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2012-880
Type: Consent Opinion Decision Date: 12/16/2016 5 page (s)
Consent order in which Intercoastal Redi-Mix agrees that it violated La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) by providing cement products to contractors of the City of Morgan City, which were used on the city's projects, when MIcahel Loupe served as the Morgan City Director of Public Works.
2013-1477
Type: Consent Opinion Decision Date: 12/16/2016 8 page (s)
Consent order in which Peter Galvin agrees that he violated La. R.S. 42:1111A as Coroner for St. Tammany Parish by purchasing meals with Coroner's Office credit card; purchasing a marine generator totaling $9,169.50; and receiving pay for 1,125 hours of annual and sick leave which he was not duly entitled to receive; that he violated La. R.S. 42:1112A, 1113A(1)(a), 1111C(1)(a), and 1116A by participating in the trasnfer of periodic renewal of a City of Slidell Jail Medicial Services contract fron the St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office to his private medical practice in which his private medical practice received $126,666.56 in compensation from the the City of Slidell Jail for services provided by Mark Lombard, an employee of the Coroner's Office; that Peter Galvan violated La. R.S. 42:1112B(2) by participating in the lease of office speace by the Coroner's Office from Jet Cash, LLC, a company owned by his business partner, Mass Prentiss Blackwell, Jr. and by submitting two invoices totaling $9,635 to the Coroner's Office from Three Deuces, Inc., for construction work performed on the new Coroner's Office by Three Deuces, Inc., a company owned by Mass Prentiss Blackwell, Jr.
2014-762
Type: Consent Opinion Decision Date: 12/16/2016 8 page (s)
Consent order in which Michael Couvillon agrees that he violated La. R.S. 42:1113A by virtue of his entering into a transaction under the supervision or jurisdiction of the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office to purchase a foreclosed home at a Sheriff’s Sale conducted and supervised by his agency and that he violated La. R.S. 42:1112A by participating in the seizure and sale by the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office of the foreclosed home in which he had a personal substantial economic interest.
2014-889
Type: Consent Opinion Decision Date: 12/16/2016 6 page (s)
Consent order in which Kivett's Electrical Heating and Cooling Services agrees that it violated La. R.S. 42:1113A(1)(a) by entering into a transaction with the Village of Richmond to install air conditioning at the concession stand of the Richmond Sports Complex, when such transaction was under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of Robert Kivett, Sr., the Mayor of the Village of Richmond, and at a time when Kivett's Eletrcial Heating and Cooling Services was owned by the sons of Robert Kivett, Sr.
2015-1124
Type: Consent Opinion Decision Date: 1/20/2017 5 page (s)
Consent order in which Helen Tucker agrees that she violated La. R.S. 42:1113B by entering into a contract with the Downsville Charter School to provide substitute teaching services to the charter school at a time when her daughter, Vicki Antley, served as a Board Member of Downsville Charter School
2015-1124 (2)
Type: Consent Opinion Decision Date: 1/20/2017 5 page (s)
Consent order in which Regan Pyle agrees that she violated La. R.S. 42:1113B by entering into a contract with Downsville Charter School to provide substitute teaching services to the charter scholl at a time when her father, Reggie Skains, served a the Board President of Downsville Charter School.
2015-1173
Type: Consent Opinion Decision Date: 1/20/2017 9 page (s)
Consent order in which LaToya Jackson agrees that, in her capacity as the Charter School Director and Executive Director of Learning Solutions, Inc. and the Vision Academy Charter School, she violated La. R.S. 42:1112B(1) by offering, approving, entering into contracts with Clark Entities, LLC, on behalf of the Learning Solutions/Vision Academy to Clark Entities, LLC, transactions in which her sister, Bridgette Clark, had a substantial economic interest as the sole owner of Clark Entities, LLC.
2015-1385
Type: Consent Opinion Decision Date: 1/20/2017 12 page (s)
Consent order in which David Young agrees he violated La. R.S. 18:1505.2A(1) by making contributions in his name on behalf of the Louisiana State Troopers' Association totaling $17,500 to John Bel Edwards, Cloyce Clark, Paula Davis, Scott A. Angelle, Pete Schneider, Paul Hollis, Frank A. Hoffman, Chris Broadwater, John Dardenne, Joel Robideaux and the House Democratic Campaign. The Louisiana State Troopers' Association also agrees that it violated La. R.S. 18:1505.2A(1) by making the above contributions in the name of David Young.
