The Newton County Board of Commissioners (BOC) signed off on changes to its intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the Newton County Solid Waste Authority (SWA) during a special called meeting Thursday. During the meeting, which followed an all-day retreat for county leaders and its constitutional officers, the BOC also ratified the hiring of Greg Mann as the county’s new IT Director. The revised IGA, approved by the SWA at a Monday meeting, grants the SWA an exclusive franchise to provide solid waste services in unincorporated areas of the county.