Bluffton council needs to adopt new updated Floodplain Management Regulations if it hopes to continue to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program, according to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator.
He will share this information with Bluffton council at its Monday, Feb. 11, meeting. He said that a new floodplain map goes into effect on May 2. The most recent village floodplain regulations were adopted in 1995.
Several other items are on Monday's agenda. To view the agenda, open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
Bluffton council Streets, Alleys and Light Committee will meet at 4;30 p.m.,Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the first floor conference room at the Bluffton town hall.
Sidewalk replacement, and all that involves, may be headed to Bluffton council this year. Although not officially on the Jan. 28 agenda, council did hear a report from its street and light committee. That committee met at 7:30 p.m. prior to the council meeting.
In 2001 council passed a sidewalk ordinance. It resulted in many sidewalks in the village to be replaced. The sidewalk projects eventually came to a halt, partically due to the economic slowdown in the United States.
Ken Lugibihl will head the Bluffton school board in 2013. The board elected officers and made several other appointments during its Jan. 14 reorganizational meeting.
The Bluffton school board will reorganize for 2013 on Monday. Also on the agenda are fall2013-14 supplemental contracts to be acted upon.
Among those contracts include head varsity coaches for the following sports: football, boys' soccer, girls' volleyball, cross country, golf, girls' tennis, cheerleading and faculty manager.
The board will also act on a high school biology trip to the Florida Keys slated for June 4-13. The complete school board agenda is below.
