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Ethics Board Docket No. 2020-876 Page 6 of 9 Code by virtue of receiving a thing of economic value for services rendered to State Line while State Line was seeking and had a business relationship with the District. Mr. Childress was an employee of State Line and received regular payroll compensation from State Line for services as an employee during the time in which State Line and the District were negotiating and consummating a sale of property from State Line to the District. It is the opinion of the BOE that Justin Childress violated Section 111213(3) of the Ethics Code by virtue of his participation in the approval and execution of a transaction between his employer and his agency. Mr. Childress was an employee of State Line when he voted to approve the transaction between State Line and the District and when he signed as a witness on the document finalizing the sale between State Line and the District. If this matter proceeded to a public hearing before the Ethics Adjudicatory Board, and the Ethics Adjudicatory Board found a violation of the Code of Governmental Ethics, the Ethics Adjudicatory Board could impose a fine of up to $10,000 for each violation of the Code. In this particular situation, it is the conclusion of the BOE that the interest of the public would be served by, and the parties have agreed to resolving this matter amicably through the publication of this Consent Opinion with the imposition of a$1,000 civil penalty against Mr. Childress.