Kelly A. White, P.E.
128 East Market Street
Bluffton, IN 46714
260-824-0071
kelly.white@blufftonindiana.gov
The City Engineer is responsible for providing engineering services to various departments and consulting with outside engineering firms. The City Engineer supervises, prepares and review plans, specifications, designs, cost estimates and time schedules for special construction, alteration contracts and proposed maintenance or public works engineering projects.
New Development or Redevelopment Projects:
All new development or redevelopment projects should go through the Wells County Area Plan Commission (APC), contact information can be found at the following website: https://wellscounty.org/area-planning-commission/ During the review of the petition, projects plans are routed to the City of Bluffton for approval. Projects within the City of Bluffton and all City infrastructure should follow the City Standards (linked below). These Standards have been established because they have proven the most beneficial way to incorporate new development and infrastructure into this community. For City Engineering to grant a request for a variance of a Bluffton Standard, a Variance Request Form must be completed (linked below).
Requests for variances of these standards shall be submitted to City Engineering and the APC using the Variance Request Form . A requested variance of the Bluffton Standards shall be filed by the landowner and/or developer at the time that the applicable petition or plans are submitted to the APC.
The City of Bluffton and the Wells County Area Plan Commission (APC) encourages having a New Projects Meetings during the Pre-Development phase to discuss the proposed petition or plan prior to the start of plan development. These meetings can be scheduled directly through APC.
City Engineering Variance Form
After new development plans are approved by the City, the connection requests can be submitted. New development connection requests for water & sewer are done in-person through our Utility Office located at City Hall 128 E. Market Street. For all new developments, there is a System Development Charge for both water & sewer connections. These charges are based off the water domestic service meter size that is requested for the development. The charts below have the most current System Development Charges that are associated with the water domestic service meter size.
WATER SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CHARGE | |||
Meter Size | EDU | In Town | Out of Town |
5/8" | 1 | $1,462.48 | $1,680.39 |
3/4" | 1.5 | $2,193.72 | $2,520.59 |
1" | 2.5 | $3,656.20 | $4,200.98 |
1 1/2" | 5 | $7,312.40 | $8,401.95 |
2" | 8 | $11,699.84 | $13,443.12 |
3" | 15 | $21,937.20 | $25,205.85 |
4" | 25 | $36,562.00 | $42,009.75 |
6" | 50 | $73,124.00 | $84,019.50 |
SEWER SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CHARGE | |||
Meter Size | EDU | In Town | Out of Town |
5/8" | 1 | $1,155.47 | $1,327.64 |
3/4" | 1.4 | $1,617.66 | $1,858.70 |
1" | 2.5 | $2,888.68 | $3,319.10 |
1 1/2" | 5.8 | $6,701.26 | $7,700.31 |
2" | 10 | $11,554.70 | $13,276.40 |
3" | 23 | $26,575.81 | $30,535.72 |
4" | 40 | $46,218.80 | $53,105.60 |
6" | 91 | $105,147.77 | $120,815.24 |
