Friends of the Shelter will meet Monday afternoon
Friends of the Shelter will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 12, in the Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall, 128 E. Market St.
Topics on the agenda include financial matters and upcoming events.
The meeting is open to the public. For more information, call 273-1742.
Bluffton-Harrison school board will meet Monday
The board of the Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School District will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, June 12, in the school district’s administration building at 803 E. Harrison St. in Bluffton.
Topics on the agenda include:
• Financial matters.
• CTE and Don Wood Foundation partnership.
• District communications report.
• Assistant superintendent report.
• Superintendent report.
• Middle school roof replacement and improvements project.
• High school HVAC guaranteed energy savings project.
• School safety opportunities.
• Middle school parking lot and tennis court improvements.
• Technology/textbook rental fees for the 2023-2024 school year.
• Personnel matters.
• Acceptance of donations.
• Transportation handbook for 2023-24.
• Decisions on policies.
• Review of the science and health curriculum.
• Science and health curriculum.
• High school building envelope — roof, walls, windows, canopies.
• U.S. Department of Education return to in-person instruction plans.
• Topics for next board meeting.
• Status quo contracts and work agreements.
• 2023-24 classified handbook changes.
The meeting will be livestreamed at meet.bhmsd.org
Regional Sewer District board will meet Monday
The board of the Wells County Regional Sewer District will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 12, 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:
• Customer questions.
• Financial matters.
• Superintendent’s report.
• Engineer’s report — Updates on Phase 1 (Liberty Center and Murray), Phase 2 (Craigville), Phase 3 (Kingsland), and Phase 4 (Tocsin).
• Attorney’s report.
Bluffton Board of Works to meet Tuesday afternoon
The Bluffton Board of Public Works and Safety will meet at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 13, in the meeting room on the first floor of City Hall, 128 E. Market St.
Topics on the agenda include:
• Water adjustment requests for residences on Pine Grove Court, Elm Drive, and Hale Street.
• Contesting of a nuisance animal citation.
• Load and capacity study presentation, brought to the board by Brad Adler.
• A request for temporary parking, brought to the board by Street Commissioner Tim Simpson.
Norwell school board will meet Tuesday
The board of the Norwell Community Schools will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, at the school district’s central office, 312 N. Jefferson St. in Ossian.
Topics on the agenda include:
• Public comment on agenda items.
• Superintendent’s report.
• Performance Qualified School — Norwell High School.
• 1003 Flexibility Waiver.
• Personnel matters — three resignations and several hiring recommendations.
• Ossian interior refresh project.
• Consideration to approve 2023-24 staff handbook.
• Consideration to approve district name change resolution.
• Recommendation to approve 2023-25 administrative contracts.
• Consideration to approve central office support staff salary agreements.
• Review of upcoming calendar events.
Bluffton Common Council will meet Tuesday evening
The Bluffton Common Council will meet in a special session at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 13, in the Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall, 128 E. Market St.
The only item on the agenda is a review of findings from Emergency Vehicle Response for Bluffton Fire Department apparatus.
Wells County Public Library board will meet Tuesday
The board of the Wells County Public Library will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jue 13, in the meeting room of the main library, 200 W. Washington St.
No agenda was made available to the News-Banner for this listing.
County tourism board will meet Wednesday morning
The board of the Wells County Convention and Tourism Commission will meet at 8 a.m. Wednesday, June 14, at the Wells County Commerce and Visitors Center, 211 Water St.
Topics on the agenda include:
• Financial update.
• Fee for service contract.
• Marketing grants.
• SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis.
UWRBC board will meet Wednesday morning
The board of the Upper Wabash River Basin Commission will hold its regular bi-monthly meeting at 8 a.m. Wednesday, June 14, at the Wells Carnegie Government Annex, 223 W. Washington St.
Topics on the agenda include:
• Minutes, financial reports, and claims.
• Information about a 319 Grant opportunity, brought to the board by Kristy Todd of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources,
• Watershed plans from Randy Lehman of Geneva.
• Upper Wabash River autumn festival.
• Trash cleanup.
• Lake and River Enhancement grant update — Bluffton Parks and Recreation Department Rivergreenway/Wabash River functional assessment and 2023 design project functional assessment of Rock Creek in Wells County.
• UWRBC webpage.
• House Bill 1639, Watershed Development Commission.
• Annual funding – Rick Imel, Jay County.
The meeting is open to the public. Community residents who are interested in conserving our natural resources and improving the Wabash River are welcome to attend.
The board is a cooperation of local governments — Adams, Huntington, Jay, and Wells — in 2001. For more information, call UWRBC chairman Doug Sundling at 260-273-9607.
