Hutcheson ex-CEO’s severance still a mystery
The amount of severance paid to departing Hutcheson Medical Center CEO Charles Stewart remained a mystery Friday.
When Stewart resigned Monday, medical center board Chairwoman Martha Attaway said she didn’t know the amount of severance in his contract.
When the Chattanooga Times Free Press asked for the amount in an open records request, hospital officials waited exactly three business days — the maximum time allowed under state law — to issue a one-sentence response.
“In response to your open records request, Charles Stewart was paid the industry standard 12 months severance package,” according to the statement from Haley Johnson, marketing director, issued late Friday afternoon.