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Votes at a glance: Bellevue council approves ordinances, resolutions and a package of contracts on Jan. 20
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Summary
The council unanimously approved ordinance 4201 (zoning boundary amendment), resolutions authorizing engineering and MDOT federal‑aid agreements, and a slate of CDBG subrecipient agreements, infrastructure contracts and vendor agreements listed below.
The Bellevue City Council voted on a range of ordinances, resolutions and contracts on Jan. 20. Below are the key outcomes recorded during the meeting.
Ordinances and resolutions - Ordinance No. 4201 (amend boundaries of official zoning map for Parcel 010609490; applicant: City of Bellevue): suspended three‑reading rule, public hearing held with no speakers, and ordinance adopted unanimously. - Resolution No. 2026‑01: authorize mayor to sign engineering services supplemental agreement No. 1 with Olson Inc. (up to $75,000) — approved unanimously. - Resolution No. 2026‑02: authorize local public agency agreement with MDOT for Bellevue active mobility plan (up to $52,500) — approved unanimously.
Selected contracts and approvals (motions carried unless otherwise noted) - 16a: Cox Communications — enhanced internet for Bellevue Public Library; monthly rate not to exceed $194.99 and a CBI modem line item shown as $2,339.88 on the agenda (clarified on the record); approved unanimously. - 16b: Agreement to establish Sarpy County consolidated drone team with Sarpy County Sheriff, Papillion PD and La Vista PD; approved. - 16c: 2025 CDBG subrecipient agreement with Bellevue Public Schools (employment/literacy program) — up to $19,400; approved. - 16d: 2025 CDBG subrecipient agreement with Habitat for Humanity of Omaha (home repair program) — amount corrected on the record to $48,839; approved. - 16e: 2025 CDBG with All Seasons Foundation (assistance for vulnerable adults) — up to $4,388; approved. - 16g: 2025 CDBG with Lift Up Sarpy (community response program) — up to $21,530; approved. - 16h: 2025 CDBG with Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership (Bellevue Food Pantry renovation) — up to $140,000; approved. - 16j: CDBG with Bellevue Economic Enhancement Foundation (Chamber small business assistance) — up to $30,000; approved. - 16k: Project agreement with Saris Systems to replace Public Works heat pump — up to $13,331; approved. - 16l: Agreement with Myers & Stauffer Public Consulting (ground emergency medical transport Medicaid program) — est. $36,581.27; staff explained program is a local match to release federal funds and projected net return on investment; approved. - 16m: Mainline extension agreement with MUD to install water mains to serve entertainment district lots — up to $863,762; approved. - 16n: Amendment No. 1 with HDR for Twin Creek Siphon rehabilitation (engineering only) — up to $166,340; council noted this covers engineering and that construction is likely 2–3 years out; approved. - 16o/16p: Design services with Felsberg Holt and Eulawig for storm sewer projects (Cobblestone Creek and McCann Park) — $50,435 and $82,135 respectively; approved. - 16q: Three‑year refundable agreement with OPPD for 1601 Bluff Street pump station — up to $55,000; approved. - 16r: Master agreement work order No. 4 with Olsen for entertainment district infrastructure — up to $383,400; approved. - 16s/16t: Gas and water permanent easements with MUD for portions of the entertainment district (agenda listed nominal $2 amounts) — approved. - 16u: Option agreement with Bell Rev LLC — approved (see separate article for details); recorded tally 4–1. - 16v: Amended sublicense agreement with Project Play Holdings LLC and American Resort Management — up to $250,000; approved.
Items removed from the agenda: 16f (Bellevue Junior Sports Association) and 16i (Lighthouse business expansion) were removed per staff request.
Notes and clarifications: several agenda line items contained numbering/formatting typos (for example the Habitat CDBG amount on the cover sheet); staff corrected figures on the record. A recorded vote on the Bell Rev option shows one dissent (Councilman Burns) but the transcript records Councilwoman Collins saying she would vote no; the official tally listed Burns as the recorded no — the transcript contains a discrepancy that the city clerk’s record may clarify.
