press release<\/a>, City Manager Andrea Roy said, “Caryn Riggs has been an exceptional leader for the City of Bedford, and we are grateful for the professionalism, financial expertise, and dedication she has brought to our organization.”<\/p>\n“While we will certainly miss her leadership, we are fortunate to have a strong team in place. Mark Long and Brady Olsen are both experienced and respected leaders, and I am confident they will continue building on the strong foundation Caryn helped establish while moving Bedford forward,” Roy added.<\/p>\n
When it came to managing the two roles at the same time, Riggs said Bedford had the right staff to support her work.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou surround yourself with good people, and that’s how you balance the job,\u201d Riggs told KERA.<\/p>\n
Long, fresh from his tenure as Bedford\u2019s director of parks and recreation, will now oversee more departments and work with the directors of each.<\/p>\n
\u201cI basically work with each director on their goals and what they want to accomplish,\u201d Long said. \u201cI’m there to support them in that, and I’m also there to lead where I need to lead.\u201d<\/p>\n
He noted that he\u2019s excited to work closely with the public works department, with a focus on aging infrastructure and wastewater and water line replacements.<\/p>\n
Long said he\u2019s spent more than 25 years working in municipal governments in their parks and recreation or community services departments. He now reports to Andrea Roy, the city manager.<\/p>\n
He said of Riggs\u2019 work, \u201cShe was an incredible leader, very financially savvy. I learned a lot of the financial aspects of my job from Caryn herself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Olsen, who most recently served as Bedford’s director of finance, said he\u2019s now responsible for \u201cbasically all things finance in the city,\u201d including budget, accounting, audit, bills, debt and investments.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a lot of great directors and department heads, and I’m really excited to be more involved in helping them get the resources they need to do a great job,\u201d Olsen said.<\/p>\n
Riggs noted that she\u2019d worked previously with Long and Olsen in other city governments and is excited to see them tackle new roles in Bedford.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think they’re both going to do phenomenal in their next roles and it’s just going to be so exciting to see what they can bring to the table,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is going to be so good for Bedford.\u201d<\/p>\n
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