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On Monday, December 19, the Apollo Career Center Board of Education will meet at 7:00 p.m. for a regular meeting.

The agenda includes a resolution honoring Brad Fruchey of Bluffton for 15 years of service.

Under “new and recommended matters” the board will vote on 

Hiring substitute teachers Karen Follrod and Alexis Nagel, supplemental contracts for craft shows to Hailey Diana and Courtney Meyers, and hiring teaching assistant Timothy Alger.

Purchasing a Lucina Patient Simulator, cost $86.8K.

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At the Monday, December 12 meeting of the Bluffton Board of Education, all items on the agenda were approved and the following reports were made by the elementary, middle, and high school principals.

Bluffton Elementary report by Elementary Principal Ben Thiel (a.k.a. Mr. T):

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The Village of Bluffton has announced the following public meetings. Note that the council meeting has been moved to Tuesday following the holiday weekend.

Finance Committee - Tuesday, December 20 at 11:00 a.m.

Council Meeting - Tuesday, December 27 at 7:00 p.m.

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New internet provider announced; two stop sign supplements installed

By Andy Chappell-Dick

The December 12 regular meeting of the Bluffton Council was brief, just 35 minutes. (Scroll down on https://www.bluffton-ohio.com/council for an archive of meeting packets.)

COMMITTEES

Utilities - Councilor Dave Steiner made an announcement that noticeably energized the room. The Cincinnati-based tech startup Omni Fiber will become Bluffton's newest internet service provider next year, when it plans to install a network of fiber optic cables in town. The new fiber optic cables will be added to existing AEP utility poles, and buried in neighborhoods where services are already underground.

The Omin Fiber website states that standard speeds are "up to" 500 Mbps, with enhanced packages of four times that speed. Costs will be comparable to the existing providers.

Tree Commission - Councilor Ben Stahl reported for the Tree Commission. Several tree maintenance tasks around town were handled by commission members themselves, rather than hiring out the work.

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The Bluffton Exempted Village Schools Board of Education will meet at 5:30 on Monday, December 12, rather than at 7:30 p.m., to accommodate attendance at school concerts later in the evening. Board meetings are held in the Elementary School media center.

The agenda includes:

5. CONTRACTS, ASSIGNMENTS & ETC.:

- President Pro Tempore for January Organizational meeting.      

- Substitute Teacher at $95.00 per day taught: Jared Breece, Sophia Bricker, Mackenzie Jackson, Perry Luhn, Maegan Bouchonville

- Substitute Educational Aides Contract at $12.00 per hour worked: Kim Kirkendall

- Substitute Bus Driver Contract at $17.50 per hour worked: Brian Hilty

- Classified Contract: Jon Jay Stratton – Bus Driver, Step 1, $19.54 Per Hour, 4 Hours Per day. Effective – November 30, 2022

- Students For Other Students Coordinators: Andrew Armstrong, $20.00 per hour worked for a maximum of 60 hours

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A Utility Committee meeting has been scheduled by the Village of Bluffton council. The meeting will be at the Bluffton Town Hall.

Utility Committee - Friday, December 9 at 1:30 p.m.

For more information on committees and their members, visit https://www.bluffton-ohio.com/council

 

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