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Ethics Board Docket No. 2020-131 <br /> Page 4 of14 <br /> 8. <br /> On March 15, 2019, the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge (the "City- <br /> Parish") and BCHI entered into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement (the "CEA") whose purpose <br /> was "to assign the use of public funds to the Bridge Center to manage the operation of a crisis <br /> stabilization program so as to accomplish the purposes of Resolution 53687. The CEA provided <br /> that all staff and members of the BCHI Board shall be subject to and abide by the provisions of <br /> the Ethics Code. <br /> 9. <br /> Mr. Temple was appointed as a member of the BCHI Board on April 2, 2019, to serve a <br /> two-year term. Mr. Temple was listed as a member of the BCHI Board on documents filed with <br /> the Louisiana Secretary of State's Office on September 27, 2019. <br /> 10. <br /> On August 19, 2019,the BCHI Board selected RI to provide clinical treatment services for <br /> BCHI. On December 19, 2019, the BCHI Board authorized the execution of a service agreement <br /> with RI. Mr. Temple was present at the meeting and voted to approve the authorization. At that <br /> same meeting on December 19, 2019, the BCHI Board discussed the proposed site locations for <br /> the center, and Mr. Temple suggested a suitable empty office space. <br /> 11. <br /> On December 30, 2019, BCHI entered into a Services Agreement with RI to provide a <br /> crisis services program (the "Services Agreement"). The Services Agreement provided, "RI <br /> International shall be responsible for ensuring that there will be no conflict with or violation of the <br /> Louisiana Ethics Code if their company is awarded the Agreement.The Louisiana Board of Ethics <br /> shall be the only entity which can officially rule on ethics issues." The Services Agreement <br />