Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

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Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana 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 Houma. Its population is 104,503 (as of 2000). It is the second largest parish in Louisiana in terms of land area.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Louisiana parish websites

[edit] The good

  • An inspection of the website finds that it includes a complete list of council members, along with their contact information.[1]
  • Meeting dates are listed,[2]with archived agendas dating from 2001 to the present[3], and minutes dating from 2000 to the present.[4]
  • Parish budgets are available from 2002 - present and audits are available from 2003 - present.[5]
  • Administrative officials are listed in an online directory on the website.[6]
  • Building and zoning information is available online.[7]

[edit] The bad

  • Administrative officials are not listed.
  • No information is provided about how parish residents can request access to public documents of the parish under Louisiana's sunshine laws.
  • Parish contracts, lobbying and tax information is not listed.

[edit] References

  1. Parish council members
  2. Council Dates
  3. Council Agendas
  4. Council Minutes
  5. Parish Accounting
  6. Terrebonne Parish Website, Online Directory
  7. Planning and Zoning

[edit] External links