Leaders testify on upcoming garbage contract, plastic bag ban that have lasting effects on the environment

Members of the OTOC Environmental Sustainability Action Team testified Tuesday at two different public hearings at the city council. The first hearing was for the Mayor’s proposed garbage contract. After several years of study, a request for Bids (RFB) was put out, and four companies submitted different bids in January 2019. The Mayor and a […]

IPL & OTOC Leaders collaborate with the National TPS Alliance of Nebraska at First United Methodist Church-Omaha

IPL & OTOC Leaders collaborated with The National TPS Alliance of Nebraska Saturday April 6th for a bilingual workshop at First United Methodist Church. The event hosted over 75 people who were inspired by live testimonies of real TPS holders. Temporary Protected Status is an immigration status given to those who can not return to […]

City Council voted for Proactive Inspection Policy

  April 9 City Council Vote-City Council Passes Ordinance for Proactive Rental Inspections but Mayor Stothert Promises VETO City Council voted 4-3 for a proactive rental inspection system that would start in 2020. They passed “Amendment C” proposed by Gray, Jerram, and Festeresen. This ordinance will require all properties to register, and begin a 10-year cycle […]