Public Meetings

Here is the opening report from the current district newsletter of the Bluffton Exempted Village Schools. A copy of the entire newsletter is an attachment at the bottom of this story. This column is by Greg Denecker, Bluffton superintendent.

Lots of back-to-school items are on Monday’s Bluffton school board agenda, according to Greg Denecker, superintendent.

The 2013-14 school year official starts Monday, Aug. 26. Then on Thursday, Aug. 29, kindergarten classes begin.

The board will act on the resignation of Ned Niswander, custodian, effective Aug. 31, and the classified contract of Shaun Kopp, custodian, effective Aug. 19.

Several supplemental, substitute teacher, long-term sub and home tutoring contracts will be acted upon.

Bluffton council will consider action on Monday to develop a plan to renovation the Shannon Cemetery on Jefferson Street.

As the oldest cemetery in the village, it has fallen into disrepair over the recent decades. Richard Boehr approached the village with a plan to renovation the property. His proposal is to create a park on the land.

The cemetery action is one of several items on Monday’s council agenda. The complete agenda is in the attachment at the bottom of this story.

Officers of the Bluffton Elementary PTO for 2013-14 have been named. Those officers follow:

Village of Bluffton AEP customers received a letter last week explaining a government Electricl Aggregation Program that will affect all residents. Simply put, local officials bring citizens together to gain group buying boywer for the purchase of competitively-priced electricy from a retail electric generation supplier.

Bluffton council meets on July 22 and several sidewalk related issues are on the agenda. To review council's entire agenda, open the attachment at the bottom of this story.

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