The Newton County Board of Commissioners (BOC) held a four-hour meeting Tuesday night before a mostly full chamber at the Historic Newton Courthouse. Many in the large crowd had come to get information on and express their concerns to the board about the county’s pending agreement with Advance Disposal Systems Inc. (ADS) for trash pick-up in unincorporated parts of the county. Commissioner Ronnie Cowan, however, said late in the meeting that as a result of an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) signed between the board and the Solid Waste Management Authority, the choice of the contractor does