As he prepares to take office Sept. 1, Hamilton County Mayor-elect Weston Wamp announced on Thursday his 16-member transition team.
Wamp said the group consists of leaders from a cross-section of disciplines, including health care, education and public safety, who will serve as intermediaries as he familiarizes himself with the existing conditions of county government.
“Everybody on the team brings a specific set of skills and expertise that we thought would be helpful as we assess county government today and make plans for the future,” Wamp said in a phone interview.
Wamp, a Republican, won the general election last Thursday against Democrat Matt Adams. He will succeed outgoing Mayor Jim Coppinger, who opted not to run for re-election after serving in the role for 11 years.
Hamilton County commissioners appointed Coppinger, then a member of their ranks, to the position in 2011 after then-Mayor Claude Ramsey left to join the administration of former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam. This will be county government’s first full transition in 28 years, Wamp said.