Baton Rouge firm wins Baker audit contract

Published April 28, 2013 2:41pm ET



BAKER, La. (AP) — The City Council has ended its decades-old relationship with the Mary Sue Stages auditing firm and awarded a contract for its fiscal year 2013 audit to Postlethwaite & Netterville of Baton Rouge.

Councilwoman Joyce Burges, who proposed the motion to select the new firm, tells The Advocate (http://bit.ly/10eUGVW) the council considered a total of five firms before settling on Postlethwaite & Netterville.

The Stages firm is based in Baker.

Councilman Norman “Pete” Heine proposed a substitute motion to rehire Mary Sue Stages but received no support from other council members.

Heine said Postlethwaite & Netterville had no connection to Baker, though he praised its professional credentials.

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Information from: The Advocate, http://theadvocate.com