Note: Bluffton council will begin meeting in person in the town hall in March.
One of Bluffton council’s focus in 2021 is village signage.
A report of council’s street, lights, alley and sidewalk committee offered several ideas for this year during council’s Feb. 22 meeting.
The focus includes:
• Begin a parking regulations sign replacement program with the aim to complete all streets, with a concentration in the area of the schools by the end of summer 2021.
Bluffton council saw a proposed 10-year capital improvement plan for the village during Monday’s council meeting. A chart accompanying this story shows details of the plan.
It involves several street make-overs including portions of Jefferson Street, Bentley Road, East Elm, Riley Street, State Route 103 corridor, Main Street lights and trash cans, street signs and yearly street maintenance.
Bluffton school board will act on offering supplemental contracts to spring and some fall athletic coaches when it meets on Monday.
The list of contracts is at the bottom of this story.
Other action includes approving the amounts and rates required from property taxes, already approved by the Allen County budget commission and Allen County auditor’s estimated tax rates.
Several additional items are on Monday’s agenda and the agenda is attached at the bottom of this story.
It's 30 degrees, or less, outside, but Bluffton council’s park and recreation committee has the swimming pool on its mind.
Committee members Ben Stahl and Mitch Kingsley presented several recommends to council, which were approved on Feb. 8. The recommendations came from a Feb. 3 committee meeting with Jennifer Wilson, pool manager.
Several actions involve establishing positions, wages and rates for the 2021 season. Those amounts are attached below this story. There will be no admission price increases in 2021.
The village of Bluffton submitted a pre-application to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the design and construction phases of work at the Bluffton Airport in 2021, according to Jesse Blackburn, village administrator.
He updated Bluffton council on the project at its Feb. 8 Zoom meeting.
The pre-application is for reconstruction of taxi lanes C, E, and F for 2021.
On Monday, Bluffton council awarded a contract for its Jefferson Street Phase II project, following a second bidding of the project.
The Monday council packet is attached at the bottom of this story -
Council awarded a contract to Underground Utilities, Inc., of Monroeville, the low bidder at $813,882.50. Legislation passed by emergency so that the project can stay on schedule.
Phase II was originally scheduled for 2020 but was put off one year due to state funding issues related to covid-19.
