Bluffton will have a new mayor sometime this summer.
Dennis Gallant, Bluffton mayor, informed Bluffton council members on Monday evening that he has accepted a new job and will be moving from the community this summer.
Following the meeting, Gallant told The Icon that he has accepted a CPA position in Sandusky. His family will move there after school is over.
Monday was contract night for the Bluffton school board for the 2014-15 school year. In addition, elementary, middle school and high school class fees for next school year were approved.
The board approved several certified contracts, classified contracts, supplemental contracts, among other contracts.
Several assignments, long-term subs and school coordinators were approved.
For a list of contracts approved, class fees and to view the entire Monday agenda, open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
Bluffton council will consider an aggressive street maintenance program this summer. The action is on Monday’s council agenda. Here are the streets under consideration. The list with cost estimates is in the attachment at the bottom of this story.
By Greg Denecker
Superintendent Bluffton Exempted Village Schools
On May 6, the Bluffton Exempted Village School District asks for your continued support of the renewal of the existing levy with an increase to the same millage rate as 1999. Below is a quick overview of the renewal levy and its purpose:
We are asking for your vote of support on May 6, 2014, for the same millage rate that was passed in 1999 at 4.9 mills.
Facts:
· The levy was originally passed in November, 1999, at 4.9 mills generating $466,000.
A proposed “amended” sidewalk ordinance passed the first of three readings on Monday by a 3 to 2 vote of Bluffton council members.
Voting for the amendment were Sean Burrell, Roger Warren and Joe Sehlhorst. Voting against the amendment were Judy Augsburger and Everett Collier. Mitch Kingsley was absent during the vote.
The amended ordinance proposes that repair of current sidewalks in the village continue at the expense of the property owner. It also proposes that the village create a fund to pay for the installation of new sidewalks where it deems new sidewalks necessary.
