The village shall have power to create, open, widen, or extend any street, avenue, alley, off-street parking area, or other public way, or annul, vacate, or discontinue such street, avenue, alley, area, or public way; take private property for public use for the purpose of erecting or establishing market houses, market places, parks, swimming pools, airports, gas systems, including distribution facilities, water systems, power plants, including electrical distribution facilities, sewer systems, or for any other needed public purpose; and exercise the power of eminent domain within or without the village limits for the purpose of establishing and operating power plants including electrical distribution facilities to supply such village with public utility service, and for sewerage purposes, water supply systems, or airports. The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 76-704 to 76-724, except as to property specifically excluded by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-703 and as to which Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 19-701 to 19-707 or the Municipal Natural Gas System Condemnation Act is applicable. For purposes of this section, electrical distribution facilities shall be located within the retail service area of such village as approved by and on file with the Nebraska Power Review Board, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. Chapter 70, art. 10.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-559)