Bluffton-Harrison school board will meet Monday
The board of the Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School District will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, in the school district’s administration building at 803 E. Harrison St. in Bluffton.
Topics on the agenda include:
• Review of financial matters.
• Report on Bluffton High School graduation rate.
• Assistant superintendent’s report.
• Assessing and grading student learning survey results.
• Superintendent’s report.
• 2023 organizational chart.
• Middle School roof replacement and Improvements Project
• High School HVAC guaranteed energy savings project
• Personnel matters — Retirements, administrative leave with pay, resignations, employment resignations, and Family and Medical Leave Act requests.
• Acceptance of donations.
• Second reading of several policies and review of several others.
• Resolutions concerning financial matters.
• 2023 expenditure goals.
• District campus traffic flow update.
• Update of the BHMSD healthy operations plan.
The meeting will be livestreamed meet.bhmsd.org
Ossian council will meet in executive session Tuesday
The Ossian Town Council will meet in executive session at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, at Collier’s, 215 N. Jefferson St. in Ossian.
During the meeting, which will be closed to the public, the council will receive information about and interview prospective employees.
Bluffton Board of Works to meet Tuesday afternoon
The Bluffton Board of Public Works and Safety will meet at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, in the Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall, 128 E. Market St.
Topics on the agenda include:
• 2023 CRP grant goals and historic downtown structural concerns – Mike Lautzenheiser and Richard Triplett.
• Discussion of infrastructure concerns on 711 Willowbrook Trail.
• Consideration of a resolution concerning Board of Works electronic meetings.
• Review of HVAC replacement in the Police-Fire Building.
• A personnel request, brought to the board by Clerk-Treasurer Tami Runyon.
Northern Wells school board will meet Tuesday
The board of the Northern Wells Community Schools will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, at Norwell High School, 1100E. U.S. 224.
Topics on the agenda include:
• Personnel matters — One resignation and six hiring recommendations
• Acceptance of donations.
• Consideration of a recommendation to retire remaining NEOLA board polices.
• Consideration of a recommendation to approve several ISBA policies and a recommendation to rename two other policies.
• Superintendent’s report regarding Norwell Middle School projects.
A strategic planning work session will begin immediately following the regular board meeting.
Wells County BZA will
meet Tuesday evening
The Wells County Board of Zoning Appeals will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, 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:
• Election of officers.
• Review of a petition for a reduced setback at 10880S-600E. The property is zoned A-1 (agriculture). The petition has been brought by Randall and Linda Jo Plummer.
• Presentation of the 2022 annual report and the 2023 plan of operations.
911 Advisory Board will meet Wednesday morning
The 911 Emergency Advisory Board will meet at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, 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:
• Discussion of new board and its members.
• Review the newly signed interlocal agreement.
• Election of a chairman,, vice chairman, and secretary.
• Review and approval of by-laws.
• Director’s report.
• Power Phone demonstration.
