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Ethics Board Docket No. 2021-139 <br /> Page 9 of 11 <br /> VI. <br /> ORDER: <br /> For the foregoing reasons: <br /> IT IS ORDERED that Emergent Method violated Section 1117 of the Ethics Code by <br /> paying Rowdy Gaudet a salary for services rendered to Emergent Method at a time when Rowdy <br /> Gaudet was prohibited by Section 1111C(2)(d) of the Ethics Code from receiving such payments, <br /> as Emergent Method had contracts with the City-Parish and Rowdy Gaudet was serving as an <br /> elected member of the Metro Council. <br /> IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a$2,500 civil penalty, payable to the Treasurer of the <br /> State of Louisiana, be imposed upon Emergent Method and that in the event of a failure to pay, a <br /> suit may be filed to compel immediate payment of any balance due. <br />