NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (Aug. 4, 2025) — The North Platte Planning Commission and City Council are scheduled to hold consecutive public meetings Tuesday, August 5, with both agendas featuring a proposed daycare facility in a transitional agricultural zone.
The Planning Commission will meet at 5 p.m. at City Hall, 211 West Third Street, to consider a conditional use permit application from Trucks N Tiaras Intergenerational Academy. The permit would allow the academy to operate a daycare center at 491-495 West State Farm Road, occupying part of the former Osgood Elementary School building.
According to city planning staff, the facility would not require new construction and would maintain 100 existing childcare spots while potentially adding 40 to 60 more. A previous childcare center operated at the site from 2020 to 2023. Staff expressed no objections to the request, citing compatibility with the site's past uses.
Following the Planning Commission meeting, the North Platte City Council will convene at 6 p.m. — a half hour later than its usual start time. The council’s agenda includes a separate public hearing on the same daycare proposal.
The zoning status of the property — designated A-1 Transitional Agricultural — has made the proposal a topic of heightened public interest. The council will also hold hearings on a proposed seasonal cabin on Hilltop Circle and a real estate sale on West 13th Street.
Other council business includes:
- Liquor license applications for multiple local businesses, including the Prairie Arts Center, Niobrara Valley Vineyards, and Hampton by Hilton.
- A resolution supporting the inclusion of North Platte Regional Airport within the Nebraska International Port of the Plains.
- Several infrastructure measures, including the creation of new paving and sanitary sewer districts.
- A third and final reading of an ordinance reclassifying sexually oriented businesses from a permitted use to a conditional use in industrial zones.
Both meetings will be streamed live at www.northplattene.gov/watch.