Council's safety services committee looks at College-Main intersection issues

Bluffton council’s safety services committee discussed the College-Main intersection during a noon meeting on July 28.

The minutes reflect several points discussed. Those include:

• Greg Denecker, Bluffton school superintendent, agreed to place information in a letter to school-age parents regarding cross walk safety.

• Requested the superintendent to talk with teachers and bus drivers to raise awareness of cross walk safety.

• The village will provide safety coloring booklets to students in grades one, two and three.

• Bluffton police will work with the Denecker to hold a first grade assembly to discuss cross walk safety.

Also discussed was parking on Jackson Street in front of the high school regarding better sight lines.

These minutes were in the Monday council packet. The entire packet and agenda to the Aug. 3 council meeting are an attachment at the bottom of this story.