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A county usually has three to five members of the county commission. [1] In some counties within Georgia a sole commissioner holds the authority of the commission. In parts of the United States, alternative terms such as county board of supervisors or county council may be used in lieu of, but generally synonymous to, a county commission ...
With an average Georgia salary for a county commissioner being $168,195 per year, or $14,016 per month, The reduction from the three-man man commission board to a sole commissioner is a savings of $336,390 in salary plus another estimated million in extra staffing [citation needed]. Most counties with sole commissioners are small and rural.
Hertford County Public Schools (also called Hertford County Schools) is a PK–12 graded school district serving Hertford County, North Carolina. The accredited district is led by superintendent Dr. Jesse Pratt and has a five-member board of education. Its seven schools serve 2,500 students as of the 2021–22 school year.
Newton County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census , the population was 112,483. [ 1 ] The county seat is Covington . [ 2 ]
The county was formed in 1759 from parts of Bertie County, Chowan County, and Northampton County. It was named for Francis Seymour-Conway, Marquess of Hertford. [4] The county court convened at Cotton's Ferry until the town of Winton was incorporated and designated the seat of government in 1766. [5]
Covington was founded by European immigrants to the United States. It was incorporated in 1821 as the seat of the newly organized Newton County. [6] Covington was named for United States Army Brigadier General and United States Congressman Leonard Covington, [7] a hero of the War of 1812. The settlement grew with the advent of the railroad in 1845.
Winton was established and has been the county seat of Hertford County since 1766. [5] On September 19, 1862, Union soldiers under Colonel Rush C. Hawkins sacked and burned the town. The earliest buildings in the Winton Historic District reflect the Italianate, Queen Anne, and Gothic Revival styles of the mid-to-late ninetineth century. [6]
In March 2024, a new law was passed by the Georgia legislature extending the terms of current commissioners and establishing a new schedule of statewide elections. Under the plan commissioners from Districts 2 and 3 will face special elections in 2025, followed by regularly scheduled elections in 2030 and 2026 respectively.