Public Meetings

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Several Bluffton council committee meetings and other village-related meetings were announced at the Sept. 6 council session:

• Thursday, Sept. 8 - planning commission, 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, Sept. 13 - State Route 103 corridor study public meeting, 6 p.m.
• Wednesday, Sept. 14 - tree commission, 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Sept. 15 - airport advisory commission, 7:45 p.m.
• Monday, Sept. 19 - council meeting, 8 p.m.

Mayor Judy Augsburger set trick-or-treat night in Bluffton for 6 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27.

Meeting intended to gather feedback from public

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 A public involvement meeting that focuses on the State Route 103 corridor study project takes place from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the town hall.

According to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, the meeting is for the purpose of getting feedback and to gather information from residents and businesses along the corridor study area.

Choice One, the engineer firm on the project, has invited residents and businesses along the corridor to the meeting, according to Mehaffie.

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Bluffton council will be updated on work at the Bluffton Airport on Monday.

Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, has received a quote from Nonnemaker Asphalt Sealcoating of Columbus Grove to seal the asphalt at the airport.

The Airport Commission intends to paint a compass rose on the airport apron. The asphalt needs to be sealed before the compass is put in place.

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Bluffton school board hopes to put on the final touches in preparation for the coming school year on Monday night.

The board will act on several coaching supplemental contracts and substitute teacher contracts.

Also on the agenda, the board will act on accepting the resignation of Emily Kriegel, teacher, who accepted a contract in July.

The August board agenda is an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Apollo Career Center board of education will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 15, at Apollo.

One of the items on the agenda is to accept a bid from Cardinal Bus for a 72-passenger school bus at $75,178.

The entire board agenda is in an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Over 300 signatures of registered Bluffton voters were delivered to Nancy Kindle, village fiscal officer, on Monday.

The signatures are part of citizen-led initiative to referend Bluffton council’s Ordinance 9-16, passed on June 20.  The ordinance establishes a surcharge on water and sewer accounts in the village.

Those passing the petitions provided the following statement:

“If the ordinance went into affect a typical Bluffton family using 400 cubic feet of water per month will experience a 28 percent increase in their monthly water and sewer bill.

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