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.
Beautification of the Bluffton interstate interchanges may take place this year. Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, and Eric Fulcomer, Bluffton mayor, met with Ohio Department of Transportation officials last week, after the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce placed the beautification project on its wish list for 2013.
It is possible that the village could obtain up to $25,000 from ODOT for the landscaping project.
Several other items are on Bluffton council's Monday night agenda. The agenda follows this story.
Icon viewers: The following letter is from Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator. It was sent to the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce to address questions from Main Street merchants about snow removal in the downtown area.
The letter was e-mailed to chamber members and it posted here for general information for village residents concerning snow removal.
Bluffton council will act on its 2013 appropriation on Dec. 17. The village anticipates general fund revenues of $2.3 million and general fund expenses of $1.5 million according to the information in the council packet.
A breakdown of appropriation categories is in the document below this story.
