Jack Sheard
NE · Grand Island City Council Member, Ward 1
Marketing strategist and executive at IdeaBank Marketing who has served on the Grand Island City Council since 2022, including as council president. He backs the Grow Grand Island development group and wants a city his children will want to call home.
Where Jack Sheard stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Infrastructure (2 records)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 3 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Voted to hire VenuWorks to run the city-owned Heartland Events Center, saying he wanted more talk first but backed the choice; it passed 9-1.
October 8, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
Source: centralnebraskatoday.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 3 oppose
Criticized the 2027 city budget for adding no new staff, saying parks lacked workers and a new firefighter could pay for itself in less overtime.
September 8, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: centralnebraskatoday.com
Voted to raise the city hotel tax from 2 percent to 4 percent to pay for Heartland Events Center repairs; it passed 9-0.
April 14, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: centralnebraskatoday.com
Pushed back on developer Woodsonia's Good Life District plan, saying its aquatics center was too small and its $26 million for housing was too much.
November 12, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: centralnebraskatoday.com
Voted to make Patrick Brown city administrator without a national search, and for a $500,000-a-year deal with the Grow Grand Island group; both passed 9-0.
September 23, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: centralnebraskatoday.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Voted to raise the city hotel tax from 2 percent to 4 percent to pay for Heartland Events Center repairs; it passed 9-0.
April 14, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: centralnebraskatoday.com
Voted against delaying and then for a 50-year city lease with Fonner Park for an 1,100-space parking lot; the lease passed 6-4.
February 25, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: centralnebraskatoday.com
Track record — General
General · 12 records
Abstained on the final Good Life District agreement with Woodsonia Real Estate, the largest building project in city history; it passed 8-1-1.
September 8, 2026
Source: centralnebraskatoday.com
Abstained on two Good Life District votes: selling 225 acres of city land to Woodsonia for $3 million, and $142 million in district funds. Both passed.
June 23, 2026
Source: centralnebraskatoday.com
Voted for a motion to form a three-member council committee on the Good Life District project; it failed 3-6.
May 12, 2026
Source: centralnebraskatoday.com
Cast the only vote against an 8-space RV park near Fonner Park after neighbors objected; it passed 7-1.
February 10, 2026
Source: centralnebraskatoday.com
Voted for a step toward selling city-owned Camp Augustine to the state for a new state park; it passed 9-0. He called the deal a win-win.
December 9, 2025
Source: centralnebraskatoday.com
Was elected City Council president by fellow members, 6-4. The same night he voted to keep council members under a new conflict-of-interest policy, which passed 9-1.
December 3, 2024
Source: centralnebraskatoday.com
Spoke for the All Aboard for Stolley Park committee at the start of its fundraising drive for a $3 million rebuild of the park's train area.
October 1, 2024
Source: centralnebraskatoday.com
Voted for the city's Good Life District ordinance, which set rules for a state-backed sales tax district for a big shopping and sports project; it passed 10-0.
September 3, 2024
Source: centralnebraskatoday.com
Abstained from the vote to raise the downtown Railside business district's special tax charge by 6 percent; it passed 6-0-2.
July 23, 2024
Source: centralnebraskatoday.com
Abstained from the vote to give $314,179 in city economic development money as a match for a state workforce housing grant; it passed 9-0-1.
April 23, 2024
Source: centralnebraskatoday.com
Won the Grand Island City Council Ward 1 seat in the November 2022 election with 2,605 votes and no opponent on the ballot.
November 8, 2022
Source: elections.hallcountyne.gov
Lost the 2020 race for Grand Island City Council Ward 1 to Michelle Fitzke, 2,532 votes to 2,396.
November 3, 2020
Source: elections.hallcountyne.gov
Past race Jack Sheard ran in:
- City Council Member Ward 1 · November 3, 2026 · Grand Island city, Nebraska · incumbent