Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

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Ouachita Parish is one of sixty-four parishes in Louisiana. A parish, in Louisiana, is the equivalent of a county in other states. The parish seat is Monroe. Ouachita Parish is included in the Monroe, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Louisiana parish websites

[edit] The good

• A complete listing of Police Jurors and their contact information.^[1]

• Audits are available from 2001-2006.^[2]

• Information on building is available.^[3]

• The most recent meeting agenda is available,^[4]along with the most recent meeting minutes.^[5]

[edit] The bad

• No budget information is available.

• Administrative official information is not online.

• No information is provided about how parish residents can request access to public documents of the parish under Louisiana's sunshine laws.

• Parish contracts and tax information is not online.

• To compare Ouachita with other Louisiana parishes, see Websites of the Louisiana parishes.

[edit] Parish Budget

2008 Parish Budget: $72,087,133

Parish Treasurer: Bradley Cammack 318-327-1340

[edit] References

1. ↑ Police Jury
2. ↑ Accounting Department
3. ↑ Permit Office
4. ↑ Agenda
5. ↑ Minutes

[edit] External links

Wikipedia has an article on:

Ouachita Parish

• Ouachita Parish website
• Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Department
• Ouachita Parish School System
• Ouachita Parish on Louisiana Page Locale
• Ouachita Parish on ePodunk
• Ouachita Parish on PublicRecords.OnlineSearches.com

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