Government

    Salem City Manager Kevin Boggess announced this week the hiring of Rosie Jordan as the city’s new finance director.

    Jordan goes to Salem from the city of Bedford, where she has been a fixture since 1994. She began her professional career here as an accountant, later became the assistant director of finance and in 2001, was named Bedford’s finance director.

By John Barnhart
Staff Writer
johnbarnhart@bedfordbulletin.com

    Bedford County’s supervisors reviewed their capital improvement plan and took a look at the school budget, Monday evening. The school board had passed the school budget late last week and the supervisors got their first look at it when copies were distributed to them at their 5 p.m. work session.

    Both District 6 Supervisor Annie Pollard and District 7 Supervisor Tammy Parker are seeking to have some additions made to the permitted use table in the county’s zoning ordinance.
    Unless something is listed in a permitted use for a particular zone, it is not allowed. The two supervisors’ motions instruct the planning commission to begin the process, which will come back to the supervisors for final approval.

    Bedford County’s fire and rescue department may be moving into a portion of the former county group home facility. The consensus of the supervisors, at a Monday night work session, was to accept Deputy County Administrator Frank Rogers’ recommendation that the fire and rescue department move its headquarters there.