ST. MARTIN PARISH — St. Martinville officials say the city’s latest audit shows a dramatic improvement in financial oversight and internal controls, cutting major findings from 12 to five and reducing overall recommendations from 26 to 14. Mayor Jason Willis attributes much of the progress to the work of the city’s new chief financial officer, Katy Bujard, who joined the administration several months into the fiscal year.

Speaking about the shift, Willis said, “The fiscal year started in July she came in November, a lot of the findings were bleeding over form the year prior, but once she came in, she hit the ground running.”

According to Willis, Bujard approached the cleanup strategically, “Katy came in, she sat down we looked at them and said ok, we gonna do a little bit at a time, whic

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