Two meetings were schedule by the village on Friday. Both are set prior to Monday's 7 p.m., regularly scheduled council meeting.
Jesse Blackburn, village administrator, said, "We’ll be discussing upcoming projects that need council agreement on completing in 2019. More specifically it will involve work on East Jefferson Street from Main St to County Line Road.
Bluffton seventh graders will have an overnight learning experience in October. Eighth graders will take a trip to the nation’s capital in May.
Both trips are annual experiences for junior high students. Bluffton’s school board will make these official during its Monday night school board meeting.
Seventh graders will participate in Outdoor School at Camp Berry, Arlington, Wednesday through Friday, Oct. 10 to 12. Eighth graders have an option to participate in a trip to Washington, D.C., Monday to Thursday, May 20 to 23.
Bluffton council accepted the low bid from Schimmoeller Construction of Kalida, to construct new restrooms at the Buckeye Park.
The Monday night action accepted the Kalida firm’s base bid of $119,997 for the project, which is under the $120,800 engineer’s estimate. Council did not accept an addition proposal of $16,497 to add a porch to the building.
Schimmoeller has until June 15, 2019, to complete the building. Council approved the contract as an emergency in the hope that construction would begin very soon.
Bluffton school board puts some actions into place for the 2018-19 school year at its Monday meeting.
Among agenda items include:
• Contracts, assignments and resignations – Those include several contracts for supplemental coaching, substitute teacher, substitute educational aides, substitute secretary and substitute cafeteria workers.
• One student teaching assignment – Lauren Roberts of University of Dayton with Elizabeth Smith
Bluffton school board will act on the hiring of a new teacher at its Thursday board meeting. Amanda Temple will be offered a one-year contract to teach sixth and seventh grade science. She will replace Lauren Moser, who has resigned.
If hired, Temple will join the system with a master’s, step 3, one-year contract at $44,023 per year.
Bluffton council set the following committee meetings for July:
• Personnel, town hall, Thursday, July 12, 7 p.m.
• Street and alley, town hall, Monday, July 23, 6 p.m.
• Committe of the whole, town hall, Monday, July 23, 6:30 p.m.
