Section
Boards and Commissions
33.01 Library Board
33.02 Planning Commission
33.03 Board of Adjustment
33.04 Board of Health
33.05 Recreation Advisory Board
33.06 Board of Public Works
33.07 Reserved
33.08 Cemetery Board
33.09 Heritage Center Board
Fire Department
33.20 Operation and funding
33.21 Fire Chief
33.22 Membership
33.23 Records
33.24 Fires
33.25 Distant fires
33.26 Inspections
33.27 Notice of violation
33.28 Power of arrest
33.29 Fire investigation
Housing Agency
33.45 Continued existence
33.46 Ownership
33.47 Housing Agency Board
33.48 Appointment of Resident Commissioner
33.49 Operation and management
33.50 Reports
33.51 Definitions
33.52 Rules and regulations
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
The Library Board shall be appointed. The nominated members must receive a majority vote of the governing body. The Board shall consist of five members, four of which shall be residents of the municipality. The fifth member may be a nonresident of the municipality. The members of the Library Board shall serve a four-year term of office as specified by state statutes. The Board shall serve without compensation and may be required in the discretion of the governing body, to give a bond in a sum set by resolution of the governing body and conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties. At the time of the Board’s first meeting in July of each year, the Board shall organize by selecting from their number a Chairperson and Secretary. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep the full and correct minutes and records of all meetings and to keep them available for public inspection at any reasonable time. A majority of the Board members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Board shall meet at such times as the governing body may designate. Special meetings may be held upon the call of the Chairperson or any three members of the Board. The Library Board shall have the authority to appoint a librarian and all other employees. It shall be the duty of the Board to have general charge of the Municipal Library and to establish appropriate rules and regulations for the management, operation and use of the same. The Board shall have supervisory authority over all employees of the library including the librarian. All actions of the Board shall be subject to the review and supervision of the governing body. The Board shall be responsible for making such reports and performing such additional duties as the governing body may designate from time to time. No member of the governing body shall serve as a member of the Library Board while serving a term of office as a member of the governing body. No member of the Library Board shall serve in the capacity of both the Chairperson and Secretary of the Board.
(Neb. RS 51-202) (2000 Code, § 2-201) (Ord. 566, passed 4-15-2013)
(A) (1) If the City Council adopts zoning or other regulations pursuant to Neb. RS 19-901 et seq., the Planning Commission shall consist of five, seven, or nine regular members, as specified by the City Council by ordinance, who shall represent, insofar as is possible, the different professions or occupations in the city and shall be appointed by the Mayor, by and with the approval of a majority vote of the members elected to the City Council. Two of the regular members may be residents of the area over which the city is authorized to exercise extraterritorial zoning and subdivision regulation. When there are 500 residents in the area over which the city exercises extraterritorial zoning and subdivision regulation, one regular member of the Commission shall be a resident from such area. If it is determined by the City Council that 500 residents reside in the area subject to extraterritorial zoning or subdivision regulation, and no such resident is a regular member of the Commission, the first available vacancy on the Commission shall be filled by the appointment of such an individual. A number of commissioners equal to a majority of the number of regular members appointed to the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. All regular members of the Commission shall serve without compensation. The term of each regular member shall be three years, except that one-third or fewer of the regular members of the first commission to be so appointed shall serve for terms of one year, one-third or fewer for terms of two years, and the remaining members for terms of three years. All regular members shall hold office until their successors are appointed. Any member may, after a public hearing before the Council, be removed by the Mayor with the consent of a majority vote of the members elected to the Council for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office or other good and sufficient cause. Vacancies occurring otherwise than through the expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Mayor.
(2) The Mayor may, with the approval of a majority vote of the elected members of the Council, appoint one alternate member to the Planning Commission. The alternate member shall serve without compensation. The term of the alternate member shall be three years, and he or she shall hold office until his or her successor is appointed and approved. The alternate member may be removed from office in the same manner as a regular member. If the alternate member position becomes vacant other than through the expiration of the term, the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Mayor with the approval of a majority vote of the elected members of the Council. The alternate member may attend any meeting and may serve as a voting and participating member of the Commission at any time when less than the full number of regular Commission members is present and capable of voting.
(3) A regular or alternate member of the Planning Commission may hold any other municipal office except:
(a) Mayor;
(b) A member of the City Council;
(c) A member of any community redevelopment authority or limited community redevelopment authority created under Neb. RS 18-2102.01; or
(d) A member of any citizen advisory review committee created under Neb. RS 18-2715.
