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Bedford County Salary Board approves multiple corrections officer hires and hourly rates
Summary
On Nov. 18, 2025, the Bedford County Salary Board approved the Oct. 14 minutes and a motion to appoint multiple corrections officers, setting hourly rates under union contracts (rates listed in body). The board adjourned at 10:29 a.m.; next meeting is Dec. 9, 2025.
The Bedford County Salary Board met Nov. 18, 2025, and approved a motion to appoint multiple corrections officers and set hourly wages per existing union contracts.
The board convened at 10:28 a.m. with Commissioner Stiles, Commissioner Winck, Commissioner Baughman and Treasurer Melissa Cottle present. Commissioner Winck moved and Cottle seconded approval of the Oct. 14, 2025 meeting minutes; the motion carried.
Treasurer Melissa Cottle moved to approve the wages and appointments recommended by department heads for November; Commissioner Winck seconded and the board approved the motion. The action covers a list of Bedford County Correctional Facility (BCCF) personnel with start dates and hourly rates as specified by union contract. Sample appointments and rates recorded in the minutes include:
• Zach Martini, full-time corrections officer, BCCF, $19.31 per hour (effective 10/16/2025). • Timothy Keel, full-time corrections officer, BCCF, $20.11 per hour (effective 10/16/2025). • David Nicholson, full-time corrections officer, BCCF, $20.11 per hour (effective 10/17/2025). • Dustin Farabaugh, full-time corrections officer, BCCF, $19.42 per hour (effective 10/17/2025). • Multiple full-time officers listed at $17.75–$18.50 per hour with effective dates in mid- to late October 2025. • Jennifer Yeager and one other entry are noted with "Body Scanner Training" and hourly rates of $18.00 and $18.28, respectively, with specified October effective dates. • Carley Stallman is recorded as a part-time corrections officer at $16.75 per hour (effective 11/10/2025).
The minutes list 22 personnel entries tied to the motion; the transcript records rates, range qualifications, and start dates but does not include a roll-call vote tally. The motion was recorded as approved.
With no other old business presented, Commissioner Winck moved to adjourn at 10:29 a.m.; Commissioner Baughman seconded and the motion carried. The minutes state the next Salary Board meeting is scheduled for Dec. 9, 2025, unless called sooner by the Board of Commissioners.
Authorities or statutory citations were not referenced in the minutes. The meeting text does not include verbatim quotes or individual discussion aside from the motions and the personnel listing.
