From Sunshine Review
Livingston Parish is one of sixty-four parishes in Louisiana. A parish, in Louisiana, is the equivalent of a county in other states. Its parish seat is Livingston. As of 2000, its population was 91,814.
[edit] Website evaluation
- Main article: Evaluation of Louisiana parish websites
[edit] The good
- Livingston provides a list of its parish council members, but it does not list each member's contact information individually; it instead gives one set of contact information for the entire council.[1]
- Meeting minutes and agendas are archived back to 1996.[2]
- 2007 Budget and Budget Summary are available.[3]
[edit] The bad
- Administrative officials are not listed.
- The Clerk of Court website offers a public records search online, but charges $50.00 per search account.[4]
- No information is provided about how parish residents can request access to public documents of the parish under Louisiana's sunshine laws.
- Parish audits, lobbying, and contracts are not online.
[edit] References
- ↑ Livingston Parish Council
- ↑ Council Documents
- ↑ Finance Department
- ↑ Public Records Search
[edit] External links
