Mayor
About Mayor Billy Hudson,
Billy has been a resident of Muscle Shoals for fifty-five years. He graduated from Muscle Shoals High School in 1975, and the University of North Alabama with a Bachelor of Science degree and earned Masters and Administration degrees.
Billy was elected to the Muscle Shoals City Council by an overwhelming vote in 1996, serving one term that saw many accomplishments such as flood abatement, financial stability, aggressive street resurfacing, a new high school, improvements in the parks and recreation, library, public safety assets, and strategic long-range planning.
Billy’s educational career was as a classroom teacher, coach, Assistant Principal, Principal, School Superintendent of Colbert County for ten years, from 2002 – 2012, and then interim Superintendent for two more years. As Superintendent, he managed the largest governmental budget in Colbert County.
After retiring as Superintendent of Colbert County School System, Billy was selected in 2013 by the Muscle Shoals City School Board as an interim superintendent. During his tenure as interim Superintendent, capital improvements were completed.
His late wife, Sherry Cox Hudson passed in 2022 after a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Sherry graduated from Muscle Shoals High School and UNA and was a teacher for 25 years. Together, they had two sons, Nicholas and Jacob, and two grandchildren, Mackenna and Colin.
Billy has an open-door policy. Fiscal responsibility, sustainable growth, quality of life and essential services are his main priorities. He is an active member of Woodward Avenue Baptist Church and associate member of the Shoals Home Builders Association. Billy supports existing business and industry and is recruiting new developments. His team of experts are ready and willing to help make Muscle Shoals your home, whether itis your personal residence or the place for your business. Make us your next stop- Muscle Shoals, “The Hit Recording Capitol of the World.”
The City of Muscle Shoals operates under the Mayor-Council form of government. This form of government most closely resembles the private sector with the mayor serving as the Chief Executive Officer and the Council as the Board of Directors. The Mayor and Council are elected at large for four year terms.
The Mayor and City Council members work as a team with the employees of the City of Muscle Shoals to provide the citizens with:
- A safe community in which to live, work, and raise families
- Services delivered courteously and professionally
- Convenient opportunities for recreation
- Probusiness atmosphere
- Job opportunities through industrial economic development
