Council told staff working to revise member-service agreement to enable development south of ridgeline

City staff told the City Council on July 1 that they are working with the regional sewer agency and developers to revise a member service agreement to allow pioneering infrastructure options intended to advance development south of the ridgeline.

Administrative staffer Miss Powers said city staff “continues to work with developers and the sewer agency to find solutions to advancing infrastructure south of the Bridal Line. And Papillion, we still need to approve our our member service agreement with the agency, so we're working on language to include in our agreement, that allows for pioneering infrastructure and allows development with that.”

Powers told the council the agency board met last week and “approved grama, and I'll make, these new types of pioneering options available.” Council discussion later noted that neighboring members Gretna and Springfield had differing policies at a recent wastewater agency meeting, which staff said they will factor into negotiations.

No final member service agreement was approved at the July 1 meeting; Powers said she expects the city to present a revised member service agreement within one to two months for council consideration. Councilmembers discussed that adopting a city-specific policy could open up sites that had previously been closed to development pending infrastructure financing and agreements with the sewer agency.

The city did not provide details on the specific reimbursement rules, dollar amounts, or the agency’s formal policy name beyond the language above; those details remain under negotiation.