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Bedford County supervisors approve multiple contracts, grants and election measures
Summary
At a regularly scheduled meeting, the Bedford County Board of Supervisors approved a package of consent items and voted on separate resolutions and an ordinance covering elections, broadband, parks, public safety grants and economic-development event support.
The Bedford County Board of Supervisors approved a slate of consent items and a series of resolutions and an ordinance at its April meeting, voting to: advertise nursing-home private-pay room rate changes for public hearing; submit a grant application for enterprise GIS funding; authorize contracts for Mead Road design and for opioid-abatement settlement consulting; accept a $10,000 sponsorship from Centra’s Department of Community Health; adopt an ordinance establishing the county's satellite voting location; permit two split precincts via a state waiver request; extend a broadband contractor's deadline; authorize a playground contract; accept several grants; and commit funding for regional sporting events.
Why it matters: The motions move forward a mix of capital projects, grant-funded programs and election administration steps that shape infrastructure, public safety, elections access and economic-development efforts across the county.
Most significant votes and outcomes
- Consent agenda (five items): Adopted by roll-call vote. Items included: (A) resolution to advertise Bedford County Nursing Home private-pay room rate changes for a public hearing; (B) resolution to submit a grant application to the Virginia Department of Emergency Management for enterprise GIS software funding; (C) authorization for the county administrator to execute a contract with Rinker Design Associates for Mead Road improvements design; (D) authorization to contract with Rouleaux Strategies regarding RFP #215-12 (opioid abatement settlement funds); and (E) acceptance and appropriation of a $10,000 sponsorship from Centra's Department of Community Health.
- Ordinance O032425-O6 (elections): The board adopted an ordinance to amend Chapter 6 (Elections) to designate the Bedford County gym as the county's satellite voting location for the primary and general elections. Approved by motion and roll call.
- Resolution R032425-6 (split precincts waiver): The board approved submission of a waiver request to the State Board of Elections to operate two split precincts in 2025 (Precinct 104, Barnhart Baptist Church; Precinct 604, Bedford Welcome Center) citing post-2020 census anomalies. Approved by roll call.
- Resolution R032425-09 (broadband contract amendment): The board approved a contract amendment extending Zytel's deadline for completion of the county's VADY 2022 broadband project; the extension submitted by the contractor was for 105 days. Approved by roll call.
- Resolution R032450-8 (Fawn Creek Park accessible playground): The board authorized the county administrator to execute a contract with Max Playfit to design and install an accessible playground and rubberized surface at Fawn Creek Park, using $200,000 previously approved in the FY25 CIP. Approved by roll call.
- Resolution R03245425-10 (DCJS law-enforcement equipment grant): The board approved submission and appropriation of a competitive Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services grant of $60,192.25 for law-enforcement equipment for the Bedford County Sheriff's Office, with a required 25% local match ($15,048.06) funded from the sheriff's operating budget. Approved by roll call.
- PDGA events funding (resolution number not specified in transcript): The board approved partnering with the Lynchburg Office of Economic Development to co-host PDGA professional disc-golf events in 2026 and to pursue a 2028 Pro World Championship bid; the supervisor requested appropriations from the transient-occupancy tax reserve (the presentation asked for $65,000 to host three events overall and described a $35,000 county share for two 2026 events). Approved by roll call.
- Montvale School planning grant R032425-12: The board accepted and appropriated a $50,000 planning grant from the Virginia Brownfields Restoration Economic Development Assistance Fund for the Montvale School project, with a required local match of $45,000 (the staff presentation identified county demolition funds as the match source). Approved by roll call.
Votes and procedure: All listed measures were adopted by motion and roll-call votes. Individual board members recorded "yes" votes during roll call on the referenced items; the meeting transcript records no failing votes on the items summarized above.
Notes: Where resolution or ordinance identifiers were unclear in the record, the transcript's spoken identifiers were used when available; in one instance the resolution number read aloud was not legible in the transcript and is recorded as "not specified."
