The Omaha City Council is scheduled to meet Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 2 p.m. in the Legislative Chambers at 1819 Farnam Street to consider a range of land use, infrastructure, labor, and financing items, according to the published agenda. A pre-council meeting is set for 10:30 a.m. the same day in the Jesse Lowe Conference Room at the Omaha/Douglas Civic Center.
On final reading, the council is slated to vote on Ordinance 44716, which would create a new chapter of the Omaha Municipal Code to establish, implement, and enforce a minimum wage for employees and employers in the city, prohibit retaliation, and provide remedies and employer-wide investigations. The ordinance has communications in support and opposition and documentation from the Human Rights and Relations Department, and an amendment of the whole has been requested by Councilmember Goodwin. The item was postponed from the June 16, 2026, council meeting and is scheduled for a vote on July 14.
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Council members are also set to act on Resolution 2026-0591, which would authorize use of a construction management at risk contract for the design, construction, installation, operation and/or maintenance of the Downtown Omaha Soccer Stadium Project, in accordance with Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2904 and the City’s Construction Alternatives Policy. Another major capital item, Ordinance 44730, would approve an agreement with FireCatt to provide annual fire hose testing services for the Omaha Fire Department from 2027 through 2031 at an estimated total cost of $181,900.00, with FireCatt acknowledged as a sole source vendor due to patented testing technology.
The agenda includes several significant development and land use decisions. The council is scheduled to hold public hearings and vote on multiple rezonings and plats, including the Indian Ridge subdivision (Lots 1-207 and Outlots A-D) southeast of 204th and Ida Streets (Ordinances 44719 and 44720 and Resolution 2026-0504), the Ida Grove subdivision (Resolution 2026-0506 and associated subdivision agreement 2026-0507) southwest of 186th and Ida Streets, and the Rainwood subdivision southwest of 138th Street and Bennington Road (Resolutions 2026-0555 and 2026-0556). Ordinance 44717 proposes rezoning at 5623 Grant Street from R4(35)-Single-Family Residential District (High-Density) to R5(35)-Urban Family Residential District, and Ordinance 44718 would rezone property southeast of 33rd and Webster Streets for the Webster Corner project.
On the consent agenda, the council is expected to take third reading action on Ordinance 44722, which would amend multiple sections of the Omaha Municipal Code related to the Urban Design code, and on Ordinances 44723, 44724, and 44725, which would establish Class “B” Flammable Liquids Storage Districts B-231, B-232, and B-233 at 8425 North 114th Street (Lots 4, 5, and 6) as requested by Westwood Solutions LLC. The council will also consider several purchasing and contract resolutions, including a $1,232,150.95 change order (Resolution 2026-0576) for the 2025 Street Resurfacing, School Adjacent, Various Locations Project (OPW 54927), and a $97,633.00 purchase of a Discflo sludge transfer pump for the Missouri River Water Resource Recovery Facility (Resolution 2026-0575).
Housing and tax increment financing (TIF) appear on the agenda through Ordinance 44739, which would approve a redevelopment and TIF agreement with Novella, LLC for the Novella Senior Living project at 4809 Redman Avenue. The plan calls for comprehensive rehabilitation of a vacant, dilapidated 31,922-square-foot building and construction of a three-story addition of about 107,860 square feet to create a 160-unit independent senior living complex with 136 affordable units and 24 market rate units, totaling approximately 139,780 square feet. The agreement would authorize the use of up to $2,807,125.00 in excess ad valorem taxes, including capitalized interest, to help fund project costs.
Other items scheduled for action include Resolution 2026-0528, a Special Use Permit for Emmanuel Fellowship to allow daycare services (general) at 8345 Crown Point Avenue; Resolution 2026-0559, laying over a Special Use Permit for indoor sports and recreation at 7405 Irvington Road; and multiple commemorative street name designations, including “Jean Stothert Street” on 13th Street from Douglas Street to Harney Street, “Gladys Veland Morris Street” on Grant Street from 34th Avenue to 36th Street, “Robert Faulkner Way” on 26th Street from Hamilton Street to Caldwell Street, and “Francisco ‘Paco’ Fuentes Street” on South 22nd Street from O Street to Q Street (Resolutions 2026-0583 through 2026-0586). The council will also consider bid rejection appeals from Liviniti and Mark VII Enterprises, Inc., and a grant acceptance ordinance (44751) for a $60,000.00 Nebraska Crime Commission award to fund an Omaha Police Department Criminal Justice Internship Program for July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.
- Liquor-related items on the agenda include several new and transfer Class A, D, and I liquor licenses and manager applications for locations such as Apple Nails & Spa at 12005 West Center Road, B’s Liquor at 3022 North 90th Street, El Deposito at 3952 Q Street, EZ Mart at 6818 South 13th Street, and Ware House Comedy Theater at 1419 South 13th Street, Suite 102, among others.
- Resolutions 2026-0572 through 2026-0574 address additional funding for F Street bridge deck repair, 2026 public tire collection events, and an extra 2026 mailing of Wasteline newsletters.
- Resolutions 2026-0580 through 2026-0582 and 2026-0578 involve dedications and easements affecting Tranquility Park and property at 4101 North 24th Street for the Fort Street 120th to Park Entrance Road Project, the Tranquility Park Interceptor Sewer Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Project, and the North 24th Street Streetscape project.
- Appointments and reappointments by Mayor John W. Ewing, Jr. include members to the Board of Examiners, the Building Board of Review, and the Omaha/Douglas Public Building Commission (Resolutions 2026-0588 through 2026-0590).
- The agenda notes that the City Council will not meet on September 8, 2026, and that both meetings on July 14 will comply with the Nebraska Open Meeting Act, with notices published July 10, 2026, in the Daily Record.
This brief was generated from a public document. Source: https://cityclerk.cityofomaha.org/wp-content/uploads/images/2026-07-14a.pdf
