The Village of Bluffton has announced the following meetings for early January.
The meetings will be held at the Bluffton Town Hall, 154 N. Main St., unless noted. Please contact Jesse Blackburn at [email protected] for the Zoom link.
Personnel Committee – Wednesday, January 5 at noon.
Ordinance Committee – Thursday, January 6 at noon, via Zoom.
On Monday, December 26, the Village of Bluffton council meeting included the swearing in of re-elected members Jerry Cupples, Mitch Kinsley, David Steiner and Phill Talavinia by Mayor Richard Johnson.
The attached agenda details other items of business that evening. (The Icon was not in attendance at the meeting.)
The Bluffton Exempted Village School District (Ohio) issued the following alert at 3:45 p.m. on December 20, 2021:
"This weekend, the district was notified of a threatening social media post which circulated briefly. After review by the local authorities, the post was deemed not a credible threat. Out of an abundance of caution, the middle school staff was briefed this morning, and police officers were present in the buildings today and will be tomorrow.
The Board of Trustees of the Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St., will hold its annual organizational meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 4, 2021. The purpose of the meeting is to elect officers, set the 2022 meeting schedule and approve temporary authorizations for 2022.
Library board meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month in the library board room on the second floor. There are no meetings in July or December. Annual reorganizational meetings are held in January.
At its Monday, December 13 meeting, the Bluffton Board of Education recognised the service of outgoing board member Ken Lugibihl. He was thanked for his 12 years of dedicated service to the Bluffton Exempted Village School District.
The board also approved president pro tempore Larry Hoffman and scheduled a reorganization meeting for 7:30 p.m. on January 12.
The Village of Bluffton will hold a Regular Meeting of the Village Council at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, Decebmer 27 on the third floor of Town Hall, 154 N. Main St.
