Public Meetings

13 contracts on the agenda Monday

Several winter supplemental coaching contracts are on Monday’s Bluffton school board agenda.

Thirteen contracts to be acted upon involve boys’ basketball, freshman boys’ basketball, middle school boys’ basketball, girls’ basketball and wrestling. The list is in the board agenda, an attachment at the bottom of this story.

Other board action involves:

Streets, Alleys, Lights and Sidewalk Committee will bring recommendation

Bluffton council is looking as far ahead as 2019 in its street program.  Action on all or part of the multi-year recommendations will be considered on Monday evening.

The streets on the schedule and their projected costs are part of the attachment at the bottom of this story.

Bluffton Paving Co., cost estimates for 2016 total $383,294. Five additional projects were later added to the original 2016 street program at an estimated cost of $93,669.

Project completion date is Oct. 31

Work on the Augsburger Road pathway project will begin on Sept. 21. Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, will update Bluffton council on the project on Monday.

COUNCIL AGENDA IS IN ATTACHMENT AT BOTTOM OF STORY -

When completed, the pathway will exend from Bentley Road (north side of Augsburger), to Maple Crest. A completion date is Oct. 31.

Mehaffie said that initially, construction will be limited to the areas of the project that are outside of the Bluffton University Nature Preserve.

An assortment of contracts and staff adjustments will be addressed at Monday’s Bluffton school board meeting.

Certified teacher advancements to be considered (each one master to master plus 15) are for Todd Boblitt, Janelle Bogart, Kimberly Fritsch and Stephen Lemley.

Kaye Phillips will be offered a classified contract as an educational aide. The board will also act on the resignation of David Glick as an educational aide.

Other staff action is listed in the board agenda, an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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

 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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