BELLEVUE - Another Omaha metro mayor has serious concerns about the recently-passed property tax reduction plan.
Bellevue has plans to build a 100,000-square-foot water park that will attract hundreds of thousands of people. The city also wants a race track and casino, and Bellevue Mayor Rusty Hike says these projects will help create jobs, grow the population and broaden the tax base.
According to Hike, there is infrastructure that needs to be repaired and replaced in neighborhoods across the city and he says the zero-percent, one-size-fits-all system does not work. Bellevue in particular has to deal with some unique issues. Hike claims state’s unfunded mandates have burdened cities for years.
Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert also has concerns about the zero-percent cap on cities and she worries about future property tax reduction debates in the state legislature.