The Omaha City Council is scheduled to meet Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at 2 p.m. in the Legislative Chambers at 1819 Farnam Street, according to the published agenda. The meeting will be streamed online, and public hearings will be held on a range of liquor licenses, land use changes, grant-funded public safety programs, and interlocal agreements with local school districts.
Affordable housing and TIF policy
A key item on the agenda is Resolution 2026-0726, which would approve “Part 1 recommendations” to incentivize or require the inclusion of affordable housing in redevelopment projects that seek the use of Tax Increment Financing (TIF), per Resolution No. 2026-0265. The agenda states the City of Omaha Planning Department would be directed to modify applications, revise documentation, and develop procedures to implement these recommendations if approved.
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School resource officer agreements
The council is also scheduled to consider multiple agreements to provide School Resource Officers and Associate School Resource Officers in area schools for the 2026–2027 school year. Ordinances 44805 through 44811 cover agreements between the City of Omaha and Omaha Public Schools, Elkhorn Public Schools, Millard School District, and Westside Community Schools.
Reimbursement ranges listed in the agenda include an estimated $1,212,868.80 to $1,525,056.00 from Omaha Public Schools for uniformed officers and marked police cars, $110,260.80 to $117,312.00 from Elkhorn Public Schools for a School Resource Officer, $330,782.40 to $351,936.00 from Millard School District for high school officers, and an estimated $220,521.60 to $234,624.00 from Westside Community Schools. Several of these items note reimbursement rates of $40.00 per hour for Associate School Resource Officers and up to $46,080.00 or $64,800.00 for certain retired officers, subject to caps described in the agenda. Communications in opposition are noted for the Westside agreement (Ordinance 44811).
Land use and development actions
Land use and development decisions make up a substantial portion of the agenda. The council is slated to hold public hearings and vote on ordinances and resolutions related to the “Midwest Maintenance” project southeast of 29th and Q Streets, including rezoning from GI–General Industrial District to CC–Community Commercial District (Ordinance 44785), expansion of the ACI–Area of Civic Importance Overlay District (Ordinance 44786), approval of a PUR–Planned Unit Redevelopment Overlay District and Development Plan (Ordinance 44787), and acceptance of preliminary and final plats and a subdivision agreement (Resolutions 2026-0647 through 2026-0649).
Similar final actions are scheduled for “South Omaha Replat 36” northwest of Missouri Avenue and 20th Street, including rezoning to LO–Limited Office District, amendments to the MCC–Major Commercial Corridor Overlay District, an amendment to the Master Plan’s Future Land Use Element, and plat approvals (Ordinances 44788–44790 and Resolutions 2026-0650–2026-0651). A communication in opposition is noted for Ordinance 44788.
Additional planning-related items on final reading include Ordinances 44791 and 44792 to rezone 5117, 5123, and 5129 North 106th Street and to amend the MCC Overlay boundaries there, as well as Resolution 2026-0652 to approve a Special Use Permit for assisted living in the R5 District at those addresses for KCBEYOND, LLC. Several non-action items lay over future development proposals, including rezonings and plats for North Streams northeast of 202nd Avenue and N Street, Cedarhurst of Omaha northeast of 168th Street and Grand Avenue (with associated Special Use Permit for assisted living and subdivision agreement), and Chance Ridge Replat 1 northwest of Skyline Drive and West Dodge Road.
Spending ordinances and public safety grants
On the consent agenda, the council is expected to take final action on multiple spending and grant ordinances. Items include Ordinance 44793 authorizing a purchase order to Iowa Plains Signing, Inc. dba Todco for barricading services at various construction sites, Ordinance 44795 increasing an existing food concessions contract with Cash-Wa from $95,478.36 to an estimated $300,000.00 for Parks, Golf, Trap & Skeet and other facilities, and Ordinance 44797 accepting a $90,807.00 bid from The Waldinger Corporation for winterization and spring turn-on of seasonal facilities at 41 locations.
