The Omaha City Council is scheduled to meet Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at 2 p.m. in the Legislative Chambers at 1819 Farnam Street to consider a wide range of contracts, land use items, and redevelopment agreements, according to the published agenda. A pre-council meeting is also set for 10:30 a.m. in the Jesse Lowe Conference Room at the same address.
School resource officer agreements
On the consent agenda, councilmembers are expected to take final action on several school resource officer agreements for the 2026–2027 school year. These include an agreement with Omaha Public Schools under which the district will reimburse the city at an estimated range of $1,212,868.80 to $1,525,056.00 for uniformed officers and marked cars at multiple high and middle schools; a separate agreement for up to nine associate school resource officers at $40.00 per hour; contracts with Elkhorn Public Schools for a school resource officer and one associate school resource officer, with reimbursement ranges including $110,260.80 to $117,312.00 and an hourly rate of $40.00; and two contracts with the Millard School District for uniformed officers at three high schools and retired associate school resource officers, with Millard reimbursing between $330,782.40 and $351,936.00 for one agreement and hourly rates of $40.00 or $45.00 under another. An additional contract on final reading with Westside Community Schools would provide two uniformed officers and cruisers, with Westside reimbursing an estimated $220,521.60 to $234,624.00.
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Central Library gift and land use items
The council is also scheduled to consider Ordinance 44812, a gift agreement involving the Community Information Trust, the City of Omaha, and the Board of Trustees of the Omaha Public Library, for the acceptance, transfer, and donation of the Central Library property and facilities to the city. The ordinance would authorize the city to assume certain operational leases, maintenance contracts, and construction-related agreements associated with the Central Library and approve a lease agreement for office space within the facility between the city, the library board, and the Omaha Public Library Foundation.
Significant redevelopment and land use items are on the agenda. Ordinance 44810 would approve a gift agreement related to the Central Library as noted above, while separate planning items include multiple actions for the North Streams subdivision northeast of 202nd Avenue and N Street, and for the Cedarhurst of Omaha project northeast of 168th Street and Grand Avenue, including rezonings, plats, subdivision agreements, and a special use permit to allow assisted living in the R5 District. The council will also hold a public hearing on Ordinance 44813, a proposed real estate purchase and sale agreement with Builders District III, LLC, a wholly owned affiliate of Kiewit Corporation, for city property between 16th and 17th Streets and Mike Fahey and Cass Streets, at a sale price of $7,820,000.00.
Long-term contracts and cooperative agreements
On second and first readings, the council is set to take public comment on several long-term contracts and cooperative agreements. These include Ordinance 44819, a proposed three-year agreement with the Nebraska Humane Society for animal control services from 2027 to 2029 with annual payments of $1,859,588.00, $2,008,355.00, and $2,175,023.00 from the Omaha Keno/Lottery Fund; Ordinance 44820, a 50-year lease agreement with the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska for city-owned property near UNO Nebraska Village and Baxter Arena at $1.00 per year, with an option to purchase; and Ordinance 44827, an interlocal cooperation agreement with the City of Friend governing distribution of keno lottery proceeds through May 14, 2031.
Tax increment financing projects
Major tax increment financing (TIF) items are also scheduled. Ordinance 44826 would approve a redevelopment and TIF agreement with 1053 Park Avenue, LLC for the 1053 Park TIF Redevelopment Project at 1059 Park Avenue, proposing new construction of a four-story senior living apartment building with all affordable one-bedroom units and authorizing the use of up to $660,785.00 in excess ad valorem taxes, including capitalized interest. Ordinance 44827 would approve a redevelopment and TIF agreement with L1 VS, LLC for the Vinton Silos TIF Redevelopment Project at 3417 Vinton Street, proposing demolition of a decommissioned grain elevator and most adjacent silos and construction of four new apartment buildings with 233 market-rate units, using up to $10,461,365.00 in excess ad valorem taxes, including capitalized interest.
Infrastructure, parks, and other items
The agenda further lists multiple resolutions authorizing infrastructure and park-related spending, including a $377,580.00 annual software subscription renewal with Trimble Inc. for a Public Works project management solution; a $328,400.00 purchase from RW Gate Company for stainless steel slide gates for the Papio WRRF In-plant and Bypass Gate Upgrades project; amendments to professional services agreements for the Missouri River Omaha Flood Protection Project and hydraulic modeling work; task orders totaling more than $80,000.00 with HDR Engineering, Inc. and E & A Consulting Group, Inc. for the 72nd and Blondo Street project and the Levi Carter Park Trail project; and an $86,000.00 bid award to Dostals Construction Company Inc. to construct a playground shade shelter at Andersen Park.
Other items include speed limit confirmations and changes setting 30 mph limits on Leavenworth Street between 42nd and 60th Streets and on 60th Street between Leavenworth and Pacific Streets; establishment of a Class “A” Flammable Liquids Storage District No. A-172 at 146 South 243rd Street; and several liquor license applications and manager appointments. The council is also scheduled to consider multiple bid rejection appeals related to point-of-sale systems for golf operations, residential street plowing and de-icing, and sidewalk snow and ice removal in four city quadrants.
Public participation and meeting notice
A separate pre-council agenda notes that the city clerk has certified publication of the meeting notice in the Daily Record on September 11, 2026, and states that members of the public will have one minute to speak as proponents or opponents on agenda items being considered at the 2 p.m. meeting. Both agendas note that a copy of the Open Meeting Act will be available in the meeting rooms and that the City of Omaha provides reasonable modifications and effective communication services upon request.
This brief was generated from a public document. Source: https://cityclerk.cityofomaha.org/wp-content/uploads/images/2026-09-15a.pdf
