Bellevue Leader A3November 20, 2019

By Brody HilgenkampStaff Writer

The Sarpy County and Sarpy Cities Wastewater Agency board approved two resolutions Nov. 6 that will provide initial funding for the sewer system and begin the process of finding private sector partners to buildand operate the system.The first resolution approved an agreement between

Sarpy County and the five Sarpy cities to direct fundsOmaha Public Power District pays to Sarpy County, called PILOT funds, to build the sewer system south of a ridgeline that has prevented sewer infrastructure instal-lation due to costs of pumping wastewater over it.

OPPD pays Sarpy County 5% of its gross electricity sales within the boundaries of Sarpy County’s cities. Those funds are then distributed to the county, cities and school districts.

Under the approved agreement, the cities and the county will devote any new PILOT funds generated by developments south of the ridgeline to the wastewater agency.

Once the wastewater agency has enough money to get started and cash flow from its operations, the agencywill reimburse those entities for their contributions. The agreement puts a cap on combined contributions at $30 million.

Each city and the county also has a contribution threshold that, if exceeded, would be paid back with in-terest.

Sarpy County has the largest threshold at $11.29 mil-lion. Papillion is second at $6.16 million while Bellevue, Gretna and Springfield are between $4 and $4.3 million.La Vista, which does not have any land south of the rid-geline, will not contribute PILOT funds.Papillion, Springfield and the county will likely con-

tribute the most PILOT funds due to the cluster of mas-sive data centers like those of Facebook and Google, which use large amounts of electricity, along Highway 50.The second resolution gave the agency’s financial ad-

viser, Ernst & Young, to perform market tests to deter-mine if the agency’s “operating and financial assump-tions will support a public-private partnership.”

Sarpy Wastewater Agency partners to devote funds to project

By Brody HilgenkampStaff Writer

Bellevue’s plans to build a consolidat-ed public works facility have moved in a favorable direction, but the city may need to ask for an extension from the owners of the proposed site in order to finalize thedeal.

City Administrator Jim Ristow said the city is conducting an appraisal on the nearly 45 acres of land east of 36th Streetsouth of Cedar Island Road but is waiting

for FEMA approval for the facility.In October, Ristow said if the city’s ap-

plication wasn’t approved by the middle of November it would need to walk away from the deal. Since then, he said, the likelihood the project would be approved has moved in a favorable direction for Bellevue.

The FEMA process is slow, though, and the city is hoping to get approval by the end of the month.

If that doesn’t happen, Ristow said, the city may need to ask for an extension

from Ed and Carol Gates, the property’s owners, on the time allowed to close the deal.

“We’re feeling like it’ll get settled, it’s just when it gets settled,” Ristow said.

Under the property agreement, the city had 85 days to conduct its appraisal. The Bellevue City Council approved the $808,000 purchase at its Oct. 1 meeting. That gives the city until Dec. 25 to finalizethe deal.

The council had previously voted on the deal at its Sept. 17 meeting but nulli-

fied the vote after Councilwoman KathyWelch, who represented the city as its real estate agent in the deal, “inadvertent-ly” voted on it. She did not vote on the purchase at the Oct. 1 meeting.

The city has been without a real estate representative since the death of David Dunn in 2016.

Bellevue issued a request for propos-als to area real estate agents willing to represent the city, but Ristow said the city is re-opening that bid since it didn’t receive many applications.

City may ask for extension on public works land purchase

Photo by Cheyenne Alexis

Andy Foray and Mary Bezy, both World War II veterans, received special honors for attending the St. Mary’s Catholic School’s Veterans Day Assembly. The Veterans Day Assembly is an annual event at St. Mary’s.

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The Sarpy County Hol-iday Assistance program is in need of donations for its upcoming event.

The annual program provides low-income Sarpy County families with food and new toys for children ages birth to 14.

More than 9,100 Sarpy County residents live in poverty, nearly 4,000 ofwhom are children, ac-cording to a Nov. 8 Sarpy County news release.

The release stated that more than 400 families re-ceive assistance during the event.

This year’s will be Dec. 14 from 8 to 11:30 a.m. atthe Bellevue Christian Center.

Cash or check dona-tions will be accepted.

Checks should be made out to “Bellevue Ministeri-al Association” with “chil-dren’s fund” written on the memo line.

Those interested in do-nating to the program can also consider giving gift cards or new toys, books or games.

Donations are needed by Dec. 6 and should be dropped off at the Sarpy County Human Services Office, 1261 Golden GateDrive, Suite 1E in Papil-lion.

Anyone unable to do-nate can help by volun-

teering for the event.Contact Sharon Boeh-

mer, Sarpy County Hu-

man Services director, at 402-593-4414 for more in-formation.

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