CITY OF OMAHA

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Omaha, Nebraska, will hold public hearings on February 25, 2020, beginning at 2:00 PM in Legislative Chambers, 1819 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68183, for the purpose of hearing testimony for:

An ordinance (1) to approve an agreement between the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Human DNA Identification Laboratory in the amount of $10,000.00; and (2) to authorize funding for such agreement from the City of Omaha’s FY 2018 Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Award #2018-GP-BX-0012,       awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA); to receive items of evidence from the Omaha Police Department (OPD), in an attempt to identify DNA profiles, and potentially match them to suspected persons; involving appropriations of more than one year in conformity with Section 5.17 of the Home Rule Charter; providing for payment from a specific account.

An ordinance in accordance with Section 5.10 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Omaha, 1956, as amended, to transfer $60,489.00 in unencumbered appropriations in the 2020 Budget of the City of Omaha from the Wage Adjustment account to the City Fire Department; and to fix the effective date hereof to be immediately upon passage in accordance with Section 2.12 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Omaha, 1956, as amended.

An ordinance in accordance with Section 5.10 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Omaha, 1956, as amended, to transfer $2,185,675.00 in unencumbered appropriations in the 2020 Budget of the City of Omaha from the Wage Adjustment account to the City Fire Department; and to fix the effective date hereof to be immediately upon passage in accordance with Section 2.12 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Omaha, 1956, as amended.

Anyone interested in these matters should be in attendance.   

Elizabeth Butler, CMC

City Clerk

City of Omaha

2-21-20

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CITY OF OMAHA

NOTICE TO PUBLIC

The City Council of the City of Omaha will have a Pre-Council Meeting at 10:30 A.M. in the Conference Room, LC-1, Omaha/Douglas Civic Center, 1819 Farnam Street, for the purpose of discussing the agenda items and briefing and discussion of public business; and a regular Council Meeting at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, in the Legislative Chambers of the Omaha/Douglas Civic Center in Omaha, Nebraska.  Proposed agenda kept continually current shall be available for public inspection in the Omaha/Douglas Civic Center at the Office of the City Clerk, but the Council shall have the right to modify the agenda to include items of an emergency nature only at such public meeting when convened.

Elizabeth Butler

City Clerk

ALL REQUESTS FOR SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS (SIGNERS) WILL REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF 48 HOURS ADVANCE NOTICE.

IF ALTERNATIVE FORMATS ARE NEEDED, ALL REQUESTS WILL REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF 72 HOURS ADVANCE NOTICE.

PLEASE NOTIFY SHERRI BROWN AT (402) 444-5554 IF ARRANGEMENTS NEED TO BE MADE.

2-21-20

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