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2.) Is it permissible for Councilman Rolling, through his company,to sell products on which <br /> the city logo is imprinted to other individuals other than the City? <br /> Generally, the Code of Ethics would not prohibit Councilman Rolling's company from selling <br /> products in which the city logo is imprinted to other individuals besides the City absent those <br /> specific instances delineated in this opinion . However, due to the open-ended nature of this <br /> question,the Board declined to render an opinion on this particular issue. If there is a specific person <br /> that is not listed in the other questions then the Board would request that you or Councilman Rolling <br /> submit an opinion request for the Board's consideration at that time. <br /> 3.) Is it permissible for Councilman Rolling, through his company,to sell products on which <br /> the city logo is imprinted to a city employee and can the city employee pay for the products <br /> with his personal funds? <br /> Councilman Rolling would not be prohibited from selling products with the city logo, through his <br /> company, to city employees so long as the city employee pays for such products with his or her <br /> personal funds. As such, no violation of the Code of Ethics is presented by this question. <br /> 4.) Is it permissible for Councilman Rolling,through his company,to sell products on which <br /> the city logo is imprinted to a city employee and can the city employee pay for the products <br /> with his personal funds but then request to be reimbursed by the City? <br /> Section 1113A(1)(a)of the Louisiana Code of Ethics also applies to a public servant or legal entity <br /> in which he owns a controlling interest from entering into a subcontract or other transaction under <br /> the supervision or jurisdiction of his agency. Thus, Councilman Rolling's business would be <br /> prohibited by the Code of Ethics from using the employees of the City of Covington as a channel to <br /> enter into a transaction with his agency. The aforementioned prohibitions discussed in Section 1112 <br /> (See Question 1 above) of the Code would also be applicable in such a situation. <br /> 5.)Since Councilman Rolling's company does contract work and sells to other vendors,if the <br /> other vendors bring in items to be imprinted with the city logo and that conpany is contracted <br /> with the city, is it permissible for his company to do the work? <br /> Section 1111 C(2)(d)of the Code states that a public servant may not receive anything of economic <br /> value for or in consideration of services which are performed for or compensated by a person from <br /> whom the public servant is prohibited from receiving a gift by Section 1115A(I). This includes a <br /> person who has or is seeking a contractual,business,or financial arrangement with the agency of the <br /> public servant. Since these"other vendors"would have a financial arrangement with Councilman <br />