County Drainage Board will meet Monday morning
The Wells County Drainage Board will meet at 8:30 a.m. Monday, March 7, in Room 105, the multi-purpose room on the lower level of the Wells Carnegie Government Annex, 223 W. Washington St.
Topics on the agenda include project updates and discussion of miscellaneous drainage matters.
County Commissioners will meet Monday morning
The Wells County Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. Monday, March 7, in Room 105, the multi-purpose room on the lower level of the Wells Carnegie Government Annex, 223 W. Washington St.
Topics on the agenda include:
• Appointments with Wells County Sheriff Scott Holliday, Highway Superintendent Shawn Bonar, and Enginee.r Nate Rumschlag
• A flood safety awareness proclamation, brought to the board by County Surveyor Jarrod Hahn,
• A Family Centered Services matter, brought to the board by Paige Hamilton.
• Opening request for proposals for the Ossian rescue truck.
• Discussion of a person property tax study study, brought to the board by Bill Konya of the Regional Chamber of Commerce.
• An update from the Health Department, brought to the commssioners by Marlene Hoag.
• A discussion of the barricade at Premier Flats.
• A discussion of Wells County support for the Northeaast Indiana Strategic Commissoin.
• Bi County Transportation.
The meeting will be streaming live on the Wells County Voice at wellscountyvoice.com
The public can interact with comments by emailing auditor@wellscounty.org
Southern Wells school board will meet Monday
The board of the Southern Wells Community Schools will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 7, in the high school media center of the SWCS campus.
Topics on the agenda include:
• Spotlight on Raider success.
• Financial considerations.
• Personnel matters.
• Policy and procedures review.
• Facility use requests.
• Instruction and curriculum matters — conference and field trip requests and summer school.
• Superintendent’s report.
Regional Sewer District board will meet Monday
The board of the Wells County Regional Sewer District will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 7, in Room 105, the multi-purpose room on the lower level of the Wells Carnegie Government Annex, 223 W. Washington St.
Topics on the agenda include:
• Financial matters.
• USDA, Liz Stanley.
• Superintendent’s report.
• Status updates on Phase 1 and Phase 2.
• Attorney’s report.
• Discusson of project financing, treatment agreement, and sewer use ordinance.
Ossian Parks Board will meet Monday evening
The board of the Ossian Parks and Recreation Department will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 5, at 215 N. Jefferson St. in Ossian.
Topics on the agenda include:
• Baseball leagues.
• An update on basketball backboards.
• Discussion of two letters of interest for board members.
• An update on the free concert series.
• Discussion of a fee for PTO usage of the event center for a movie night.
• Discussion of a pond maintenance agreement.
Northern Wells school board will meet Tuesday
The board of the Northern Wells Community Schools will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at the school district’s central office, 312 N. Jefferson St. in Ossian. Northern Wells Community Schools
Topics on the agenda include:
• Recognition of the Norwell High School swim and wrestling teams.
• Financial considerations.
• Superintendent’s report.
• Personnel matters — requests for leave, resignations, and hiring recommendations.
• Acceptance of donations.
• Approval of field trip requests.
• Discussion items — Review of several policies, NHS precision machining class, multi-school district lawsuit against Juul and the vaping industry
• A request from maintenance personnel to dispose of or sell items that are no longer needed.
• Consideration to approve Ossian Elementary School developmental preschool program.
An executive session will be held prior to the regular meeting, at 4:30 p.m. During the executive session, which will be closed to the public, the board will consider an individual student’s abilities, past performance, behavior, and needs before a placement decision is made. If necessary, the executive session will reconvene after the school board’s regular meeting.
Wells County Public Library board will meet Tuesday
The board of the Wells County Public Library will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, in the large meeting room of the Bluffton branch, 200 W. Washington St.
Topics on the agenda include:
• The librarian’s and treasurer’s report.
• A staff report on curbside service.
• Committee reports.
• Director evaluation and personnel updates.
• Wells County Foundation distribution.
• Review of long range plan.
Wells County Council will meet Tuesday evening
The Wells County Council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, in Room 105, the multi-purpose room on the lower level of the Wells Carnegie Government Annex, 223 W. Washington St.
Topics on the agenda include:
• Transfers involving the Wells County CASA program.
• Additional appropriations for the Sheriff’s budget and the ARP Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund.
• Appointment with Wells County Sheriff Scott Holliday.
• Department deputy salary discussion with Carolyn Bertsch, Kathy Peeper, Kelly Herman, and Jarrod Hahn.
• Review with the president of the Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals regarding the board’s January meeting.
• Review with PTABOA Board President regarding January PTABOA meeting
• An update of the 2022 salary ordinance.
• Rescue Truck
The meeting will be streaming live on the Wells County Voice at wellscountyvoice.com
The public can interact with comments by email at auditor@wellscounty.org
Public records commission will meet Friday afternoon
The Wells County Commission on Public Records will hold its annual meeting at 3 p.m. Friday, March 11, in the jury room on the third floor of the Wells County Courthouse.
The meeting agenda will address “Notice of Destruction” and “Request for Permission to Destroy or Transfer Records” of all the governmental units of Wells County that have submitted a request.
Friends of the Shelter will meet on March 14
Friends of the Shelter, the organization that provides support for the Bluffton/Wells County Animal Shelter, will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 14, in the Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall, 128 E. Market St.
Items on the agenda include financial reports, adoption numbers and upcoming events.
The meeting is open to the public. For more information, call 273-1742.
