December 1 marked the one year anniversary of a new DeWitt County Board and the leader of said board is looking back fondly.

County Board Chair David Newberg (right) credits a lot of people for their hard work in turning the County around, and says Vice-Chair of the Board, Camille Redman worked very hard for a balanced budget this past year.

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A big reason for a balanced budget is an agreement with the Clinton Landfill. Newberg says the agreement took a lot work to get figured out.

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Redman feels the re-introduction of the committee system and Newberg says the committees allowed the County work through some major issues they faced this year.

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Redman says the State's financial impasse has also had its impacts on the budget in DeWitt County but Redman feels they are going to be just fine despite that.