By KJ Mushung
Dumfries, Va. –– Daniel Taber, chief of the Dumfries police department, was voted in as the interim town manager during the town council meeting Aug. 2. The current town manager, Kim Alexander, is leaving to become the town manager for Culpeper.
Robert Forker, who is the police department’s administrative manager and second-in-command, will become interim police chief of Dumfries.
The search for a permanent town manager is expected to take approximately three months.
Taber was named a candidate for the job last month.