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VII. <br /> Peter Businelle d/b/a PAB Welding provided services and materials to the St. Mary Parish <br /> Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 2 relating to grass cutting, building maintenance and <br /> repairs, pump system maintenance and repairs, levee maintenance and repairs, and drainage way <br /> maintenance and repairs. Peter Businelle d/b/a PAB Welding received nearly all of the maintenance <br /> and improvement jobs for the St. Mary Parish Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 2 while <br /> he served as the Maintenance Supervisor/Superintendent. <br /> VIII. <br /> For calendar year 2013,Peter Businelle d/b/a PAB Welding received$281,083 for services <br /> rendered to the St.Mary Parish Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No.2 while he served as the <br /> Maintenance Supervisor/Superintendent. <br /> IX. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1113A provides with respect to prohibited transactions: <br /> A.(1) no public servant, or a member of such a public servant's immediate family, <br /> or a legal entity in which he has a controlling interest shall bid on or enter into any <br /> contract,subcontract or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction <br /> of the agency of such public servant. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1112A provides with respect to participation: <br /> A. No public servant shall participate in a transaction involving his governmental <br /> entity in which he has a substantial economic interest. <br /> La.R.S. 1102 provides the following definitions: <br /> (2)(a)defines"agency"to mean a department,office,division,agency,commission, <br /> board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. <br /> (2)(a)(vi)defines"agency"for public servants of political subdivisions to mean the <br /> agency in which the public servant serves. <br /> Docket No. 2017-073 Page 3 of 7 <br />