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Newton County approves $11,350 toward Covington Juneteenth celebration
Summary
The Newton County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 on March 4 to pay half of a $22,700 budget for the City of Covington’s Juneteenth celebration, approving a $11,350 contribution and requiring invoices and post-event accounting to pass through city staff.
The Newton County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 on March 4 to provide 50% of the requested $22,700 budget for the City of Covington’s Juneteenth celebration, approving a county contribution of $11,350 to support a June 14 parade, festival, concert and fireworks display.
The request was presented by Ken Malcolm, director of community development/downtown development and tourism for the City of Covington, and Pastor Willie Davis, who described planned daytime and evening events and the addition this year of fireworks. "One of the events ... is the Juneteenth celebration, to occur on June 14 of this year," Malcolm told the board. Pastor Davis added that "the fireworks, the parade that morning ... the fireworks will climax the evening," and that organizers planned activities for children and adults.
The county contribution follows a March 3 city council decision to allocate $11,200 toward the event and a proposed reallocation of $7,500 in previously approved…
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