Jason Conley
NE · Grand Island City Council Member, Ward 3
Grand Island City Council member for Ward 3, first elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022.
Where Jason Conley stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Housing Affordability (1 record), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (1 support · 1 oppose), Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 5 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted for banning smoking and vaping within 150 feet of child care centers and elementary schools. The ban failed 5-4 because it needed six votes.
August 22, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: city2.grand-island.com
Voted against extending the city's COVID-19 mask rule to May 31, 2021. The extension failed 3-6.
February 9, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: city2.grand-island.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 5 oppose
Voted for the city's 2025-2026 budget. It passed 9-1.
September 9, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: grand-island.granicus.com
Voted for an extra 1% raise in the city's limit on restricted revenue growth, adding $435,805 to the base. It passed 8-1.
September 10, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: grand-island.granicus.com
Voted against lowering the pay range offered for the city's public works director job. The cut failed 2-7, and he then voted for the higher range of $175,000 to $225,000 a year.
February 28, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: city2.grand-island.com
Made the motion to put $1 million into a new fund to keep police and firefighters from being laid off in hard times. It passed 6-2.
January 25, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: city2.grand-island.com
Voted against leasing golf course equipment for about $10,000 a month instead of buying it. The lease passed when the mayor broke a 5-5 tie.
March 23, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: city2.grand-island.com
Voted against paying the city golf pro $1,250 a week while the golf course was closed for COVID-19, then voted for a smaller deal offset by his unemployment pay.
April 28, 2020Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: city2.grand-island.com
Voted to override the mayor's veto of a $423,968 city property tax increase. The override failed 6-2. He also voted against cutting 7.75 new city jobs from the budget.
September 10, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: city2.grand-island.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Made the motion to put $1 million into a new fund to keep police and firefighters from being laid off in hard times. It passed 6-2.
January 25, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: city2.grand-island.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Voted for the Good Life District deal with Woodsonia for a large shopping and housing project. It passed 8-1.
September 8, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: grand-island.granicus.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Seconded and voted for raising water rates 8% a year for three years, then 5%, to close a water fund deficit. It passed 7-2.
June 9, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: grand-island.granicus.com
Track record — General
General · 14 records
Voted against creating a small council committee to review Good Life District money requests before the full council. It failed 3-6.
May 12, 2026
Source: grand-island.granicus.com
Voted to renew the city hotel tax at 2% instead of the proposed 5%. The tax pays for the Heartland Events Center. It passed 8-0.
December 30, 2025
Source: grand-island.granicus.com
Voted against leasing city land near the state fairgrounds to the Fonner Park livestock authority for parking. The lease passed 6-4.
February 25, 2025
Source: grand-island.granicus.com
Voted to hire VenuWorks to manage the city-owned Heartland Events Center. It passed 9-1.
October 8, 2024
Source: grand-island.granicus.com
Voted to add the Conestoga Marketplace area to a zone with an extra tax on retail sales to pay for redevelopment. It passed 8-2.
March 12, 2024
Source: grand-island.granicus.com
Voted to label land south of Faidley Avenue as extremely blighted so it could get longer tax increment financing. The motion failed 5-4.
February 13, 2024
Source: grand-island.granicus.com
Voted for a resolution backing Woodsonia's Good Life District, a state sales tax break plan for a large development. It passed 8-2.
December 19, 2023
Source: grand-island.granicus.com
Made the motion to give downtown parking district property owners a $15 credit on their yearly fee. It passed when the mayor broke the tie.
November 7, 2023
Source: city2.grand-island.com
Won re-election to the Grand Island City Council, Ward 3, with about 57% of the vote over Joel Holling in unofficial returns.
November 8, 2022
Source: foxnebraska.com
Voted against a permit for a livestock trailer washout site on West Wood River Road. The permit failed 2-5.
July 12, 2022
Source: city2.grand-island.com
Seconded and voted for selling about 13 acres of city land at the former Nebraska Veterans Home to CHI Nebraska for $318,575. It passed 6-4.
March 8, 2022
Source: city2.grand-island.com
Voted against moving bar closing time from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. The change failed 2-6.
November 9, 2021
Source: city2.grand-island.com
Voted against letting all Sunday alcohol sales start at 9 a.m. instead of noon, and voted to uphold the mayor's veto of that change. The override failed.
December 22, 2020
Source: city2.grand-island.com
Voted against repealing Grand Island's yearly vehicle fee (the wheel tax). The repeal passed 7-3.
March 12, 2019
Source: city2.grand-island.com
Past race Jason Conley ran in:
- City Council Member Ward 3 · November 3, 2026 · Grand Island city, Nebraska · incumbent