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„doF75;N STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> ,P�4oM rti_ DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> ,�'° '' l LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> • ilv;r,��,;ydl1ll1P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> cILJ*t .' BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 <br /> "Pjpe” o` (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> April 24, 2017 <br /> Superintendent Kevin Lemoine <br /> Pointe Coupee Parish School Board <br /> Post Office Drawer 579 <br /> New Roads, LA 70760-0579 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No. 2017-291 <br /> Dear Mr. Lemoine: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its April 21, 2017 meeting, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion as to whether the Pointe Coupee Parish School Board (School Board) may <br /> transact business with Scott Fence Company. You stated that the School Board directed Andrew <br /> Duhe, the Director of Maintenance and Support Services, to advertise requests for bids for a <br /> fence project for the Livonia High School Campus. You also stated that Scott Fence Company <br /> submitted the lowest bid. The sales representative for Scott Fence Company is David Bueche, the <br /> husband of Lacey Bueche, the Director of the Accountability and IT Department with the School <br /> Board. You provided further information that David Bueche has no ownership interest in Scott <br /> Fence Company, but he will receive a commission if Scott Fence Company is awarded the <br /> contract. Finally, you stated that as Superintendent, you would make a recommendation to the <br /> School Board as to bids submitted for the project, and Mr. Duhe would be responsible for <br /> supervising and accepting the completed work. <br /> The Board concluded, and instructed me to inform you, that the Code of Governmental Ethics <br /> would not prohibit the School Board from transacting business with Scott Fence Company while <br /> Lacey Bueche is employed as the Director of the Accountability and IT Department with the <br /> School Board. La. R.S. 42:1113A(1)(a) prohibits public servants, their immediate family <br /> members, or legal entities in which they have a controlling interest, from entering into any <br /> contract, subcontract, or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the <br /> agency of such public servant. The Accountability and IT Department is Lacey Bueche's agency <br /> within the School Board. Since the Accountability and IT Department will not be involved in any <br /> way with the proposed fence project, Scott Fence Company, through its sale representative, <br /> David Bueche, would not be prohibited from contracting with the School Board for the proposed <br /> fence project. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />