At its Feb. 10 meeting, the Sarpy County Board of Commissioners heard about plans for a 20,000-square-foot food pantry that will be built on the site of the former Bellevue Public Library.
Groundbreaking on the site, which is near Offutt Air Force Base, will begin in April or May.
No federal funding can be used for capital projects, so the pantry has been funded by private fundraising. The cost is $4.2 million.
When board members met as the Board of Equalization, they were told that someone had donated a lot to Holy Family Shrine in December. Due to the date of purchase, the organization did not have the time to file an exemption application prior to the end of the year. Holy Family Shrine asked for an exemption waiver. The motion passed.
Meeting documented by Paulissa Kipp
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Bob Glissmann spent more than 33 years as an editor and reporter at the Omaha World-Herald. He is a fourth-generation Omahan whose great-grandfather had a dairy farm near what is now 105th and West Center. He and his wife have five children.
