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O <br /> of Lo` STATE TATE CIVIL <br /> LOUISIANA A <br /> OF <br /> STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> * e. * BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> e'OaviDeN°' (225)219-5600 <br /> «o»' <br /> FAX (225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.la.gov <br /> May 10, 2021 <br /> Kenneth B. Conerly, Jr. <br /> Khan's Code and Standards, LLC <br /> 2628 Elder Street <br /> New Orleans, Louisiana 70122 <br /> Re: Ethics Board Docket No.2021-105 <br /> Dear Mr. Conerly: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics,at its May 7,2021 meeting,considered your request for an advisory <br /> opinion as to whether you,Mario Anderson and/or Khan's Codes and Standards,LLC,owned by you <br /> and Mario Anderson,both former Mechanical Inspectors for the Safety and Permits Division with <br /> the City of New Orleans,may provide mechanical, gas,building and electrical inspections to third <br /> parties within two years of the termination of both your and Mr. Anderson's employment with the <br /> City of New Orleans. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You stated that you and Mario Anderson were both employed as Mechanical Inspectors for the <br /> Mechanical Department under the Safety and Permits Division for the City of New Orleans. You <br /> stated that you terminated your employment on September 11,2020. Mr.Anderson transferred,on <br /> November 29,2019,from the Safety and Permits Division to the Property Management Department. <br /> Mr. Anderson is currently employed with the Property Management Department. The Property <br /> Management Department does not perform or have any jurisdiction or supervision over inspections. <br /> As Mechanical Inspectors for the Mechanical Department of the Safety and Permits Division,you <br /> stated that both of you were tasked with conducting gas and mechanical inspections throughout the <br /> City of New Orleans. <br /> You stated that shortly after you terminated your employment with the City of New Orleans,you and <br /> Mr. Anderson established Khan's Codes and Standards, LLC, a third-party inspection company to <br /> provide mechanical, gas, building and electrical inspections throughout the City of New Orleans. <br /> Once inspections are conducted, you stated the inspections will be submitted to the Safety and <br /> Permits Division for processing. <br /> LAWS <br /> La. R.S.42:1121B provides no former public employee shall, for a period of two years following <br /> the termination of his public employment,assist another person,for compensation,in a transaction, <br /> or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such former public employee <br /> participated at any time dUring his public employment and involving the governmental entity by <br /> which he was formerly emP1oyed,or for a period of two years following the termination of his public <br /> employment, render, any service which such former public employee had rendered to the agency <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER ' <br />