St. Landry officials exceeded travel budget, report shows
A parish council member questioned parish government budget items that showed the Council and the administrative department have overspent on travel.
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A parish council member questioned parish government budget items that showed the Council and the administrative department have overspent on travel.
Two St. Landry Parish Council members and the parish president are at odds over who has the authority to approve contracts.
Increased sales tax revenues evidently are enabling St. Landry Parish government finances to continue improving, according to an annual internal audit released Wednesday night. “It’s was a good year for St. Landry Parish,” auditor Steve Moosa told the St. Landry Parish Council Finance Committee. Moosa, who represented auditing firm Darnall, Sikes and Frederick, said an audit performed by the company shows parish government received about $1 million more in 2020 than it did the previous year from a 2% parish-wide sales tax collected in rural areas. According to Moosa’s financial repor...