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Dear Mr. Fontenot:

You have requested an opinion of the Attorney General regarding several actions taken by the Evangeline Parish Police Jury (Police Jury) relating to the Secretary-Treasurer and six employees of the Police Jury.

You state that the Police Jury appointed the Secretary-Treasurer to a two-year term (1993-1994) at it's January, 1993 regular meeting. At a special meeting on January 10, 1994, he was given an additional one-year appointment so that his contract would coincide and terminate with the four-year terms of the present jurors at the end of 1995. Subsequently, at its regular…