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Council renews audit contract and introduces 2026 budget; finance committee recommended approval
Summary
The council approved a new three-year audit contract with James Lambert Riggs & Associates and introduced the fiscal-year 2026 operating and capital outlay budgets for public hearing on Dec. 8.
The Tangipahoa Parish Council approved a three-year audit contract with James Lambert Riggs & Associates at the Oct. 14 meeting following a finance committee review. Paul Riggs, audit director at the firm, presented the proposal and said the firm completed the 2024 audit, which was the last year of a prior three-year contract.
Riggs said the firm is proposing a base audit fee increase to $65,000 per year (from a prior base that he described verbally as "$57.07…
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