City bond issues go on ballot

Omaha voters will decide whether the city should borrow up to $79.3 million to pay for street projects, sewer improvements and work on city buildings under a measure approved Tuesday by the City Council.

The funding, if approved by voters in a May 11 special election, would support the city’s six-year capital improvement plan. The plan is reviewed every year and was last approved in September.

The council unamiously approved putting the proposal on the ballot.

Omaha voters last signed off on city bond issues in May 2006, when the city asked for its largest amount ever — $103 million.

Voters this May will be asked to consider five separate items:

--$44.3 million for streets and freeways.
--$14.4 million for parks.
--$8 million for police and fire stations, libraries and other city buildings.
--$7.9 million for sewers.
--$4.7 million for public safety equipment and projects.

The new bonding authority would run through May 2018.

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