Government

    “Extremely tight.”
    That’s how Bedford City Manager Charles Kolakowski describes this year’s budget for the city.
    So tight, in fact, that Council has squeezed out even the $14,000 set aside every year for the annual fireworks display in Bedford.

    Back on Feb. 6, the Bedford County Planning Commission completed its comments on the Board of Supervisors’ proposed extensive revision of the county’s zoning ordinance.
    By that time, the supervisors were in the middle of developing the county’s FY 2012-2013 budget and they chose to wait until that was finished before they reviewed these comments, many of which were recommendations against a number of the supervisors’ proposed revisions. In some cases, the supervisors accepted these recommendations.

    The Bedford County Board of Supervisors took action on three requests Monday from the county’s school division for money transfers from one category to another. in the school division’s operating budget.
    There were two request to transfer a total of $200,000 from the maintenance category and the word “maintenance” elicited a comment from Board Chairman Chuck Neudorfer.

By Laura Enderson
Intern Writer
news@bedfordbulletin.com

    Changes are being made to the city Municipal Building as city officials install an accessibility ramp, along with rails and an automatic door for easier access for the public.
    “It’s an improvement on access abilities,” said Charles Kolakowski, Bedford’s city manager. “It should be very helpful for people that have difficulty with stairs.”