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COVINGTON — Newton County and the municipalities in the county have settled on a 2023 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax allocation for the upcoming referendum for the 1% sales tax.

Newton commissioners unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement with the cities Tuesday night, setting the county’s portion of the six-year sales tax collections at 78%, with the remaining 22% to be allocated among the cities of Covington, Porterdale, Oxford, Newborn, Mansfield and Social Circle.

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