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COVINGTON, Ga. Covington Assistant City Manager Freddy Morgan recently announced the promotion of Joel Smith to the position of electric director.
Smith will assume full management responsibility for the electric function, Morgan said, and will exercise supervisory, administrative and professional work in planning, organizing and coordinating the electric system in his new role.
Smith brings with him more than 20 years of electrical experience, eight of which have been spent with the city of Covington. Smith was hired in 2013 as an apprentice lineman and was promoted several times before being named electric director.