By Greg Denecker
Bluffton schools superintendent
It has been a very busy summer for permanent improvement projects in our district. In each summer's district newsletter and in The Bluffton Icon, we outline the revenue that was brought in from this 1/2% permanent improvement income tax and the projects (along with the cost of each project) completed with these tax dollars.
Below is the revenue chart of the combined monies brought in by the tax. Below that is the list of expenditures and projects completed thanks to this fund.
The first senior citizen breakfast of the 2010-11 school year is coming soon. The event is at 8:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 9, in the Bluffton Middle School cafetorium, according to Greg Denecker, Bluffton superintendent.
The Bluffton High School marching band will perform during the breakfast, which is free and open to senior citizens of the school district. The monthly breakfasts are held on the second Thursday of each month.
Bluffton council hopes to hold a meeting as soon as possible after Labor Day with the property owners of the North Dixie Highway area that is part of a proposed annexation into the village.
The village meeting with property owners is to answer questions and concerns of all involved. Issues involving the proposed annexation were discussed at Monday's Bluffton council meeting.
Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator, said that the Allen County Map Office has received the annexation survey from Bacon and Associates. The office personnel are reviewing the survey.
BLUFFTON EXEMPTED VILLAGE SCHOOLS ALERT SYSTEM: If you would like to be notified of delays and/or cancellations via a text message on your cell phone, visit the Bluffton school's website at www.bluffton.noacsc.org and sign up.
On the website's home page under the "Parents/ Community" heading click on "Parent Alert System" and follow the simple steps to subscribe to alerts.
Contact any Bluffton school office if you have any questions.
In a settlement with Ohio EPA, Bluffton has agreed to comply with wastewater permit requirements and will pay a $10,000 civil penalty for violations related to the repairs and operation of the village's sanitary sewer system.
