Finance committee accepts audit, authorizes bids for pre-K and special education food services
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The finance committee received the 06/30/2025 audit report, praised finance staff for decades of unmodified opinions, authorized advertising for food-service bids, and heard a report of a roughly 5% sales tax increase in November.
The finance, insurance and Section 16 lands committee recommended that the board receive the 06/30/2025 Terrebonne Parish School Board audit report, which the board accepted at the Jan. 20 meeting.
Trustees lauded the finance office for producing decades of unmodified audit opinions. "I just think that's tremendous work by the people that work in our finance office," one trustee said during the meeting.
The committee also authorized the purchasing department to advertise for bids for pre-kindergarten and special education snacks and food services; the motion was moved by Mr. Voisin and seconded by Mr. Roger Dale and passed without objection. Miss Clingman of the finance office reported an increase in sales taxes of a little over 5% in November compared with the prior year.
No objections were recorded and the committee adjourned following these items.