After weeks of discussions, the Newton County Board of Commissioners may finally get down to choosing a budget at a 6:30 p.m. work session Thursday at the Historic Courthouse. The board was originally faced with collecting $2.6 million less in property taxes than last year, but higher than expected property values could give the county an additional $800,000 to work with. If the county chooses not to raise the millage, it will have to cut $1.77 million from the budget.