Dan Dugan

Office held

Recorded “no” votes in council minutes

The Salt Lake City City Council minutes, as summarized by The Utah Ledger, name Dan Dugan among the members voting no on 4 agenda items. Minutes do not always record each member's vote, so this list does not show how Dan Dugan voted on other items. On a motion to deny, table or continue, a no vote is a vote against that motion. It is not a score or a rating.

• December 9, 2025Tally: 5-2
  Budget Amendment No. 3 for fiscal year 2025-26
  Outcome: Approved
  5-2; Council Members Daniel Dugan and Sarah Young voted no
  Moved by Council Member Eva Lopez Chavez, seconded by Council Member Alejandro Puy
• January 7, 2025Tally: 5-2
  Council compensation change: leadership stipends
  Outcome: Approved
  5-2; Council Members Chris Wharton and Daniel Dugan voted no
  Moved by Council Member Puy, seconded by Council Member Mano
• December 5, 2023Tally: 6-1
  Affordable housing incentives (Ordinance 74 of 2023)
  Outcome: Approved
  6-1; Council Member Daniel Dugan voted no
  Moved by Council Member Victoria Petro, seconded by Council Member Sarah Young
• April 18, 2023Tally: 3-4
  Rezone and master plan amendment at 865 South 500 East
  Outcome: Denied
  3-4; Council Members Ana Valdemoros, Daniel Dugan, Amy Fowler and Chris Wharton voted no
  Moved by Council Member Alejandro Puy, seconded by Council Member Darin Mano

From council minutes collected by The Utah Ledger; each item links to the meeting page and its official minutes.

Military, engineering and manufacturing

Dan Dugan served twenty years in the U.S. Navy, including overseas deployments and a three-year assignment in Europe. He earned a mechanical-engineering degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a public-administration master’s degree at Auburn University at Montgomery. After military retirement, he moved to Salt Lake City and worked in manufacturing leadership, with a focus on quality and production efficiency. ^[1]

Council and youth sports

Dugan began representing District 6 in 2020 and entered a second term in 2024. He served as council chair in 2022 and has held leadership positions with the city’s reinvestment agency. His community involvement also includes coaching youth and high-school lacrosse and chairing the Intermountain Lacrosse board. His district includes East Bench neighborhoods such as Yalecrest, Bonneville Hills and Wasatch Hollow. ^[1]

Energy and regional cooperation

Dugan’s official biography describes longtime volunteering with Utah Clean Energy and leadership of Utah Renewable Communities. It connects his engineering background and interest in outdoor recreation with clean-energy policy. He also serves with the Utah League of Cities and Towns, Wasatch Front Regional Council and county Council of Governments, bringing his municipal work into regional planning and policy discussions. ^[1]

Community Reinvestment Agency leadership

In January 2026, council members selected Dugan as chair of the Community Reinvestment Agency board. The official meeting recap records that appointment alongside the council’s annual leadership selections. That role places him in agency leadership while he continues representing District 6. ^[2]

Profile sources

Profile refreshed October 20, 2026. Candidate statements describe the candidate's own experience or positions; official records and reporting are labeled separately.

1. Official council biography · Official record
2. January 2026 agency leadership selection · Official record

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