OMAHA- Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert has jumped into the fray over the city’s updated electrical code by vetoing a City Council measure that opponents, including area homebuilders, said threatened affordable housing efforts. The city ordinance in question, which passed narrowly last week by a 4-3 City Council vote, was intended to align Omaha’s electrical code with updated national and state codes.

The city’s version, however, included a handful of new national requirements that the Nebraska Legislature earlier this year decided should be carved out of an updated state code. Stothert’s veto letter, sent to the council Thursday, said she favored adopting a local code that mirrored the state one, a position that also was endorsed by Gov. Jim Pillen.

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