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School board will act on two 2016 renewal levies on Monday

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 16, 2015 - 9:29pm

On Monday, Bluffton school board will consider action to eventually place two renewal levies on the March 15, 2016, ballot.

The levies are:

• Three-year renewal for the school’s permanent improvement percent income tax levy, which expires Dec. 31, 2016.

• Ten-year renew of the Bluffton Public Library’s one mill (1.0) levy for the purpose of maintaining current level of resources and services. It also expires on Dec. 31, 2016.

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Council committee meetings set for October

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 6, 2015 - 8:26am

Several Bluffton council related meetings were announced at Monday's council meeting. These follow:

• Oct. 15 - Finance committee, town hall, noon
• Oct. 15 - Airport Commission, airport, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 15 - Shannon Cemetery Commission, town hall, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 19 - Fire station, space review by council, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 19 - Bluffton council, town hall, 8 p.m.

 

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Village to receive $1,121 in payment salt price-fixing settlement

Posted by Fred Steiner on October 4, 2015 - 3:20pm

Bluffton council will hear updates on several fall village projects on Monday. 

Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, will provide current information on many of those projects. Here's a summary of his anticipated report:

TRS
The village had a preconstruction meeting for the Trihalomethane Removal System project last Thursday. As long as fabrication moves forward as scheduled, the contractors are scheduled to begin the installation of the TRS the last week in October.

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Regional Planning commits $50,000 for traffic study on SR 103

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 21, 2015 - 11:56am

A much-needed study of Bluffton’s busy State Route 103 corridor between Interstate 75 and County Line Road is in motion.

Monday evening Bluffton council is prepared to approve preliminary legislation to authorize the study.

The Transportation Coordinating Committee (TCC) of the Lima-Allen County Regional Planning Commission has approved $50,000 for the study. No Bluffton funds will be used unless the study exceeds $50,000. At that point, the village contributes to the project.

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Three staff advancement approvals on Sept. 14 school board agenda

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 13, 2015 - 5:46pm

Bluffton school board will consider several contracts, assignments and advancements at its Sept. 14 board meeting.

On the agenda includes certificate advancement for three teachers:
• Rebecca Boblitt
• Jaime Combs
• Kyle Cutnaw

Supplemental contracts will be offered to 12 persons involving winter sport coaching positions. The sports include:
• Girls’ varsity basketball
• Boy’s varsity basketball
• Boys’ freshman basketball
• Middle school volleyball
• Varsity wrestling
• Middle school wrestling

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Cemetery Commission will get community input through a survey

Posted by Fred Steiner on September 7, 2015 - 8:34pm

The Shannon Cemetery Commission, meeting Sept. 3, agreed to use a survey devised by one of its members to get a pulse of the community's views on the cemetery's future.

Harriet Moyer of the commission created the survey that was approved by the commission.

"This is an outreach attempt to look at other segments of the community," she said about the survey.

The survey is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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