Meet the new committee of executives combing through Salem’s city budget

Nine Salem executives with experience in accounting, property management and auditing will spend the next two weeks taking a closer look at the city’s budget.

Salem’s finance committee last week unanimously approved the makeup of a new budget efficiencies committee as it prepares to make nearly $14 million in budget cuts.

The committee was suggested in December by the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce and the Home Builders Association of Marion & Polk Counties with…