The projected effect of the overall annexation is slightly net positive in terms of revenue, he said, but finalized impact numbers won’t be available until a city committee meeting on Oct. 17.

The city’s intent is to foster orderly growth, Black said.

That means the city needs to grow at a pace it can keep up with, he said. This annexation package is part of that process.

The city has been honing this annexation package for about three months, Black said, which is long before Gretna’s Sept. 29 announcement of its annexation plan.

Gretna’s annexation, should it be approved, would double the small city’s land area and add at least 2,800 people to the town of 5,060. The package complied with a 2010 boundary agreement with Papillion that extends along Interstate 80 from about Giles Road to 180th Street. But the plan also includes land south of I-80 just past 180th Street, which had the potential to one day be absorbed by Gretna, Papillion or Springfield.

On Oct. 3, Papillion’s City Council met in closed session to discuss potential litigation if Gretna’s council approves its plan.

None of that has any bearing on the annexation announced Wednesday, Black said.