By Greg Denecker, Bluffton school superintendent
From the winter district newsletter
On March 15, the Bluffton Exempted Village School District is seeking the renewal ½ % income tax for permanent improvements. This is not a new tax; it is a renewal of an existing tax for three years.
THE ENTIRE DISTRICT NEWSLETTER IS AN ATTACHMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY.
Apollo Career Center's board will meet at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 22, in the board meeting room. Brad Fruchey is Bluffton's representative on the board. The board agenda is in an attachment at the bottom of this story.
Bluffton school board will act on Allen County Budget Commission’s recommendation on county estimated tax rates during its Feb. 18 meeting.
A chart at the bottom of this story shows a summary of the Bluffton school district’s estimated tax rates. The chart demonstrates how the district generates approximately $4 million through millage outside its 10-mill limitation and nearly $1 million inside.
In other agenda items, the board will act on:
• Certified advancement for Jessica Mayberry
The Shannon Cemetery Commission will bring a nine-point recommendation to Bluffton council on Monday.
The commission met on Feb. 9 with nine of its 11 members present and voted unanimously on its recommendations. Council must now act on the recommendations.
Among the recommendations are to have funds for the project come from donations, replace gravestones on their “known” graves, and restore and clean all stones.
The Shannon Cemetery Commission will meet at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall, according to Nancy Kindle, village fiscal officer.
Bluffton’s newest council member, Ralph Miller, 126 N. Jackson St., is a relative newcomer as a Bluffton resident, but his work in Bluffton goes back nearly a half century.
Miller was appointed to a vacancy on council on Monday. He is an eight-year Bluffton resident, however in 1969 his company, Ralph Miller Construction, built what is today the Chase building on South Main Street. At the time of its construction it was Central Savings Association.
