Newton County Quorum Court had only one new item of business on its meeting agenda Monday night, Feb. 3.
It was an ordinance amending the 2024 County Road Department Budget adding $62,045.84 that was received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The funds were received in three separate checks for full-time salaries. This unappropriated, unanticipated, but actual received funds from FEMA is for work done in 2024, the ordinance states.