The Newton County Board of Commissioners reached an informal consensus Monday on a $44.89 million dollar budget that won't require a millage rate increase. While the budget continues to suffer from declining property values, which are expected to fall another 10-11 percent this year, the county finally had some increased revenues, including sales tax and a nice boost from increased insurance premium taxes that come from the state. It appears that everybody got a little of what they wanted, including county employees, who got back a week of pay, while no one really got much more than last year.