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Council approves multiple licenses, pay-plan changes and redevelopment items in unanimous votes
Summary
At its April 22 meeting the Omaha City Council approved a series of routine liquor licenses, a police pay-plan amendment, a new street-racing ordinance amendment, and several redevelopment and TIF items by recorded roll calls, mostly by unanimous votes.
The Omaha City Council on April 22 approved a batch of routine licenses, contract and redevelopment items in a series of roll-call votes, most passing unanimously.
The council approved multiple liquor licenses on the consent calendar: a Class C license for Briana Walla (17903 Pierce Plaza), a Class A license for La Casa del Pollo (2405 N Street), a Class A license for Stories Coffee (15526 Balding Street, Suite 101), a Class C license for Staybridge Suites (7825 Davenport Street), and a Class I license for The Reading Room (1505 Farnham Street). Each of those items passed on recorded roll calls that appear in the meeting minutes; the votes were recorded as passing 7-0.
Council members also approved a series of redevelopment and administrative items with recorded roll calls: the Mueller Apartments tax-increment financing (TIF) redevelopment agreement for 2226 Howard Street (TIF not to exceed $852,814) and the 2214 Florence Boulevard revitalization TIF project (TIF up to $241,850); both measures passed by roll call. The council accepted the 2024 TIF annual report in a recorded vote after a Planning Department presentation.
On labor and public-safety items the council approved amendments to the Omaha Police Officers Association collective-bargaining agreement adopting a new pay plan (amendment passed; final motion passed by roll calls) and approved an ordinance creating a new municipal street-racing offense and towing authority; the ordinance passed after an amendment by the law department.
Most motions on the consent agenda and other ordinances recorded roll-call votes and the clerk’s minutes show approval by majorities or unanimous votes as noted by the presiding officer.
Votes listed on the record during the meeting included multiple unanimous 7-0 results for the liquor licenses and several other items. Where full motion text or staff reports were not read into the record at length, the meeting minutes indicate the items had public hearings previously or proponents were present by Zoom and the council proceeded to vote.
The council’s recorded approvals will take effect as provided by ordinance or contract language; the meeting record shows no contested final outcomes among these items.
