Donna Burnham

Disclosed interests

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Disclosures and recusals in the minutes

Every time the council minutes since 2020 record this official disclosing an interest or stepping aside for one, as summarized from the minutes.

• Disclosed a personal interest as a boat owner before the vote on the RV and boat parking ordinance; the city attorney said she did not have to leave and she voted. July 1, 2025 · Minutes (PDF)
• Disclosed a mutual friend with the home business license applicants but no personal relationship; she did not recuse. November 17, 2020 · Minutes (PDF)

Campaign contributions

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Voting record

Agenda items voted on

942

Yes

748

No

22

Abstained or recused

0

Absent for the item

0

Motions made

210

From January 21, 2020 to October 6, 2026. 172 votes are marked not recorded because the minutes' attendance and tally don't account for every member. Each count is per agenda item, not per meeting: missing one meeting counts as absent for every item on its agenda, and consent agenda items each count separately. A yes is counted only when everyone present is accounted for in the tally. Motions count once per item, so moving a consent agenda counts for each item on it.

Voted no

• Sweetwater #4 community reinvestment project area plan November 5, 2025 · Approved 4-1; Burnham voted no
• Development agreement with Stadion, LLC (Meta) for data center expansion October 21, 2025 · Approved 4-1; Burnham voted no
• Hidden Hollow clubhouse amenity exchange, minor site plan October 7, 2025 · Denied 3-1; Burnham voted no
• Legislative priorities: archery range and Mortgage Assistance Program eligibility August 19, 2025 · Approved 4-1; Burnham voted no
• Parking location and shared parking, EMMC 17.55.040(E) and 17.55.100 July 15, 2025 · Approved with conditions 3-1; Burnham voted no
• Harmony 13 preliminary plat March 18, 2025 · Denied 4-1; Burnham voted no
• Harmony 14 preliminary plat March 18, 2025 · Denied 4-1; Burnham voted no
• Resolution on a third-party broker for land acquisition and disposal January 7, 2025 · Approved 4-1; Burnham voted no
• Lot size mixture, EMMC 17.60.155 September 3, 2024 · Tabled 4-1; Burnham voted no
• Historic zones, new EMMC Chapter 17.32 July 2, 2024 · Tabled 4-1; Burnham voted no
• Zone transitions code amendment, EMMC 17.60.160 April 18, 2023 · Denied 4-1; Burnham voted no
• Public and private rights-of-way standards, Chapter 16.35 September 6, 2022 · Approved 4-1; Burnham voted no
• Garage standards for residential zones, EMMC 17.25.050(C) May 17, 2022 · Approved 4-1; Burnham voted no
• Eagle Heights Village master development agreement amendment March 15, 2022 · Denied 3-2; Burnham, Gray voted no
• Water, sewer and stormwater rates March 1, 2022 · Approved 4-1; Burnham voted no
• Monument sign ordinance (Chapter 17.80) January 18, 2022 · Approved with conditions 4-1; Burnham voted no
• Regional Technology and Industry overlay amendment January 18, 2022 · Tabled 4-1; Burnham voted no
• Holiday resolution December 7, 2021 · Approved 4-1; Burnham voted no
• Board appointments December 7, 2021 · Tabled 4-1; Burnham voted no
• SilverLake Plat 31 site plan August 3, 2021 · Approved with conditions 3-2; Burnham, Gray voted no
• Scarlet Ridge Estates: transportation plan amendment and rezone to RD2 February 16, 2021 · Tabled 4-1; Burnham voted no
• Employment contract for City Administrator Paul Jerome August 4, 2020 · Approved with conditions 3-2 among council members; Council Members Donna Burnham and Jared Gray voted no. The minutes also record Mayor Westmoreland voting aye, for a recorded 4-2.

Every recorded vote

In our reporting

• Eagle Mountain's agency approved the Sweetwater #4 data-center deal in December 2025 The Redevelopment Agency board approved a participation agreement with Stadion LLC on Dec. 16, 2025, and amended the Sweetwater #4 plan and budget on Jan. 6, 2026. The packet version of the agreement ties reimbursement to occupancy and to increment the agency actually receives, and the amended budget's printed total differs from the sum of its parts.
• Eagle Mountain's data-center redevelopment areas: a $778.5 million increment budget for Sweetwater area 4 Since 2021 the city has approved tax-increment agreements and data-center development agreements; the area 4 budget noticed in December 2025 lists $778,540,678 in increment from five taxing entities.