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It was the changing of the guards at Monday’s Bluffton council meeting. After a two-day weather delay, council met for the first time in 2014.

Gone are experienced council members Richard McGarrity and Dave Steiner, whose terms expired. Replacing them are newcomers Roger Warren and Judy Augsburger. Warren is the first council member to be elected as a write-in. Augsburger is only the third woman to ever hold a council seat.

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Bluffton council first meeting of 2014 has a two-day weather delay. Originally scheduled for Monday, Jan. 6, the meeting is reset for Wednesday, Jan. 8, at 8 p.m. in the town hall. The meeting will include the swearing in of newly-elected council members. 

The meeting agenda is in an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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BLUFFTON COUNCIL'S FINAL MEETING OF 2013 IS MONDAY, DEC. 23. THE MEETING AGENDA IS IN AN ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.

Now that Bluffton has experienced its first significant snowfall of the year, an annual
review of snow removal issues is due.

Each year the village has a small handful of residents who use their snow blowers to clear the snow from their sidewalk and driveway into the street.

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The Village of Bluffton’s personnel committee will be meeting Thursday, Dec. 19, at 1 p.m.  The meeting will be at Town Hall, according to Nancy Kindle, village fiscal officer.
 

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Bluffton school board will act upon a renewal of a five-year tax levy during its December meeting on Monday.

The five-year levy was first passed in 1999, renewed in 2004 and again in 2009. The board anticipates it being placed on the May 6, 2014 ballot.

According to the resolution considered by the board on Monday:

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The Village of Bluffton will operate with a 2014 general fund budget of $3,525,454. Bluffton’s council approved the budget on Monday. The budget includes excess reserves of $1,192,371, which provides the village with an approximate six-month reserve.

Nancy Kindle, village fiscal officer, told council members that village income tax revenue in 2013 was higher than expected. She added that revenues in the water and sewer improvement fund were able to payback approximately $250,000 into the general fund.

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