By Andy Chappell-Dick

  • Agreement for full-time police officer in Bluffton Schools
  • Appropriation of easements on SR-103
  • Oct. 19 public forum for strategic planning

With summer's end, the agenda facing Village Council has returned to its normal size. At the Monday, September 12 regular meeting at Bluffton Town Hall, there were six pieces of legislation to consider, five of which were in emergency "hurry up" mode. One prompted a lengthy executive session. Even though all six passed unanimously with little discussion, the meeting lasted nearly
two hours.

The Village of Bluffton has announced the following public meeting to be held at Bluffton Town Hall, 156 N. Main St.

  • Pathway Committee on Thursday, September 1 at noon.

The Apollo Career Center High School has issued the following agenda for the August board meeting.

Monday, August 29, 2022

7:00 p.m.

Apollo board room

3325 Shawnee Rd., Lima

The board is comprised of

Mike Carpenter, Shawnee
Spencer Clum, Spencerville
Ron Fleming, Ada 
Dennis Fricke, Elida
Brad Fruchey, Bluffton
Yvonne Marrs, Perry 
Dan Marshman, Hardin Northern 
Ron Mertz, Wapakoneta 
Jackie Place, Bath 
Brian Spallinger, Allen East 
Ned Stechschulte, Columbus Grove

Officer swearing in • Scarecrow decorating Security pay rates • School resource officer MOU • Medication disposal retry • Commemoration committee formed

By Andy Chappell-Dick

The following article provides a summary of the Village of Bluffton regular council meeting; the packet with additional details is attached HERE.

At the Monday, August 22 Bluffton council meeting, Mayor Richard Johnson announced the finalization of a committee to address the creation of a Safety Services commemoration.

The committee was conceived in the discussions this past spring regarding how to memorialize fallen Bluffton Police Officer Dominic Francis.

Added to their task is formalizing the recognition of first responders more broadly, in particular those who have died in the line of duty but also those who have dedicated their lives to this form of public service.

At the August 22 Bluffton council meeting, EMS chief Jan Basinger requested a meeting with the Safety Services Committee to discuss growing needs in the EMS Department. Chief Jon Kinn asked to be present at that meeting, to address the same topic for the Fire Department. 

A meeting is set for today, August 24, at noon.

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