BRANCH COUNTY – Tributes to retiring Branch County Administrator Bud Norman began Friday afternoon.
Senator Jonathan Lindsey and Representative Andrew Fink joined officials, friends and family at the courthouse to present Norman with a legislative proclamation for his 17 and a half years of service to the county and the public.
Senator Jon Lindsey, retiring County Executive Bud Norman, and Representative Andrew Fink with the certificate honoring Norman from the state legislature for his 17 and a half years of service to the county.
Lindsey said in his two years in the Senate, “Bud has been a great partner. From my perspective, you really can’t ask for more.”
The senator said Norman made sure he stayed informed about what was going on impacting Branch County, even sending him to a meeting in Ohio about the area’s aquifers. “It’s important because it impacts Branch County, so he’s on top of it.”
Fink agreed: “It’s invaluable because we’ll never know as much about those things as the people on the ground, your commissioners or your sheriff or your county executive.”
Fink is a veteran himself and added that this is Norman’s second retirement. He came to Branch County at the end of his military career, retired as a colonel and moved to his wife’s native county.
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Norman served in the U.S. Army for 20 years before starting as Branch County Administrator in July 2006.
Frank Walsh will replace Norman on January 1.
Contact Don Reid: dReid@Gannett.com
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