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Council votes to merge planning and building departments into a single planning department; amendment adds Fire Prevention Bureau language

5860872 · September 30, 2025
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The council approved amendments to the municipal code to combine the Planning Department and Building & Safety Department into a unified Planning Department and to designate a single planning director; an amendment added specific language to include the Bureau of Fire Prevention in the reorganization.

The Lincoln City Council voted 6–0 on Sept. 29 to amend the municipal code to merge the Planning Department and the Building & Safety Department into a single unified Planning Department and to designate the planning director as the single director of the combined department.

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