2021-139 (2) - Laserfiche WebLink

Ethics Board Docket No. 2021-139 Page 9 of 11 VI. ORDER: For the foregoing reasons: IT IS ORDERED that Rowdy Gaudet, in his capacity as Councilman, Metro District 3, East Baton Rouge Parish, violated Section 1111 C(2)(d) of the Ethics Code by receiving any thing of economic value for services rendered to a person that had or was seeking to have a contractual, financial or other business relationship with the City-Parish, by virtue of his receipt of compensation for services rendered to Emergent Method at a time when Emergent Method had contracts with the City-Parish. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a $50,000 civil penalty, payable to the Treasurer of the State of Louisiana, be imposed upon Rowdy Gaudet and that in the event of a failure to pay, a suit may be filed to compel immediate payment of any balance due. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Rowdy Gaudet be allowed to satisfy the $50,000 civil penalty through the payment of an initial payment of$20,000 due on or before September 2, 2022, plus 8 equal quarterly installments of $3,750.00, as set forth in the Confession of Judgment attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit"A". Failure to make one scheduled installment payment as set forth in the Confession of Judgment will cause any remaining amount outstanding to be immediately due and owing.