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 Bluffton Board of Zoning and Building Appeals will hold a public hearing  at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 24, in the third floor of the town hall.

The hearing is to consider a request for the approval of a Conditional Use of a hospital-owned parcel at 565 Harmon Road, currently zoned in the R-II Residential District.

The Conditional Use reqeust involves this property being used as a parking area for medical office use.
 

Several additional appointments made at reorganization meeting

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Ken Lugibihl will lead the Bluffton school board in 2017. He was elected board president at the Jan. 9 reorganization meeting. Here are other board appointments:

Fire department removes holiday garland on Jan. 7

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Bluffton council moves its meeting dates in 2017. Meetings will take place at 8 p.m., on the second and fourth Mondays. (In 2016 meetings were held on the first and third Mondays.)

One additional village-related announcement from Jon Kinn, fire chief: Main Street holiday garlands will be taken down on Saturday morning, Jan. 7.

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Bluffton school board re-appointed Brad Fruchey to a three-year term on the Apollo Joint Vocational School District board during the Dec. 19 Bluffton board meeting.

His new term begins Jan. 11, 2017.

In other board action, the board set its 2017 reorganization meeting for 7:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 9.

A supplemental contract was offered to Lindsey Buettner as assistant middle school cheerleader advisor.

Other items on Monday's agenda are in the board packet attached to this story.

If approved by council police will add levels for lieutenant and corporal

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Bluffton council will act on legislation on Monday created a new rank structure for the village police department.

Currently the department operates with a chief and a sergeant. All other police department members are officers.

The new structure, to be acted upon as an emergency ordinance – meaning passage required one read and the ordinance takes effect immediately - calls for the following structure:

Village anticipates general fund balance on 12-31-17 at $2.4 million

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Bluffton council is expected to pass its 2017 appropriations on Monday.

It projects $2,780,429 in the general funds on Jan. 1. Anticipated 2017 revenue totals  $2,493,446 and anticipated expenses totals $1,902,657. With $912,000 in anticipated transfers next year it is anticipated the village general fund balance on Dec. 31, 2017, will be $2,459,218.

There are several other items on Monday’s agenda, which is the final regularly scheduled council meeting of 2016.

The 2017 appropriations summary is in the council packet, attached at the bottom of this story.

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