Jesse Blackburn, village administrator reported plans for a Dunkin’ Donuts restaurant to go into the former Burger King restaurant at 499 State Route 103.
The announcement was part of the administrator’s report during the July 27 Bluffton council meeting. The new owners plan to raze the Burger King building beginning Aug. 3 and replace it with a new structure by mid-November. Watch the Icon developments on this project.
Although it is mid-summer, a time Bluffton traditionally slows to a halt, that’s not the case this year.
Several village projects are underway or will begin soon. Jesse Blackburn, village administrator, updated Bluffton council on several of these at the July 13 council session.
At the top of the list is legislation affecting storage of inoperative motor vehicles.
The issue concerns the definition of the word “building.” A change was made to clear up that definition to disallow car ports without walls and tarps as vague descriptions of “buildings.”
Here are July Bluffton council committee meetings scheduled:
• Joint Parks & Recreation and Streets, Alleys, Lights, and Sidewalk Committee – Thursday, 7/8 at 7 p.m.
• Council Meeting – Monday, 7/13 at 7 p.m.
• Public Hearing for Alley Vacation – Monday, 7/13 at 7:15 p.m.
Bluffton school board will conduct an evaluation of Greg Denecker, superintendent, and Paula Parish, school treasurer, in an executive session on Monday. The evaluation is completed annually.
The board will also prepare for negotiations with public employees and that will go into executive session also.
In other action, the board will act on a resolution recommending to opt out of career-technical education for seventh and eighth graders during 2020-21.
Breakfast and lunch prices for 2020-21 will be considered at the follow:
It’s a small town civics lesson, now on the internet.
Thanks for the efforts of Bluffton officials, all Bluffton ordinances are now available online for anyone to read.
The announcement was made at the June 22 council meeting. The meeting's agenda is attached at the bottom of this story.
CLICK HERE to view the ordinance folder, located on the Village of Bluffton website. The project cost $14,000 and has 1,193 pages went printed on a computer printer.
