, Bennion has seen how meaningful engagement can lead to stronger, more patient relationships between city organizations and the public.
Economic Development and Budget Management
When it comes to Bountiful’s economic development, Bennion believes progress often comes through what she calls “micromovements” — small but meaningful actions that collectively make a significant impact. She cited an example from her previous experience about relocating a failing bridge on the border between Bountiful and Woods Cross. While Woods Cross was open to the change, Bountiful hesitated because of its potential effect on a nearby car dealership, a major source of local tax revenue. The city wanted to avoid creating uncertainty that might prompt the business to leave. To Bennion, it was a reminder that the seemingly minor details of city decisions can have far-reaching economic consequences.
She explained that Bountiful’s economic strength doesn’t just depend on attracting new businesses or big-name retailers. It also relies on consistent attention to the smaller opportunities that sustain growth and community well-being. To that end, Bennion supports the idea of hiring a full-time economic director, or, potentially even better in her view, creating an economic advisory board to help identify and act on potential improvements.
While Bennion is proud that Bountiful operates with a lean budget, she believes the city’s frugality can sometimes cause it to miss out on valuable opportunities. She pointed to a recent example in which residents along 300 West raised concerns about pedestrian safety. A grant that would have funded nearly all of the project, requiring only a small local contribution, went unclaimed. A committee focused on seeking such opportunities, she said, could help the city take advantage of funding sources that support small but impactful projects.
Bountiful currently has a low tax rate, something Bennion sees as a point of pride. But she also believes the city should periodically ask what opportunities might be going unrealized as a result. While she doesn’t claim to know every possible solution, she’s confident that greater awareness and collaboration could help the city uncover, and act on, the opportunities that do exist.
Community Engagement and Civic Participation
Bennion hopes to see more residents engaged in city life and more aware of the positive things already happening in Bountiful. She recalled discovering the city’s popular Chalk Art Festival only after several years of living in Bountiful and sees that as an example of how the city could better share its successes and activities.
In line with her top priority for the city, her vision is for Bountiful to become a stronger voice for itself by celebrating its achievements and helping residents feel more connected to one another and their community.
Housing and Smart Redevelopment
When it comes to housing, Bennion supports offering a variety of housing options in a thoughtful, organized way. She recognizes the concerns of residents who want to preserve single-family neighborhoods while also acknowledging the need for a mix of housing types to serve different populations.
“It’s not about how we build,” she said, “but how we redevelop.”
Bennion believes careful planning can help prevent haphazard development and maintain Bountiful’s unique character while still making room for growth. She hopes to approach the issue in a way that balances community identity with inclusivity and long-term sustainability.
How/Where to Vote
For more information on how/where to vote, you can visit Bountiful City’s website here, or Davis County’s website here.
