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agency during the term of his public employment on a contractual basis, regardless of the parties to the contract,to, for, or on behalf of the agency with which he was formerly employed. La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a). "Agency" means a department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. La. R.S 42:1102(12) "Governmental entity" means the state or any political subdivision which employs the public employee or employed the former public employee or to which the elected official is elected, as the case may be. La. R.S 42:1102(15)"Participate"to mean to take part in or to have responsibility for action of a governmental entity or proceeding, personally, as a public servant of the governmental entity, through approval, disapproval, decision, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, or the failure to act or perform a duty. La.R.S.42:1102(18)(a). "Public employee" means anyone,whether compensated or not,who is: (i) An administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not filling an elective office. (ii) Appointed by any elected official when acting in an official capacity, and the appointment is to a post or position wherein the appointee is to serve the governmental entity or an agency thereof, either as a member of an agency, or as an employee thereof. (iii) Engaged in the performance of a governmental function. (iv) Under the supervision or authority of an elected official or another employee of the governmental entity. La. R.S.42:1102(19). 'Public servant" means a public employee or an elected official. ANALYSIS As the Operations Manager of Mosquito Control with the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, you are a public employee and public servant as defined by La. R.S. 42:1102(18)(a) and 1102(19). Your agency is the Mosquito Control department pursuant to La.R.S.42:1102(2)(a). La.R.S.42:1121 B prohibits you,for a period of two years following your date of retirement,from assisting the private consulting company for compensation involving a transaction with the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury in which you participated while employed with Mosquito Control. Further,you are prohibited from rendering the same services you rendered to the Mosquito Control department while employed through any contract between the private company and the Mosquito Control department. Your employment with the private company does not prohibit the company from continuing to serve as a vendor to Calcasieu Parish. CONCLUSION The Louisiana Board of Ethics concluded and instructed me to inform you that the Code of Governmental Ethics does not prohibit Azelis AE&S from continuing business with Calcasieu Parish if you have no dealings with procurement,bidding, etc., on transactions between the parish and the company. Page 2 of 4 (BD 2025-073)