CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Cambridge, Nebraska
Citizens Advisory Committee 
Members
Jo Lee Ebbers -2023
Tammy Sexton - 2023
Kim Cramer -2024
Pam Westadt -2022
Jim Jones - 2022
Administration of an LB-840 tax program for economic development includes a compact with the citizens of Cambridge, who agreed to pay a higher sales tax in return for an investment in the future of the community. The residents have a right to review the effectiveness of that investment through a separate voice and authority -- in the form of the Citizens Advisory Review Committee.
This advisory committee was created in November 2005, when the Cambridge community approved a tax levy to help fund economic-development projects under the legislature's "LB-840" guiding legislation. According to city ordinance, this advisory committee meets at least twice a year with the Cambridge Economic Development Board and reports any concerns or findings to the mayor and City Council.
The Citizens Advisory Review Committee must not include:
- Any elected of appointed city official
- Any city employee
- Any participant in a decision-making position regarding expenditure of program funds
- Any official or employee of any business receiving assistance under the program.
- Any official or employee of a participating financial institution