O'Neill

Organization 11

Departments

• City Attorney Legal

  City Attorney of the City of O'Neill, listed among city officials and in the 2026 Mayor's Appointments.

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• City Clerk/Treasurer's Office Clerk

  City Clerk and Administration office of the City of O'Neill, at 401 East Fremont Street. The City Clerk keeps the journal of Governing Body proceedings, issues all licenses, permits and occupation tax receipts authorized by law and city ordinance, and draws, signs and attests warrants. City Offices are open Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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• O'Neill Community Center

  City of O'Neill Community Center at 501 South 4th Street, with meeting rooms A, B and C, a large room and a kitchen available to rent.

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• O'Neill Fire & Rescue Fire

  City of O'Neill & Rural Fire Department, located at 401 E Fremont Street, staffed by the Fire Chief, 13 fire fighters, 16 EMT/fire fighters and 7 EMT-only certified members (36 total). It serves under an inter-local agreement with the Holt County Rural Fire District, responding to about 60+ fire/rescue calls and about 400 ambulance calls per year within the 430 square mile district. The O'Neill Ambulance Service provides a BLS (Basic Life Support) level of service.

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• O'Neill Police Department Police

  City of O'Neill police department, located at 307 South 4th Street, O'Neill, Nebraska. Provides accident reports on request and handgun permits, and operates a K-9 unit (re-implementation approved 12/09/2024).

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• O'Neill Public Library Library

  O'Neill Public Library. Hours: Monday, Tuesday and Friday 10:00 am to 5:30 pm; Wednesday and Thursday 10:00 am to 7:00 pm; Saturday 10:00 am to 3:00 pm; closed Sunday.

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• Parks and Recreation Parks & Recreation

  City of O'Neill parks and recreation, including Carney Park (18 RV camping spaces, tent camping, fishing pond, rodeo arena, softball fields and the O'Neill Swimming Pool), the Schaffer Park Complex ballfields, Kippure Park, Torpin's Soccer Fields and Lion's Kiddie Park.

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• Solid Waste and Landfill Utilities

  City of O'Neill solid waste and landfill operations: the landfill (grass, leaves and trees) and the transfer station (open Monday through Friday, 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.). Each resident may obtain a card good for two free loads to the transfer station after January 1 each year. Monthly garbage rates: residential $17.69, senior citizen $14.15, small business $37.72. The City offers poly carts for weekly yard waste collection for a monthly fee.

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• Street Department Public Works

  O'Neill Street Department. The City Street Commissioner has general charge, direction and control of all work on the streets, sidewalks, culverts and bridges of the City, subject to the Governing Body. Publishes the emergency snow route map.

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• Water and Sewer Department Utilities

  City of O'Neill Water and Sewer Department. The water system has four wells capable of delivering up to 7.8 million gallons a day, a 750,000 gallon elevated storage tank and a centralized SCADA system; the activated sludge wastewater treatment system can treat up to 1.1 million gallons per day. The City bills for water, sewer and garbage services; utility deposits are $240.00, bills go out on the last working day of the month and are due by the 10th.

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• Zoning and Building Permits Planning

  City of O'Neill zoning regulations, zoning map, zoning permit applications and building permit forms. All new construction larger than 10' x 15' or any addition to an existing building requires a building permit; applications are available at the City Clerk's Office or online. The City's Building Permit Committee is Jeff Schmeichel, Jason Baker and Sarah Sidak.

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