Proposed Village Income Tax increase would raise about $31M over 20 years; June 10 and June 18 public meetings scheduled By Paula Pyzik Scott On Tuesday, May 28, the Village of Bluffton Council took the first steps required to ask Bluffton voters for new funding for Village EMS, Fire and Police departments. Beginning with a separate committee of the whole meeting, councilors
PHOTOS clockwise) Ross Zimmerman sworn in as Bluffton Police Officer; Teri Steinmetz accepts BPD Citizen of the year honors shared with Ryan Demarco and Makayla White; members of Bluffton Boy Scouts Troop 256. By Paula Pyzik Scott The 28-page meeting packet is HERE. The March 25 regular meeting of the Bluffton Council presented a gallery full of people including Boy Scouts
By Paula Scott The December 8 Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce member breakfast meeting was an opportunity to hear regional plans and expectations for the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse that will likely double the number of people in the region. Bluffton is within a “path of totality” across the country where the eclipse is best seen. The meeting was hosted by chamber
By Andy Chappell-Dick Could that upstart ChatGPT use artificial intelligence to write this column? I signed up online and asked. Here's its answer: "I'm sorry, but I do not have access to real-time or current events.. To obtain a summary of the September 11 Bluffton Council meeting, I recommend checking the official website of the Bluffton Council or local news sources. They
The 47-page Council packet is attached HERE By Andy Chappell-Dick The meeting started at 7:00 p.m. sharp with the customary invocations. Minutes were approved and bills were paid. Then Mayor Johnson looked at his watch, and explained that a Public Meeting had been embedded in this Council Meeting, officially set and advertised for 7:05. It was 7:01. After some murmuring, it