Water and sewer rates for Bluffton residents will increase 5 percent in August. Bluffton council approved the first of three readings of the ordinance increase at the May 10 council meeting. The meter readings taken in July and billed in August will reflect the new rates.
It appears that by November the Spring Street bridge will again be open to vehicular traffic. Council approved a bid from U.S. Bridge to replace the bridge. The new bridge will be a structural steel truss bridge.
By Austin Arnold, BGSU Icon intern
A bikepath and walkway completely encircling Bluffton? Maybe. Eventually. The Bluffton council official launched a Pathway Steering Committee focus on that reality on April 28. The group will begin to meet and discuss the long-term plans and logistics of constructing a bike and pedestrian pathway throughout and around the village of Bluffton.
Bluffton~Ac^a'not^a"cs next major project is paving of State Route 103. Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, informed Bluffton~Ac^a'not^a"cs council on April 26, that the project is expected to begin in mid-May, depending upon the weather.
Within the village, the paving includes:
~Ac^a'not^AcFrom Bentley Road overpass to Main Street and on to College Avenue.
~Ac^a'not^AcFrom North Main Street at Jefferson Street to the County Line Road.
(The downtown portion of State Route 103 was paved last summer during the streetscape project.)
Date: April 13, 2010 Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: 220 W. Elm Street BZA: Dave Miller, Gordon Diller, and John Harbison Administration: Nancy Benroth, Steve Chamberlain Petitioner: Bryan Lloyd and Stephanie Boyer Guest: Ella Bazzy and Jan Emmert
The legal notice was published in the Bluffton News on April 1, 2010.
Bluffton council intends to raze the former Fleming house at 136 Railroad Street. The house was damaged extensively during the 2007 flood. In addition, the village plans to raze the house at 150 Railroad, (second from the corner of Railroad and College).
Council moved to proceed with those projects at the Monday, April 12, council meeting. Council does not own the property at 136 Railroad, but does own the 150 Railroad St. property.
Note: The Icon did not attend this meeting. Following are the meeting's minutes. The property under discussion is the former Morey's Coffee Shop at the corner of East College and Triplett Drive.
