A slew of year-end ordinances and resolutions face Bluffton council members on Monday in the final regular session for 2015.
Anticipated action includes the final reading of the 2016 appropriations ordinance. A 13-page draft of the appropriations is part of the council packet, which is an attachment at the bottom of this story.
Other action includes prohibiting semi-trailers on Lake Street, parking or storing inoperative vehicles in the village, regulating parking in the municipal parking lot and regulating parking on portions of Main Street at Jefferson Street.
Bluffton council will review reports on Monday from two of its committees involving recreation in the community.
The reports are from the street and alley committee’s joint meeting with the bike and pedestrian pathway board, and from the recreation board, which involves discussion of the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool.
The pathway-street and alley meeting involved discussion of a continued bike and pedestrian path encircling the village.
It will be an evening of legislation at Bluffton's Monday council meeting.
Ten ordinances and resolutions are on the agenda. These cover a range of subjects including regulation of parking, 2016 appropriations, prohibiting semi-trailers on Lake Street, and penalties for parking or storage of inoperative vehicles in the village.
Each of these ordinances and resolutions is part of council's packet, which is an attachment at the bottom of this story.
One election is just now over. Bluffton school board, meeting on Monday, will act on resolutions to place a three-year income tax renewal levy on the March 2016 ballot.
The current levy expires on Dec. 31, 2016. According to information from the school, the levy generates approximately $700,000 for the school district year year. The levy's purpose is for permanent improvements.
The boad will also act on another levy on the March 2016 ballot. It is a 1.0 mill tax levy for the Bluffton Public Library. The school district is the taxing authority for the library.
Bluffton council voted to hire Rhonda Hohenbrink as its part-time income tax administrator/deputy fiscal officer.
The action took place in a special council meeting on Nov. 9.
Hohenbrink will work 30 hours per week starting at $14.50 per hour and will be eligible for a 50 cent per hour increase after six months of employment.
