Claude Lewis is the Sequatchie County executive.Sequatchie County commissioners appointed fellow Commissioner Claude Lewis to serve the remainder of County Executive Michael Hudson’s term.
Lewis, who retired a year ago as a right-of-way manager for TVA, said Monday’s 10-5 vote “went about the way I expected.” He said he’ll focus on new jobs, a stable ambulance service and having a viable emergency room in the county.
Lewis, 69, said he’ll bring his experience with the Tennessee Valley Authority and a combined 10 years as a county commissioner in two stints since the 1980s.
“My experience on the Budget Committee for the past six or seven years, and the fact that I’ve been a manager before with a budget in excess of $20 million (at TVA)” will help him, he said.
Lewis will assume the post after Hudson’s last day in office on April 1.