The Newton County Board of Commissioners (BOC) announced a special called meeting for Monday, Nov. 23, at 7 p.m. to approve a contract with an interim legal team.

Last Tuesday, the BOC voted, 4-1, to move legal counsel in-house instead of appointing an outside county attorney. The county manager was asked to create a job description for a staff attorney, which was posted yesterday on the Newton County BOC's web site on Friday

Read the story about the board's decision on-line at http://www.covnews.com/section/1/article/200203/.

The staff attorney job description can be found at the Newton County BOC's web site here:http://ncboc.com/Home/Components/JobPosts/Job/128/93