What's in a Bluffton council packet? May 12 example
By Paula Pyzik Scott
Village of Bluffton council meetings are primarily business meetings with the six council members--currently Jerry Cupples, Mitch Kingsley, Ben Stahl, Joe Sehlhorst, Dave Steiner and Phill Talavinia--receiving reports from Village staff, making committee reports and voting on payment of bills, ordinances and resolutions.
Often items are approved with no discussion. The packet provided to the public--the May 12 meeting packet is attached here--provides details for these agenda items:
- Agenda
- Minutes of the April 28 meeting
- Voucher report for bills to be paid by the Village totaling $99,353.52
- Safety Services committee meeting minutes for May 7
- Ordinance No. 08-2025 - Fee Schedule for EMS services
- Resolution No. 13-2025 - Authorization for contract with Hohenbrink Excavating for SR 103 at Navajo Dr. roundabout
- Application for special event/road closure: BHS Baccalaureate on May 22
- Application for special event/road closure: Weekends on Vine St., May 17-0ctober 26
- Police Activity Summary, incident breakdown by month, ticket statistics, Attorney General warning on Scams Targeting Ohioans
Stories Posted This Week
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Bluffton man arrested and facing federal child pornography charges
- Classifieds cost: $1/day, minimum 10 days for money-making ads, others are free
- Bluffton softball defeats Bearcats; Cross makes 1st team NWC
- Bluffton-Pandora garden club meeting topics for 2025
- Recap of Bluffton Council for May 12
- CNB gift to Legacy Park for a U12 field
- 100-day cough: Health alert for Pertussis
- Mark your calendar: Events for BHS Seniors
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
- Ticket information for Pirate tennis, May 15 sectionals
- Pirate tennis dominates Defiance
- Historical society meets May 14 at Sportsmen's Club/LE&W Depot
- Red horse chestnut wows on Anna Circle
- Redemptorists to withdraw from region, Father John Collins to visit St. Mary
- Meet high school basketball legend Bud Beemer
Monday, May 12, 2025
- BPL's Summer Read kicks off with 2 giveaways
- Upcoming BPL events, May 12-17
- BHS girls softball sectional ticket information for May 14
- Faculty promotions, new strategic plans at Bluffton University
- Jane M. Shaw was a nurse
- Pirate baseball seeded 5th
- Letter: Join the Congressional discussion on healthcare
- Facilitators needed for victim offender dialogues
Sunday, May 11, 2025
- Pirate baseballs shuts out Arcadia in twin bill
- Bluffton boys, girls track and field sweep Ada Invite titles
- Bluffton strings section holds court
- Pirate tennis wins at Oak Harbor
- Bluffton Community Garden has a few plots left
- Four BHS students to attend Buckeye Boys and Buckeye Girls citizenship programs