The council will also consider acceptance and multi-year disbursement of grant funds: $174,415.00 from the FY 2025 State Homeland Security Grant (Ordinance 44798), $342,228.00 total program funding tied to a STOP Violence Against Women Grant (Ordinance 44800, with $269,671.00 in grant funds and a $72,557.00 match), and $438,913.00 from the FY 2025 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Ordinance 44800 as listed in the agenda text).
Infrastructure, housing and animal control contracts
The agenda further lists contracts and task orders related to infrastructure and housing. Resolutions 2026-0721 through 2026-0724 would authorize amendments and task order agreements with Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., Olsson, Inc., and Felsburg Holt & Ullevig for sewer and traffic signal projects, with amounts including $2,568,940.00 for additional design phase engineering services on the Big Papillion Creek Interceptor Sewer Rehabilitation project and $64,188.97 and $9,937.51 for signal-related work funded from the 2022 Transportation Bond Fund.
Resolution 2026-0725 would approve a $63,395.00 grant agreement for rehabilitation work at 2412 North 45th Avenue, to be completed by Rife Construction, Inc. The council is also scheduled to consider Ordinance 44819, a three-year agreement with the Nebraska Humane Society for animal control services from 2027 through 2029, with payments of $1,859,588.00, $2,008,355.00, and $2,175,023.00 respectively from the Omaha Keno/Lottery Fund 12118, Organization 126021.
Liquor licenses and first-reading ordinances
- Liquor license actions on the agenda include new or upgraded licenses for Base Kamp Regency at 120 Regency Parkway, Suite 130 (Resolution 2026-0713), Nodest Home Plants at 3737 Farnam Street, Suite 103 (Resolution 2026-0714), Embassy Suites by Hilton Omaha Downtown Old Market at 555 South 10th Street (Resolution 2026-0715), and Tomo Sushi & Ramen at 210 North 114th Street (Resolution 2026-0716), as well as manager applications for The Tavern at 514 South 10th Street and Fas Mart 550 at 11919 Fort Street.
- Other first-reading ordinances include a rubbish and recycling pickup contract for Omaha Public Library facilities with Papillion Sanitation Service (Ordinance 44816), an agreement funded by a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Grant for services by Jennifer Bogdanoff at $8,973.25 per month plus a $700.00 vehicle allowance (Ordinance 44817), establishment of Class “A” Flammable Liquids Storage District No. A-172 at 146 South 243rd Street (Ordinance 44818), and a mixed-use development agreement amendment for Cattail Creek Commercial northeast of 192nd and Q Streets (Ordinance 44815).
- The council is also scheduled to consider a Gift Agreement and Lease Agreement related to the Central Library property between the Community Information Trust, the City of Omaha, the Board of Trustees of the Omaha Public Library, and the Omaha Public Library Foundation (Ordinance 44812), and a Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement for property generally located between 16th and 17th Streets and Mike Fahey and Cass Streets with Builders District III, LLC for $7,820,000.00 (Ordinance 44813), which has a request from the applicant for postponement and a communication in opposition noted.
- Mayor John Ewing, Jr. is seeking council confirmation of reappointments to the Zoning Board of Appeals: Matthew Kortright as an alternate member for a term from September 2, 2026, to September 1, 2031 (Resolution 2026-0727) and Joseph Pogge as a regular member from September 27, 2026, to September 26, 2031 (Resolution 2026-0728).
- The agenda notes that the City Council will not meet on September 8, 2026, and includes a standard motion to enter executive session to discuss labor negotiations, personnel matters, and litigation.
Pre-council meeting
According to a separate pre-council agenda, councilmembers are scheduled to meet at 10:30 a.m. the same day in the Jesse Lowe Conference Room at the Omaha/Douglas Civic Center to discuss agenda items and receive updates from city departments. That meeting will also allow one-minute comments from members of the public about items being considered at the 2 p.m. council meeting and includes a provision for an executive session on labor negotiations, personnel matters, and litigation.
This brief was generated from a public document. Source: https://cityclerk.cityofomaha.org/wp-content/uploads/images/2026-09-01a.pdf
