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Salary Board approves multiple hires and wage rates for county staff, including prosecutor, EMS director and tax-assessment director
Summary
The board approved a slate of personnel appointments and hourly/salary rates across departments — among them a 2nd Assistant District Attorney at $75,000 and an EMS/911 director at $65,000 — as recorded in the Jan. 13 minutes; effective dates and union-contract rates are listed in the minutes.
The Bedford County Salary Board approved a batch of personnel appointments and wage rates at its Jan. 13 meeting, voting to confirm hires and pay scales recommended by department heads. Commissioner Winck moved the approval and Commissioner Baughman seconded; the minutes record the motion as approved (individual votes for this motion were not listed).
Approved appointments and rates listed in the minutes include: Melissa Bergman, 2nd Assistant District Attorney, $75,000/year (effective 12.11.25); several deputy sheriff appointments and part-time sheriff's deputies with hourly rates set by union contract; Joshua Eltman, telecommunicator at $15.82/hour (completed training 12.22.25); Amy Norris as full-time Grant Administrator in Planning at $51,500/year (effective 1.5.26); Glen Caradori as full-time Chief Deputy, Sheriff's Office at $50,960/year (effective 1.5.26); Brittany McConnell as EMS/911 Director at $65,000/year (effective 1.5.26); and Nicole Abbott as Director of Tax Assessment at $45,760/year (effective 1.5.26). The minutes provide effective dates and indicate several hourly rates are governed by union contracts.
The motion covered wages "or as by union contracts" and was recorded as approved; the minutes do not include a line-by-line vote for each listed hire. Several entries cite completion-of-training dates or union-contract provisions as the basis for pay rates. The minutes do not provide aggregate payroll cost or the number of employees affected beyond the enumerated list.
The board adjourned at 10:23 a.m.; the minutes note the next meeting is scheduled for Feb. 10, 2026 unless called sooner.
