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Winn Parish Police Jury approves $1.3 million in bills, hires auditor and signs agreements
Summary
The Police Jury approved $1,297,602.39 in invoices, engaged a CPA for the 2025 audit, entered a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs and approved a lease to house a DMV reinstatement office.
The Winn Parish Police Jury approved monthly and weekly invoices totaling $1,297,602.39 at its regular meeting. The approved breakdown included the General Fund at $73,596.30, the Road Fund at $371,075.55 and Sales Tax receipts of $134,841.71; minutes note the General Fund showed a deficit this month pending FEMA reimbursement for a Hazard Mitigation Grant.
The Jury voted unanimously among those present (5 yeas, 0 nays; one member absent and one abstention) to engage CPA Shanna Jones to assist with the 2025 audit. The panel also approved a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs for 2026. In separate action, jurors voted to enter a lease with Brentin Chandler Enterprises, Inc.; President Frank McLaren explained the property will house the Department of Motor Vehicles as a reinstatement office.
Votes and motions at a glance: the invoice approval motion, the motion to engage the CPA and motions to enter the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement and the lease all passed with the same recorded tally of 5 yeas, 0 nays, 1 absent and 1 abstained. The minutes indicate the bill-approval report included budget-to-actual comparisons for major funds and was signed by the Bill Approval Committee (Frank McLaren, Deionne Carpenter and Kyle Potts).
