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Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Advisory Opinion
Docket Number
2019-447
Requesting Party
Shelton Dennis Blunt
Agency at Issue
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board
Decision Date
6/21/2019
Law
La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d)
La. R.S. 42:1117
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Advisory Opinion whereby the Code of Governmental Ethics would prohibit Tramelle Howard, while serving as a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, from receiving any thing of economic value for services rendered to City Year at a time when City Year has a contractual, business and financial relationship with the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> '''opF Lo DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> � v}s�� <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> 11,3 iii', P.O. BOX 4368 <br /> F BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> (225)219-5600 <br /> FAX (225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> wwwethics.la.gov <br /> June 25, 2019 <br /> Mr. Shelton Dennis Blunt <br /> Phelps Dunbar <br /> Post Office Box 4412 <br /> Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-4412 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No. 2019-447 <br /> Dear Mr. Blunt: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its June 21,2019 meeting,considered your request for an advisory <br /> opinion as to whether Tramelle Howard may continue to receive a thing of economic value for <br /> services rendered to City Year while City Year has a contractual,business or financial relationship <br /> with the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and at a time when Tramelle Howard serves a <br /> member of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You stated that Tramelle Howard was recently elected to the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. <br /> Mr. Howard is also employed with City Year as an Impact Manager. You stated that the East Baton <br /> Rouge.Parish School Board has a contract with City Year by which City Year places AmeriCorps <br /> members in schools under the purview of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board to act as <br /> tutors,mentors,and role models,with the aim of helping students stay on track for graduation. The <br /> EBR School Board pays City Year a fee for these services, as well as provides training to the <br /> AmeriCorps members. <br /> You stated that Mr. Howard manages the AmeriCorps members and develops relationships with <br /> principals and teachers to ensure optimal conditions for the members at their respective schools. Mr. <br /> Howard is also tasked with ongoing performance management, which includes tracking student <br /> progress and ensuring that certain program goals are met. Mr. Howard is a salaried employee and <br /> does not hold any interest in the company.Mr.Howard is not an officer,director,trusteee,or partner <br /> of City Year. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) provides that no public servant and no legal entity in which the public <br /> servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent,shall receive any thing <br /> of economic value for or in consideration of services rendered,or to be rendered,to or for any person <br /> during his public service unless such services are:(d)Neither performed for nor compensated by any <br /> person or from any officer,director,agent,or employee of such person,if such public servant knows <br /> or reasonably should know that such person has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business <br /> or financial relationships with the public servant's agency. <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />
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