View the 2020 Annual Report

2020 ANNUAL REPORT A year-end summary of the county’s major projects and initiatives. 2 2020 ANNUAL REPORT SARPY COUNTY 3 Sarpy County building permits available online The Sarpy County Planning and Building Department became even more user friendly in 2020. If you are building a fence, finishing your DON KELLY DAVID KLUG ANGI BUrmeister GARY MIxan JIM Warren basement or doing other work to District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 your home, you can now submit building permit applications on the Sarpy County website. A message from the Sarpy County Board of Commissioners The new system keeps projects moving and saves applicants time and a trip to the courthouse. This DEAR SARPY COUNTY RESIDENTS, was especially convenient given It’s hard to believe another year The budget prioritizes the coun- partnership with the City of Omaha, concerns about COVID-19. has come to a close. The past year ty’s new correctional center, a who will treat wastewater collected Residents, builders and con- presented historic challenges in our project that saw significant progress in the Unified Southern Sarpy Sewer tractors can use the online sys- community and around the world, in 2020. With the design well under- System, saving Sarpy County res- tem to apply for several types of but we are fortunate that 2020 in way and a construction manager idents the cost of building a new permits, including those required Sarpy County was full of opportunity, on board, we are on track to start treatment facility. for new decks, driveways, pools as well. construction in early 2021. Our response to the pandem- and larger-scale residential and Through the COVID-19 pandemic, Another priority in this year’s ic continues, and if you’ve visited commercial projects. Sarpy County staff continued to budget is the county’s road network. our county facilities, you’ve probably The system also allows users safely serve residents and kept Key projects completed in 2020 noticed physical barriers and social to track the status of their applica- important county initiatives on include reopening portions of the distancing practices put in place tion, schedule inspections, submit schedule. Our employees adapted, newly paved and expanded Giles to ensure public safety. We’ve also documents and make payments. and we appreciate your patience Road in western Sarpy, and recon- worked to keep you informed with “Growth in Sarpy County is im- while we navigated new ways of figuring the intersection of Platte- COVID-19-related data and informa- possible without the Planning and delivering services. view Road and 108th Street. We also tion on our website and social media Building Department,” Sarpy Coun- This year’s Annual Report shares launched CONNECTSarpy.com, a channels. Budget prioritizes roads, jail ty Commissioner Angi Burmeister said. “Allowing users to submit and the good — and at times heroic — new website to keep you up to date These efforts are due to the great The Sarpy County Board of Com- While the county continues to manage permits entirely online is work from our employees. on all of our road projects. team we have at Sarpy County missioners unanimously passed see healthy growth in property a great feature that was requested The Sarpy County Fiscal & Budget Plans to extend wastewater ser- and the support we receive from the Fiscal Year 2021 budget (July 1, valuations from new development, by our residents and will add Office developed a fiscally conserva- vice in southern Sarpy County the community. We hope you find 2020-June 30, 2021) that keeps the Sarpy County has prepared for some efficiency and convenience.” tive, balanced budget that kept our moved closer to reality this year. this update informative and insight- county’s tax levy flat. revenue losses due to COVID-19. If you have questions about county property tax levy the same The Sarpy County and Cities ful, and we look forward to more The $178.7 million budget allo- For example, the budget assumes building permit requirements in while investing in major initiatives. Wastewater Agency approved a success in 2021. cates $18 million for roads, $12.7 reductions in the Highway Allocation Sarpy County, please contact the million for the correctional center Fund, Lodging Taxes and Keno. Sarpy County Planning and Build- and includes funding for body cam- “This is the sixth year in a row the ing Department at 402-593-1555 eras for the Sarpy County Sheriff’s county levy has remained the same or [email protected]. Office and mass appraisal software at 29.69 cents per $100 valuation,” SARPY COUNTY OFFICIALS Administration for the Assessor’s Office. It also Commissioner David Klug said. A look at the numbers allows the county to remove two Under the FY2021 budget, resi- * Assessor: Dan Pittman Engineer: Dennis L. Wilson County Administrator: Dan Hoins • 2,485: permits issued aging buildings on the Sarpy