St. Martin Parish Schools board moves consent agenda; discusses waiving penalties after audits
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Summary
The board moved and seconded a motion to accept the consent agenda. Finance staff recommended approving penalty waivers in cases where taxpayers paid taxes and interest and cooperated with audits; staff described waivers as routine for honest mistakes.
Speaker 5 asked for and received a motion and second to accept the consent agenda; the motion was seconded by "mister Durio." The board proceeded with the consent agenda items during the meeting.
On finance matters, Speaker 2 recommended that the board approve waiver requests forwarded by the finance committee, describing cooperation by companies with the audit firm and noting that they paid sales tax and interest. "I recommend that all the waivers be approved," Speaker 2 said. Speaker 3 described the committee's usual practice: if taxpayers do not contest an assessment and they pay taxes and interest (which cannot be waived), the committee typically recommends waiving the penalty as the matter is often an honest mistake.
The transcript records the board discussing and recommending penalty waivers but does not show a roll-call vote on individual waivers in the captured segments. The finance committee presentation emphasized recovering taxes and interest while waiving penalties when appropriate.