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Commissioners raise concerns about nutrition center donations and recordkeeping; no action taken

Newton County Commissioners Court · August 5, 2025
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Summary

The court discussed mismatches between the nutrition center's written procedures and daily practice, including donor reporting and whether donations were approved by court. Commissioners heard that roughly $23,000 in donations from 2023–24 were not presented to the court; the item was tabled for procedure revision.

Newton County Commissioners spent a sustained portion of their Aug. 5 meeting examining how donations and private-pay receipts are recorded and reported at the county nutrition center and whether current procedures match actual operations.

A commissioner raised concerns that donations collected in 2023 and 2024 — "approximately $23,000" as reported in the discussion — had not been approved by the court. The…

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