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Commissioners approve budget line-item changes to permit hiring two Ag Extension agents
Summary
Commissioners authorized a line-item transfer that allows the judge's office to fill two agricultural extension positions after a state hiring freeze lifted; the court approved dividing currently budgeted funds to hire both agents this year and restore full funding in the 2026 budget.
Newton County commissioners approved a line-item transfer to allow the county to hire two agricultural extension positions this year after a state hiring freeze lifted.
The court heard that longtime Ag Extension employee Kathy Pearson retired, and the position had not been budgeted this year because the state had imposed a hiring freeze when…
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