Recognizing challenges, Bluffton council agreed to open the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool this summer. Council’s action took place on May 26, including hiring the staff listed below.
The village is aiming for a June 6 weekend opening, with several guidelines, which follow:
Bluffton parks and recreation committee will meet at 6 p.m., tonight (Tuesday, May 26), using Zoom video conferencing. Those interested in attending should contact Jesse Blackburn at [email protected] to request an invitation.
Bluffton council may soon address an animal zoning ordinance.
Council’s ordinance committee, meeting on April 29, discussed criteria for an ordinance proposed by Mitch Kingsley, according to the committee’s minutes of the meeting.
The minutes were part of the recent council agenda, and the council voted to go forward with an ordinance, although one is not yet ready for council’s action.
Bluffton school board will act on contracts for its administrative staff on Monday.
The contracts cover a four-year period, and include no salary increases for 2020-21. Depending upon the staff member, contracts cover either July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2024, or Aug. 1, 2020, to July 31, 2024.
Bluffton council provide raises for 27 village employees at its May 11 council meeting – conducted in a virtual format. The raises are effective Jan. 1, 2020.
It also established requirements and starting wages for members of its police department and village employees, full-time, part-time and salaried.
The salaries lists and details of employee requirements is attached in the May 11 council package at the bottom of this story. Details are on pages 19 through 27.
