Public Meetings

Among the 20+ items on Allen County March 19 ballots is a Bluffton Exempted Village Schools levy renewal.

The sample ballot reads:

Bluffton Exempted Village School District, Allen and Hancock Counties)
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage

By Paula Pyzik Scott

The February 12 meeting of the Village of Bluffton Council included reports on a grant opportunity for Buckeye Park, consideration of providing sewerage for parts of Allen County, surveying the alley by Bluffton Presbyterian Church and creating four designated use parking spots by Town Hall.

The Bluffton Exempted Village Schools Board of Education will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, February 12 in the Media Center of Bluffton Elementary School. Excerpts from the meeting packet follow.

A 13-page preliminary information packet is HERE.

Village of Bluffton Council Meeting Agenda
February 12, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
(3rd Floor, Bluffton Town Hall, 154 N. Main St.)

Alice Basinger sworn in as newest board member

By Paula Pyzik Scott 

The Bluffton Exempted Village School District board of education held a reorganizational meeting on Wednesday, January 10. New board member Alice Basinger was sworn in along with Jeremy Scoles, who was reelected in November elections.

The Village cemetery board meets at 2:00 p.m. on January 3 at Bluffton Town Hall.

By Andy Chappell-Dick

Maple Grove Cemetery may be the quietest place in Blufton, but it's also pretty crowded. Only about 65 plots remain. How is the Village planning for its future?

Awash in a sea of year-end financial legislation, Village Council took a few minutes at Monday's meeting to also talk about Maple Grove Cemetery. They voted to accept the resignation of sexton Bernie Ludwig, passed the first reading of a fee increase, and set a meeting of the Cemetery board to plan next steps.

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