Bluffton council split its Monday meeting in half.
Council met in open session 39 minutes and coincidentally 39 minutes in closed session.
Two executive sessions took place Monday. They were split with 16 minutes taking place midway between the open session for “personnel job descriptions” as described by Mayor Judy Augsburger.
No action followed the first executive session and no explanation on the discussion was given as council reentered open session.
The Village of Bluffton’s boundaries are set to expand toward the northwest.
On Monday the council will act on a resolution to accept a parcel of Bluffton University property into the village through annexation.
The parcel is part of what is known as the university’s nature preserve on Augsburger Road. The university intends to build a classroom a portion of the preserve that is not currently in the village.
The annexation will allow the university to pay the inside rates for water and sewer.
The special Bluffton council meeting set for Oct. 2 is re-scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 8 p.m., according to Judy Augsburger, mayor.
The meet is to discuss a petition to expedite an annexation of Bluffton University’s Swinging Bridge Nature Preserve property into the Village of Bluffton.
Bluffton council will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 2, according to Judy Augsburger, mayor.
The meet is to discuss a petition to expedite an annexation of Bluffton University’s Swinging Bridge Nature Preserve property into the Village of Bluffton.
DENECKER: "We performed very well...it puts our district in the top 6% again for performance index."
State school report cards for the 2016-17 school year show Bluffton schools continue to attain remarkable results. The results were released by the Ohio Department of Education this week.
See charts below comparing:
• Bluffton with neighboring school districts
• Bluffton's scoring in several categories
Note: E-mail service to Bluffton village offices is sporadic, as many residents trying to e-mail village employees discovered last week.
The internet server went down last Wednesday and no e-mail was sent or received by the village until earlier this week.
The village is working with Perry Pro-Tech, its internet provider, to resolve the problem.
Monday’s council session
Bluffton council awarded the West Elm Street water engineering project to Choice One Engineering, Sidney, for – rough estimated - $450,000 on Monday.
