Omaha City Council | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Leadership | |
President | Pete Festersen, (D) since June 2021 |
Vice President | Aimee Melton, (R) since May 2023 |
Structure | |
Seats | 7 officially non-partisan |
Political groups |
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Length of term | 4 years |
Elections | |
First-past-the-post; Non-partisan Voting (primaries and special elections beginning 1957) | |
Last election | May 11, 2021 |
Next election | May 15, 2025 |
Meeting place | |
Omaha City Hall, Douglas | |
Website | |
city.council.city.of.omaha.org |
The City Council of Omaha, Nebraska, is elected every four years on a nonpartisan basis. The next election will occur in 2025. Omaha has a strong mayor form of government. Members are elected by district. Currently seven city council districts are represented across the City of Omaha. [1]
City council members represented seven districts throughout the city of Omaha. [2]
The city council is officially nonpartisan; party affiliations are for informational purposes only. However, registered Democrats hold a majority.
District | Councilman | Party |
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1 | Pete Festersen | D |
2 | Juanita Johnson | D |
3 | Danny Begley | D |
4 | Ron Hug | D |
5 | Don Rowe | R |
6 | Brinker Harding | R |
7 | Aimee Melton | R |
In 2006 the Nebraska State Legislature began deliberations on adding additional seats to the Omaha City Council. [3] Due to the annexation of Elkhorn by Omaha, the city council has proposed new boundaries for the districts that would split Elkhorn between two districts. Legislative Bill 405, introduced by Elkhorn State Senator Dwite Pedersen, would increase the size of the Omaha City Council to 9 members and realign districts. However, this bill was tabled in March 2007 until the next legislative session. [4]
The first Omaha City Council was convened in 1857. It was composed of A. D. Jones, who resigned March 23, 1857; T. G. Goodwill, who died May 18, 1857; G. C. Bove, H. H. Visscher, Thomas Davis, William N. Byers, William W. Wyman, Thomas O'Connor, C. H. Downs, J. H. Kellom, for whom Kellom School was later named; and John Creighton, whom Creighton University was later named for. [5]
The city council has long taken stances on issues. In 1859 a local newspaper reported that a, "...bill introduced in the Omaha City Council, for the abolition of slavery in this Territory, was called up yesterday, and its further consideration postponed for two weeks. A strong effort will be made among the Republicans to secure its passage; we think, however, it will fail. The farce certainly cannot be enacted if the Democrats do their duty." [6]
Election Year | Position 1 | Position 2 | Position 3 | Position 4 | Position 5 | Position 6 | Position 7 |
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1957 [7] | W. P. Garvey | Albert L. Veys | A. V. Sorensen | Warren R. Swigart | James J. Dworak | Harry Trustin | Sam W. Reynolds [note 1] |
N.P. Dodge [note 2] | |||||||
1961 [9] | Albert L. Veys | Warren R. Swigart | Harry Trustin | H. F. Jacobberger | Ernest A. Adams | William R. Milner | Arthur D. Bradley Jr. |
1965 [10] | Robert G. Cunningham | Betty Abbott [note 3] | H. F. Jacobberger | Albert L. Veys | Arthur D. Bradley Jr. | Sam Vacanti | Lynn R. Carey |
1969 [12] | H. F. Jacobberger | Warren R. Swigart | Albert Veys | Arthur D. Bradley Jr. | L. K. Smith | Betty Abbott | John Ritums |
1973 [13] | John Hlavacek | John Miller | Bob Cunningham [note 4] | Monte Taylor | Steve Rosenblatt | Jerry Hassett | Betty Abbott |
Ray F. Slizewski [note 5] | |||||||
1977 [16] | Steve Rosenblatt | Jerry Hassett | Richard Takechi [note 6] | Mary Kay Green | Tim Rouse | Leo Kraft | Warren Swigart |
District 1 | District 2 | District 3 | District 4 | District 5 | District 6 | District 7 | |
1981 [18] | David Stahmer | Fred Conley [note 7] | Walt Calinger | Steve Tomasek | Connie Findlay [note 8] | Sylvia Wagner [note 9] | Bernie Simon |
1983 [19] | Fred Conley | Steve Tomasek [note 10] | Sylvia Wagner | ||||
1985 [21] | Joe Friend | Walt Calinger [note 11] | Richard Takechi | Bernie Simon [note 12] | |||
Subby Anzaldo [note 13] | Allen Dinzole [note 14] | ||||||
1987 [24] | Fred Conley [note 15] | Steve Tomasek | Jim Cleary | ||||
1989 [20] | Joe Friend | Subby Anzaldo | Richard Takechi | Steve Exon | |||
1991 [25] | Fred Conley | Steve Tomasek | Lee Terry | ||||
1993 [26] | Joe Friend [note 16] | Brenda Council [note 17] | Subby Anzaldo | Paul Koneck | Richard Takechi [note 18] | Lee Terry | Frank Christensen |
Lormong Lo [note 19] | Cliff Herd [note 20] | ||||||
1997 [33] | Lormong Lo | Frank Brown | Subby Anzaldo [note 21] | Paul Koneck | Cliff Herd | Lee Terry [note 22] | Marc Kraft |
Bob Sivick [note 23] | James Monahan [note 24] | ||||||
2001 [38] | Marc Kraft | Frank Brown | Jim Vokal | Garry Gernandt | Dan Welch | Franklin Thompson | Chuck Sigerson |
2005 [39] | Jim Suttle | Frank Brown | Jim Vokal | Garry Gernandt | Dan Welch | Franklin Thompson | Chuck Sigerson |
2009 [40] | Pete Festersen | Ben Gray | Chris Jerram | Garry Gernandt | Jean Stothert | Franklin Thompson | Chuck Sigerson [note 25] |
Thomas Mulligan [note 26] | |||||||
2013 [43] | Pete Festersen | Ben Gray | Chris Jerram | Garry Gernandt | Rich Pahls | Franklin Thompson | Aimee Melton |
2017 [44] | Pete Festersen | Ben Gray | Chris Jerram | Vinny Palermo | Rich Pahls [note 27] | Brinker Harding | Aimee Melton |
Colleen Brennan [note 28] | |||||||
2021 [47] | Pete Festersen | Juanita Johnson | Danny Begley | Vinny Palermo | Don Rowe | Brinker Harding | Aimee Melton |
Ron Hug |
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