Public Meetings

Approval of graduates, contracts, handbooks

The Bluffton Exempted Village Schools Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. on May 16 in the Elementary School Library, 102 N. Jackson St.

The agenda is attached. Items include

  • Approval of prior meeting minutes and reports
  • An opportunity for members of the public to address the board
  • Treasurer's transactions
  • Agreements
  • Approval of graduates
  • Contracts, assignments, resignations, etc.
  • Handbooks
  • Administrative reports

Chestnut Lane advances; Thin Blue Line painting discussed

By Andy Chappell-Dick

All Village of Bluffton meetings are open to the public; still, it's customary to see mostly empty chairs in the gallery. For the Monday, May 9 Regular Meeting of the Bluffton Village Council, at least a dozen observers had assembled by 7:00 p.m. Some were present for the embedded Public Hearing on Bob Fett's Chestnut Lane development, but most were present for an item noted “Thin Blue Line” in the Village Administrator's report. This item was addressed at the end of the meeting.

Village of Bluffton Proclamation, issued May 11, 2022.

To recognize National Police Week 2022 and to honor the service and sacrifice of those law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty while protecting our communities and safeguarding our democracy.

WHEREAS, there are more than 800,000 law enforcement officers serving in communities across the United States, including the dedicated members of the Bluffton Police Department;

The council of the Village of Bluffton will meet at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, May 9 on the third floor of Bluffton Town Hall with the attached agenda.

Embedded in the meeting is a Public Hearing at 7:15 p.m. to determine "Shall the action of the Planning Commission in approving construction drawings be affirmed?" 

A packet including the following is attached to this article:

The Village of Bluffton tree commission celebrated Arbor Day (April 29) by planting a magnolia at the Village Arboreum on Saturday, April 30. The process became a lesson in tree planting for an enthusiastic young participant, Sam Stahl.

The Bluffton Public Library administration and board has welcomed a new trustee, ​C​handa Smith, who is the librarian at Ada Exempted Village Schools.

The current Board of Trustees is made up of the following:

Pictured L-R, top row:

  • Robert Scott
  • Bob Beer (President)
  • ​C​handa Smith

Front row:

  • Amy Lehman Mikesell
  • Carrie Phillips (Secretary)
  • Emily VonStein

Not pictured:

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