Bluffton council dealt with several expenditures on Monday.

Those expenditures included:
o agreeing to advertise for annual asphalt and aggregate material bids for 2012,
o approval of a $16,862 bid from Beaverdam Contracting, Inc., for replacement of the waterline on Poplar Street, and
o payment of $17,878 for asphalt sealing work at the airport. The village will be reimbursed 95 percent of the amount from the FAA as part of a grant that was received for the project.

One possible expenditure tabled on Monday was a request from the fire department for up to $24,000 to replace the Jaws of Life. The equipment was purchased in the early 1990s and is not serviceable.

Council heard a complaint from residents at Vance Street Apartments about loud barking dogs housed at the TLU Pet Rescue, 142 Vance St.

One Vance Street resident, who attended the council meeting, said that there were days when the barking continues until 1 a.m. Jerry Cupples said that there are times with the barking dogs can be heard on Main Street.

Council agreed to participate in the Blanchard River Watershed Partnership. Council had discussed participating in the project at its Oct. 10 meeting but did not act at that time.

Council agreed to close a portion of Main Street on Saturday, Nov. 26, for the Blaze of Lights.

Main will be closed from Elm to Cherry from 3 to 10 p.m. and vehicles will not be permitted to park there during the Blaze. In addition, Vine Street will be blocked at the alley between Main and Jackson and East Elm will be blocked at the alley between Main and Thurman.

An attachment at the bottom of this story lists bills that were approved at Monday's council meeting.