2015-845
Type: Consent Opinion Decision Date: 12/16/2016 9 page (s)
Consent order in which Brandon Andrews and J&B Industries, LLC agree that they violated La. R.S. 42:1113A on each occasion that Brandon Andrews and J&B Industries, LLC provided services in connection with the Drug Court Program, and submitted an invoice to the 21st J.D.C. for services rendered, at time when his mother, Sara Brumfield, was employed as the Judicial Administrator for the 21st. J.D.C.
2015-845 (2)
Type: Consent Opinion Decision Date: 12/16/2016 9 page (s)
Consent order in which Sara Brumfield agrees that she violated La. R.S. 42:1112B(1) on each occasion that she approved invoices for payment and co-signed checked on behalf of the 21st J.D.C. for services provided by her son, Brandon Andrews and his company, J&B Industries, LLC, in connection with the Drug Court Program.
2016-079
Type: Consent Opinion Decision Date: 1/20/2017 5 page (s)
Consent order in which Kurt Becnel agrees that he violated La. R.S. 18:1505.2H by receiving $500 in excessive contributuions from A3A Vacuum Services in connection with his campaign for the office of Councilman, District 1, Parish of St. John the Baptist, State of Louisiana, in the October 24, 2015 election.
2016-1015
Type: Advisory Opinion Decision Date: 12/16/2016 3 page (s)
Advisory opinion that daughter of the Chief Deputy of the Jefferson Davis Sheriff’s Office would not be prohibited by the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics from being employed within the Criminal Investigations Division of the Sheriff’s Office since the Chief Deputy is not considered an agency head of the Division. However, a disqualification plan would need to be submitted for approval by the Board and in compliance with La. R.S. 42:1112C and Chapter 14 of the Boards Rules.
2016-1024
Type: Advisory Opinion Decision Date: 12/16/2016 2 page (s)
Advisory opinion that CGR Inc. would not be prohibited by the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics from signing an Independent Contractor Agreement with a former employee of the St. Tammany Parish Legal Department, since the former employee will not assist GRC Inc., in any transaction or appearance in connection with a transaction that she participated during her public employment and nor render any services back to her former agency.
2016-1028
Type: Advisory Opinion Decision Date: 1/20/2017 1 page
Advisory opinion that the Deputy Chief and elected board member of the Luling Volunteer Fire Department would be prohibited by Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics from accepting a position as a paid employee for the Luling Volunteer Fire Department, since he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Department and would be entering into a contract, subcontract, or other transaction that is under the supervision of his agency.
2016-1035
Type: Advisory Opinion Decision Date: 12/16/2016 1 page
Advisory opinion that the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics would not prohibit a former St. Landry Parish Councilman from being hired to serve as the District Five Public Works Director for the District Five Public Works Commission of St. Landry, since the Commission is not part of his former agency and his former agency would not participate in any way in his employment with the Commission.
2016-1042
Type: Advisory Opinion Decision Date: 12/16/2016 1 page
Advisory opinion that sibling of the brother-in-law of the City of Bossier City Youth Sports Supervisor would not be prohibited by the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics from contracting with the City of Bossier City Purchasing Department to provide concessionaire services for the City of Bossier City sports complexes.
2016-1043
Type: Advisory Opinion Decision Date: 12/16/2016 1 page
Advisory opinion that Livonia Auto Repair, LLC would be prohibited by the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics from continuing to provide services to the Town of Livonia while an immediate family member of the owners of Livonia Auto Repair, LLC serves on the Livonia Town Council.
2016-1045
Type: Advisory Opinion Decision Date: 1/20/2017 3 page (s)
Advisory opinion that Quad Area Community Action Agency, Inc.’s employees and members of its Board of Directors are not considered public employees of a public agency and are not required to take the annual mandatory ethics training contained in the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics since the agency was not created by the legislature, its powers were not specifically defined by the legislature, and its property does not belong to the public.
2016-1047
Type: Advisory Opinion Decision Date: 12/16/2016 1 page
Advisory opinion that the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics would not prohibit a former contractor who performed bookkeeping, payroll, and issued monthly complied financial statements for the DeSoto Communications District from being appointed by the DeSoto Parish Police Jury as a member of the DeSoto Communication District Board since she would not be assisting another person in a transaction involving the District nor would she be rendering any service to, for, or on behalf of the District.
2016-1048
Type: Advisory Opinion Decision Date: 12/16/2016 2 page (s)
Advisory opinion that the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics would not prohibit a former employee of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) from receiving compensation from the Orleans Levee District for assisting it in an arbitration hearing as expert witness since the Orleans Levee District is not considered a person within the Code of Governmental Ethics and testifying as an expert witness was not a service the former employee rendered while employed by GOHSEP.
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