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The City of Fremont Municipal Building remains open at this time. Please respect the social distancing requirements of six feet between people and no more than 10 persons in one room. Areas are marked on the floor to designate the spacing requirements. Cu...

Care and Share Program

With so many of Fremont’s residents out of work because their employer has been shut down or been placed under severe operating restrictions, helping people pay their utility bills is now more important than ever.

The City of Fremont, in cooperat...

COVID-19 Resources

For the most up-to-date and creditable information regarding COVID-19, please be sure to use creditable sources.  Below are several websites that are creditable.

• Three Rivers Public Health Department
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• Nebraska Govern...

Fremont Ranked 7th Safest City in Nebraska

Looking at statewide crime rates, Nebraska is just above average in terms of safety. The Cornhusker State’s violent crime rate is around 77% of national levels, yet the state’s property crime rate is near the national rate. The same tr...

Cross-Connection Survey

Complete and Return Your Cross-Connection Survey Today

Utility customers received a Cross-Connection Survey Form enclosed with the January Utility bills. To those of you who returned the form, thank you! Your information will help prevent the accidental co...

2020 State of the City Address

Mayor Scott Getzschman gave his State of the City Address this week.  Watch the full speech here:

https://youtu.be/kdPgW7dMhLM

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23rd Street Viaduct Draft Environmental Assessment

The 23rd Street Viaduct Project was initiated in 2000. In 2008, voter’s approved a $2.9 million bond to pay for Fremont’s share of the then $11 million viaduct. Three years ago, when learning that the cost of the project had soared fro...

What do my property taxes pay for?

Fremont residents pay property taxes annually and the check is made to the County. But what happens after that? We are often asked this question. This information is being provided in an effort to help answer it.

Once the County receives your property tax ...

Flood Inspection Protocol

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Properties located in a floodplain must have a damage assessment conducted by the City of Fremont. Before doing any repair work, the building must be assessed to evaluate the extent of the damage. This is required by the City’s floo...

CDC Flood Clean Up Information

This page will be updated as more information becomes available.  

CDC guidelines for flood clean up can be found here. 

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Gas Excess Flow Valves Are Now Available

May 5, 2014 – U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to Fremont’s immigration law

In 2012, U.S. District Judge Laurie Smith Camp struck down the rental requirement as a violation of housing safeguards and the federal government’s authority to regulate immigration.

A year later, in a 2-1 decision, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of App...Read on...

April 10, 2014 – Housing portion of Fremont’s Ordinance No. 5165 begin today

Fremont voters approved the ordinance last June 2010. In an effort to preserve financial resources and follow the advice of legal counsel, the City Council had previously suspended enforcement of the law until the courts make a decision on the legal chall...Read on...

November 5 - Nebraska Supreme Court Decides Against Review in Fremont Immigration Ordinance Lawsuit

The Nebraska Supreme Court will leave questions of whether the city of Fremont has the legal authority to enact a local immigration ordinance to the federal courts.

The Fremont ordinance is currently being challenged by the American Civil Liberties Un...Read on...

September 9 - Hazleton Immigration Ordinance struck down by 3rd Circuit Court

The 3rd Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals has struck down a Hazleton, PA immigration ordinance on the grounds that it interferes with the federal government’s authority to regulate immigration.

The Hazleton law had some similarities to the Fremont ...Read on...

September 8 - Federal District Court Judge submits question to the Nebraska Supreme Court

U.S. District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp has submitted a formal question to the Nebraska Supreme Court related to Fremont’s local immigration ordinance. The question for the state’s high court concerns whether the City of Fremont has the legal authori...Read on...

August 17 - City Budgets for Immigration Ordinance Costs

(Fremont) -- In preparation for the 2011 budget for the fiscal year beginning
October 1, 2010, the City of Fremont has prepared a projection of potential costs related to the immigration ordinance now being defended in the courts.

Based on estimates...Read on...

August 17 - City Files Brief in Immigration Case

Kris Kobach, the attorney representing Fremont in defense of the immigration ordinance, filed his brief regarding the jurisdiction question in federal court yesterday. The brief argues that the federal courts do have jurisdiction in this matter.Read on...

July 27 - Immigration ordinance on City Council agenda tonight at 7 p.m.

Tonight at 7 p.m. the Fremont City Council takes up two issues related to the local immigration ordinance passed by the voters last month. The Council will consider a resolution to suspend implementation and enforcement in preparation for legal defense o...Read on...

July 23 - City Council to consider suspending immigration ordinance

In anticipation of a temporary restraining order, the Fremont City Council will consider a resolution suspending implementation and enforcement of the local immigration ordinance passed in a special election June 21, 2010.

Until the Council mak...Read on...

July 16 - City of Fremont Prepares to Implement Illegal Immigration Law

July 16 – The City of Fremont is preparing to implement the local illegal immigration ordinance passed last month. New forms to obtain a renter’s license and for employer business licensing will be available starting July 27, 2010 in the City Clerk’s Off...Read on...

July 13 - City of Fremont Planning for Implementation

July 13 -- Following the anticipated Fremont City Council vote certifying the County’s election results, the City is making plans to implement the immigration ordinance effective July 29th.

Forms and procedures related to rental housing will be manag...Read on...

July 13 - City of Fremont Responds to ACLU Nebraska

July 13 - The City of Fremont received an open records request for documents from ACLU Nebraska Thursday July 8, 2010. The request for materials concerns the recently passed local ordinance and related city business. The request is comprehensive and date...Read on...

June 24 - City of Fremont Accepts Contributions for Legal Costs

The City of Fremont has set up an avenue to contribute to the City’s legal and other costs associated with defending the ordinance passed at the June 21st election. These donations may be made to:

CITY OF FREMONT
Attn: CITY TREASURERPO BOX 1266
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June 22 - Fremont passes local immigration ordinance

June 22 -- The citizens of Fremont have passed a petition initiated ordinance relating to immigration. The unofficial vote tally was 3906 in favor and 2908 opposed.

On June 29th the County made the results official. The City Council will officially re...Read on...