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Finally...those village water replacement projects ready to begin

Several village water replacements will begin soon. Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, will update Bluffton council on the projects during Monday's council meeting.

"The Grove, Lawn, Jackson street project will begin on Aug. 13 with a substantial completion day by Oct. 31," Mehaffie told The Icon.
The Cherry and Mound Streets project is set to begin Oct. 1 and be completed by Dec. 1.

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Village finance committee meets Aug. 13

Bulffton council's Finance Committee will be meet at 7:15 p.m., Monday, Aug. 13, in the town hall, according to Nancy Kindle, village fiscal officer.

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Light council agenda on July 23

It was a light council agenda on July 23. The council agenda is in an attachment at the bottom of this story.

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School board's 2012-13 appropriations total $13,234,587

You'd think school is about ready to begin. Action by the Bluffton school board, meeting on July 16, involved offering contracts for several positions.
These included supplemental contracts, extended service contracts, substitute teacher contracts, substitute educational aide contracts and substitute custodial contracts. All for the 2012-13 school year, which begins nearly one month from now.
In addition, the board acted upon 2012-13 appropriations, which total $13, 234,587.

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Apollo Career Center Nov. 6 levy resolution on July 23 board agenda

Apollo Career Center's board of education will act on legislation at its July 23 to place a tax levy on the Nov. 6 ballot. Voters in the Bluffton school district will have the levy on their ballot.
The entire July 23 board agenda is on an attachment at the bottom of this story.
A portion of the Apollo resolution follows:
RESOLUTION NO. 07-12-4
RESOLUTION DETERMINING TO PROCEED
WITH BOND ISSUES AND TAX LEVY.

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Council's 2013 budget near $4.3 million, close to 2012's figure

Bluffton's 2013 budget of $4.3 million received council's okay on Monday. The budget is required to be passed by law in July. It is an approximate figure used in determining actual village appropriations, which must be passed by Dec. 31.

According to Nancy Kindle, village fiscal officer, the estimated 2013 budget is very close to the 2012 budget.

She told council that she does not expect much change in revenue from 2012 to 2013, nor expense changes during the period.

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