PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF LOUISIANA
ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-022
AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR A MEETING BETWEEN THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR FIRM AND THE ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL BEFORE AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT IS SUBMITTED TO THE ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL AT A ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL MEETING
WHEREAS, St. Landry Parish Home Rule Charter Section 2-08 states that the St. Landry Parish Council shall provide for an annual independent audit of the accounts and financial transactions of the St. Landry Parish Government, and its’ departments, offices, or agencies.
WHEREAS, St. Landry Parish Home Rule Charter Section 2-08 states that the independent audit report shall be submitted to the St. Landry Parish Council at a regularly scheduled meeting and shall become a public record.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT THAT the independent auditor firm that conducts the independent audit mandated in Section 2-08 of the St. Landry Parish Home Rule Charter shall have three pre-audit meetings. with no more than five members of the St. Landry Parish Council attending each meeting, to discuss details of the audit prior to the independent audit report being submitted to the St. Landry Parish Council at a regularly scheduled St. Landry Parish Council meeting.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL FOR ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT THAT this Ordinance shall become effective in the year 2024.
This Ordinance having been introduced on the 18th day of June, 2024, notice of Public Hearing having been published, said public hearing having been held, the title having been read, and the Ordinance considered, a record vote was taken and the following results were had:
YEAS: 11
NAYS: 0
ABSENT: 1
ABSTAINED: 0
CERTIFICATE
I, SHERELL JORDAN, do hereby certify that I am the duly appointed Clerk for the St. Landry Parish Government, State of Louisiana, and I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of an Ordinance adopted by the Council of the St. Landry Parish Government at a monthly meeting held on the 17th day of July 2024, in which a meeting quorum was present.
/s/ Sherell Jordan /s/ Wayne Ardoin
SHERELL JORDAN, COUNCIL CLERK WAYNE ARDOIN, CHARIMAN ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-022
AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR A MEETING BETWEEN THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR FIRM AND THE ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL BEFORE AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT IS SUBMITTED TO THE ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL AT A ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL MEETING
/s/ Wayne Ardoin /s/ Sherell Jordan
Presiding Officer’s Signature Clerk of Council’s Signature
Delivered to the Parish President: Date 7/17/2024 Time 6:50 pm
APPROVED: VETOED:
/s/ Jessie Bellard
Parish President’s Signature Parish President’s Signature
Returned to the Clerk: Date 7/17/2024 Time 6:55 pm
Received by: /s/ Sherell Jordan
(PUBLISH: JULY 25, 2024) 1T