Mark W. Jensen
NE · Fremont City Council Member, Ward 3
Fremont City Council member for Ward 3 who retired as a production supervisor after 40 years at Cargill Meat Solutions in Schuyler. He has backed flood control projects and replacing the city's outdated police station.
Where Mark W. Jensen stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (4 support · 5 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Voted for an ordinance limiting how long the council can debate agenda items. He added an amendment letting a simple majority suspend those limits. It passed 5-3.
May 12, 2020Supports Government Efficiency
Source: fremontne.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 4 support · 5 oppose
Cast the only vote against a $1,173,876.10 contract with Muth Electric for the city's 2025 traffic signal project. It passed 6-1.
November 25, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: fremontne.gov
Moved the city's 2025-2027 two-year budget, which passed 8-0. He voted against adding money for the South Railroad and Clarmar Street project; that change failed 2-6.
September 16, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: fremontne.gov
Co-sponsored with James Vaughan an ordinance raising council pay from $6,000 to $10,000 and the mayor's pay from $12,000 to $20,000. Its first reading passed 5-3.
September 24, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: fremonttribune.com
Moved the city's 2023-2025 two-year budget on second reading, which passed 6-1. He also voted for a property tax request of about $6.78 million for 2024.
September 5, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: fremontne.gov
Moved to end the city's legal services contract with Kobach Law, LLC. The motion passed 5-3.
May 9, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: fremontne.gov
Moved a plan setting aside city reserve money for big building projects and for defending and enforcing the immigration ordinance. He voted against cutting $2 million from it. The plan passed 6-1.
September 28, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: fremontne.gov
Moved to shelve a plan to set aside city money to defend the immigration ordinance; that failed 3-4. He then cast the only vote against the plan, which passed 6-1.
September 7, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: fremontne.gov
Seconded and voted for putting a $10,317,000 bond question for a joint police center on the November ballot. It failed 3-3.
August 25, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: fremontne.gov
Cast the only vote against the city's annual payment to Kris Kobach for legal services. It passed 7-1.
January 28, 2020Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: fremontne.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Seconded and voted for putting a $10,317,000 bond question for a joint police center on the November ballot. It failed 3-3.
August 25, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: fremontne.gov
Track record — General
General · 12 records
Moved final passage of an ordinance changing the open public comment period to follow the state Open Meetings Act. It passed 7-0.
September 8, 2026
Source: fremontne.gov
Voted to raise the city's food and beverage tax on restaurants, bars and food trucks from 1% to 2% of gross income. It passed 8-0.
August 11, 2026
Source: fremonttribune.com
Seconded and voted for making Fremont the lead applicant for a federal rail safety grant for the company Rail Modal Group. It failed 3-5.
June 23, 2026
Source: fremontne.gov
Moved to change the pay plan for the mayor and council in the city salary ordinance. His change failed 2-6.
February 25, 2025
Source: fremontne.gov
Faced a motion to censure him for yelling at a resident during a Sept. 26, 2023 council meeting. He abstained, and the motion failed 4-1, short of the five votes needed.
November 14, 2023
Source: fremonttribune.com
Faced a complaint from former council member Brad Yerger seeking a removal hearing over his keno playing. No council member seconded a motion to hold the hearing, so none was held.
June 27, 2023
Source: fremonttribune.com
Admitted to the Fremont Tribune that he played keno in Fremont while on the council, which was then thought to break a city ban. The city attorney later said the ban had been lifted in the 1990s.
June 2, 2023
Source: fremonttribune.com
Was elected president of the Fremont City Council by an 8-0 vote.
December 13, 2022
Source: fremontne.gov
Voted against ending the city's animal control contract with the Dodge County Humane Society. The motion failed 4-4.
September 29, 2020
Source: fremontne.gov
Moved to suspend the public comment period at council meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. It passed 6-2.
March 24, 2020
Source: fremontne.gov
Cast the only vote against having the city attorney draft a policy to open council meetings with a public prayer. It passed 7-1.
November 12, 2019
Source: fremontne.gov
Moved the city's emergency declaration after the March 15, 2019 flood, which passed 8-0. The same night he voted against hiring Adams & Sullivan as city attorney; it passed 5-4 with the mayor's vote.
March 26, 2019
Source: fremontne.gov
Past race Mark W. Jensen ran in:
- City Council Member Ward 3 · November 3, 2026 · Fremont city, Nebraska · incumbent