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The current Mayor of Omaha is Jean Stothert, a member of the Republican Party.The City Clerk is Dan Esch, a member of the Democratic Party and members of the City Council are Pete Festerson, Council President from District 1; Juanita Johnson from 2; Danny Begley from 3; Ron Hug from 4; Don Rowe from 5; Brinker Harding from 6 and; Aimee Melton, [3] Council Vice President from 7.
Founded by the Nebraska Legislature as the Metropolitan Water District in 1913, five years later, the state legislators authorized the City of Omaha to assign the responsibility for operation of the gas system to the Metropolitan Water District. The name was changed to the Metropolitan Utilities District in 1921.
Jesse Lowe (March 11, 1814 – April 3, 1868) was the first mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, serving for one year from March 5, 1857 to March 2, 1858. [1] An important real estate agent in the early city, Lowe is credited with naming the city after the Omaha Tribe. [2] USA, Nebraska Territory, $1 City of Omaha 1857 uniface banknote.
Stothert won her third term [13] for Omaha Mayor in 2021. In 2022, there was a charter convention to amend the Omaha city charter; the convention resulted in 24 proposed amendments. [14] The most controversial amendment to pass delayed the process by which the city council president could be appointed acting mayor if the current mayor leaves Omaha.
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 ...
Logan Fontenelle, an interpreter for the Omaha Tribe when it ceded the land that became the city of Omaha to the U.S. government. Various Native American tribes had lived in the land that became Omaha since the 17th century, including the Omaha and Ponca, Dhegihan-Siouan language people who had originated in the lower Ohio River valley and migrated west by the early 17th century; Pawnee, Otoe ...
Educated in Catholic schools in Omaha, Boyle graduated from Creighton University in 1973 with a degree in economics and management from the Business Administration School. He graduated from the Creighton University School of Law in 1977. Mike married Anne Howell on April 24, 1965, at St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha. They had five children and 18 ...
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln absorbed the Municipal University of Omaha (now University of Nebraska Omaha) in the 1950s to form the University of Nebraska system. Shortly after, the same was done to the College of Engineering at both schools; though the Omaha campus has its own facilities, its degree programs, faculty, and funding come ...