County dents who live in a home valued at * County Attorney: Lee Polikov Public Defender: Tom Strigenz Deputy Administrator: Scott Bovick Courthouse Campus to make way $200,000 pay about $594 annually • 5,822: inspections completed Clerk/Register of Deeds: Deb Houghtaling Sheriff: Jeff Davis Chief Financial Officer: Bill Conley for customer parking during the for all county services, including the • Most requested permit: Clerk of the District Court: Dori Heath Treasurer: Brian Zuger Director of Administrative Services: construction of the new correctional 911 center, Sheriff’s Office, Public Single Family Home Stu De La Castro Election Commissioner: Michelle Y. Andahl center. Works and other county offices. *Numbers from Jan. 1-Dec. 11, 2020 4 2020 ANNUAL REPORT SARPY COUNTY 5 Wastewater Agency partners with Omaha A longtime, collaborative effort to build sanitary sewers in southern Sarpy County cleared a major feasi- bility and financial hurdle in 2020. The Sarpy County and Cities Wastewater Agency and the City of Omaha formed a historic and mutual- ly beneficial partnership that moves the Unified Southern Sarpy Wastewa- ter System closer to a reality. Under the agreement, wastewater collected in the new sewer system will Sarpy County will start construction on a new correctional center in Spring 2021. This rendering shows the facility from 84th Street and Highway 370. (DLR Group) be treated at Omaha’s Papillion Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility. The Sarpy County and Cities Wastewater Agency held a public hearing on Dec. 9, 2020, which included a preview of the proposed route for the new sewer system’s main pipeline, shown as the red line. (HDR) “Governments work best when they work together, so it makes per- tional revenue from new customers. to cost approximately $200 million correctional center’s Design takes Shape fect sense for the Agency to partner Development in southern Sarpy and will be built in phases over the employees will move during the jail’s with Omaha. Delivering sewer service County has been hampered by the next 40 years. In 2020, design work New facility to include construction. Because the jail will be to southern Sarpy will foster develop- lack of a unified sanitary sewer sys- began on the first phase, which will PROJECT TIMELINE built in an existing parking lot, the ment and benefit the entire metro,” tem. In 2017, Sarpy County and the bring sewer service to the Zwiebel courtroom, space for • January 2020: Correctional county made the decision to take said Commissioner Don Kelly, who five Sarpy cities set out to address this Creek watershed from roughly 60th Center Design Team began also serves as Chair of the Agency by forming the Wastewater Agency. to 84th Streets between Highway mental health care. design partnership with DLR down two aging office buildings on the Courthouse campus to make board. “Since Omaha will be treating Since its formation, the Agency 370 and Capehart Road. A team of professionals dedicated Group. way for additional parking. the wastewater, the agency will save has developed a phased plan for “This project has always been • April 2020: JE Dunn hired to be much of 2020 to addressing Sarpy The new correctional center potentially millions of dollars by not building the new system and ap- about collaboration,” Sarpy County County’s need for a larger, modern construction manager. proved a funding model that relies Administrator Dan Hoins said. “The design, led by DLR Group, became having to build a treatment facility.” correctional center. • August 2020: Schematic design While the Wastewater Agency will on connection and user fees instead Agency is in a great position head- clearer in 2020, with board approval With the hiring of a construction approved. of both a schematic design and a see cost savings from the partner- of property tax dollars. ing into 2021 and moving closer to manager and approval of the overall ship, the City of Omaha will see addi- The entire project is estimated putting pipe in the ground.” • December 2020: Detailed design more detailed design that sets the design, the jail project is on track to development documents stage for construction. The exterior begin construction in 2021. approved. of the new facility will blend in with “Collaboration has been critical • Spring 2021: Construction the existing facilities on the campus. Pro soccer ushers in a new era at Werner Park to getting the project to this point,” begins. Current financial projections show Sarpy County Board Chair Don Kelly Werner Park is no longer just a come addition to Sarpy County, County. Our thanks go out to every- • Late 2022: Construction the county can build the estimated said. “We have a great team internal- baseball stadium – it’s the home of especially after Minor League Base- one who helped make Union Oma- complete and facility opens.

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