The Newton Co. (GA) Board of Commissioners will be meeting this evening, Tuesday February 18th, at the Historic Covington Courthouse on the Square at 7PM. Tonight will be the meeting where the BOC is to set to formally approve the creation of and salary of the position of Assistant County Manager.
As has been documented, Newton County is one of two counties out of 159 in Georgia that have both a full-time Commission Chair and a full-time County Manager. If they approve this tonight, then it widely believed that Newton will have the distinction of being the only county in Georgia to have the previous positions in addition to a full-time assistant manager. All three of these positions will each be paid over $80,000 per year plus benefits.
Certainly it seems that the majority of Newton Co. taxpayers are against this, but the Newton BOC seems intent on making it happen. It's up to us - the citizens - to hold our elected officials accountable. Please attend tonight's meeting and let your voice be heard.
There is also a workshop planned in the lower level meeting room about what direction to go with Newton Co's governmental structure. This is scheduled for 6PM.
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Here is the official agenda of tonight's meeting:
NEWTON COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS
1124
Clark Street
Covington, Georgia
REGULAR MEETING
February 18, 2014
AGENDA
Thought for the day…
“Men are born to succeed, not to fail.”
Henry David Thoreau
7:00 P.M. A.
Call to Order: Chairman Keith Ellis
B.
Invocation:
C.
Pledge of Allegiance: Newton
County ROTC
D. General
Administration:
1. Chairman’s
Report
2. County Manager’s
Report
3. Citizen Comments
1-7 4. County Clerk:
Approval of BOC Minutes dated February 4, 2014
Hand-out 5. County Clerk:
Approval of ES Minutes dated February 4, 2014
8-12 6. Administrative: Request Approval for Square Park
Permanent
Changes
13-22 7. EMA:
MOU between Newton
County EMA
& Newton County
Amateur Radio Emergency Service
a.
Update on Early Warning System
23-24 8. Senior
Services/DFACS: Resolution R021814 – Community
Service Block Grant for $150,000 – Permission to Apply
9. Administrative:
Approval of Assistant
County Manager Job
Description
10. Administrative:
Approval of Assistant
County Manager Salary
11. Administrative:
Employee Personnel Policy Revision – Paragraph 3.309 Inclement Weather
25-38 12. Development
Services/GIS: Acceptance of USGS Grant in the
amount of $15,000
39-59 13. Development
Services: O-021814 - Administrative
Permit
Procedure Control Ordinance
7:30 p.m. ZONINGS
60-68 14. Case
Number: APP14-000006
Name: Troy
Bledsoe, Planning Commissioner District One
Original Case Number: VAR13-000149
Name of Applicant: Liberty Marts LLC
Address of Property: 387 Highway 11
Tax Parcel: 112-116A
District One
15. Commissioner’s Comments
16. Executive
Session
17. Adjourn
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