(Neb. RS 19-926)
(B) The Commission shall elect its Chairperson from its members and create and fill such other of its offices as it may determine. The term of the Chairperson shall be one year, and he or she shall be eligible for reelection. The Commission shall hold at least one regular meeting in each calendar quarter, except the City Council may require the Commission to meet more frequently and the Chairperson of the Commission may call for a meeting when necessary to deal with business pending before the Commission. The Commission shall adopt rules and regulations for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations, which shall be a public record.
(Neb. RS 19-927)
(C) No member of the Commission shall serve in the capacity of both the Chairperson and Secretary of the Commission. The Secretary shall keep the full and correct minutes and records of all meetings and file them with the City Clerk where they shall be available for public inspection during office hours.
(D) The City Council may provide the funds, equipment, and accommodations necessary for the work of the Commission, but the expenditures of the Commission, exclusive of gifts, shall be within the amounts appropriated for that purpose by the Council; and no expenditures nor agreements for expenditures shall be valid in excess of such amounts.
(Neb. RS 19-928)
(E) (1) (a) Except as provided in Neb. RS 19-930 to 19-933, the Planning Commission shall:
(i) Make and adopt plans for the physical development of the city, including any areas outside its boundaries which in the Commission's judgment bear relation to the planning of such city and including a comprehensive development plan as defined by Neb. RS 19-903;
(ii) Prepare and adopt such implemental means as a capital improvement program, subdivision regulations, building codes, and a zoning ordinance in cooperation with other interested city departments; and
(iii) Consult with and advise public officials and agencies, public utilities, civic organizations, educational institutions, and citizens with relation to the promulgation and implementation of the comprehensive development plan and its implemental programs. The Commission may delegate authority to any such group to conduct studies and make surveys for the commission, make preliminary reports on its findings, and hold public hearings before submitting its final reports.
(b) The City Council shall not take final action on matters relating to the comprehensive development plan, capital improvements, building codes, subdivision development, the annexation of territory, or zoning until it has received the recommendation of the Planning Commission, provided that the Planning Commission shall make its recommendation so that it is received by the City Council within 60 days after the Commission begins consideration of a matter or within such other number of days as the City Council has set by ordinance.
(c) A recommendation from the Planning Commission shall not be required for subdivision of existing lots and blocks whenever all required public improvements have been installed, no new dedication of public rights-of-way or easements is involved, and such subdivision complies with the ordinance requirements concerning minimum areas and dimensions of such lots and blocks, if the City Council has designated, by ordinance, an agent pursuant to Neb. RS 19-916.
(2) (a) The Commission may, with the consent of the City Council, in its own name (i) make and enter into contracts with public or private bodies, (ii) receive contributions, bequests, gifts, or grant funds from public or private sources, (iii) expend the funds appropriated to it by the city, (iv) employ agents and employees, and (v) acquire, hold, and dispose of property.
(b) The Commission may on its own authority make arrangements consistent with its program, conduct or sponsor special studies or planning work for any public body or appropriate agency, receive grants, remuneration, or reimbursement for such studies or work, and at its public hearings, summon witnesses, administer oaths, and compel the giving of testimony.
(3) (a) The Commission may grant conditional uses or special exceptions to property owners for the use of their property if the City Council has, through a zoning ordinance or special ordinance, generally authorized the Commission to exercise such powers and has approved the standards and procedures adopted by the Commission for equitably and judiciously granting such conditional uses or special exceptions. The granting of a conditional use permit or special exception shall only allow property owners to put their property to a special use if it is among those uses specifically identified in the zoning ordinance as classifications of uses which may require special conditions or requirements to be met by the owners before a use permit or building permit is authorized.
(b) The power to grant conditional uses or special exceptions shall be the exclusive authority of the Commission, except that the City Council may choose to retain for itself the power to grant conditional uses or special exceptions for those classifications of uses specified in the zoning ordinance. The Council may exercise such power if it has formally adopted standards and procedures for granting such conditional uses or special exceptions in a manner that is equitable and will promote the public interest.
(c) An appeal of a decision by the Commission or Council regarding a conditional use or special exception shall be made to the district court.
(Neb. RS 19-929)
Statutory reference:
Other provisions on planning commissions, see Neb. RS 19-924 through 19-933
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