Public complete streets workshop, August 12 / Celebration for Officer Lonny Kent, August 27
On Monday, Agust 8, Village of Bluffton council members were presented with a very light agenda on the dog-days of summer meeting. There were no committee reports or legislative action on the table.
ADMINISTRATION
Village administrator Jesse Blackburn reported on progress of two special committees. The Complete Streets Task Force culminates their work this Friday, August 12 with a full-day workshop, open to the public, to distill their surveys and findings into a policy to guide how the Village builds streets to accommodate more varied forms of getting around.
Bluffton Exempted Village Schools has announced its 2022-2023 program year policy regarding free and reduced price meals for students unable to pay the full price of meals or milk served under the National School Lunch and School Breakfast, After School Care Snack or Special Milk Programs.
The Bluffton Council meeting of July 26 had a light agenda but the gallery was packed when the meeting commenced at 7:00 p.m. A robust public call to account for a pressing matter of local import? Not tonight. Rather, most were on hand as friends and family of Austin Probst, who was to be sworn in to the Bluffton Police Department as a part-time patrol officer.
Public hearing for reading funds, School Resource Officer, and summer maintenance
On Monday, July 18, the Bluffton Board of Education met with the attached agenda, including the approval of contracts, assignments, resignations, etc. and a public hearing for IDEA and Title I funds.
PUBLIC HEARING
Elementary School Principal Ben Thiel explained that the federal IDEA (Individual with Disabilities Education Act) funds are used for reading intervention in the elementary school, serving 20-30 students per year based on need.
The Bluffton Exempted Village Schools board will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, July 18 in the media center at Bluffton Public Library, 102 S. Jackson St.
