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Administrator II. Her job duties include monitoring employee health insurance claims <br /> for the Terrebonne Parish School District (District) and administering group health <br /> benefit enrollments for new District employees. The District is a separate political <br /> subdivision from the Parish. Mrs. Williams is paid an annual salary by Gilsbar, and she <br /> does not receive commissions. She does not have any ownership interest in Gilsbar, and <br /> she is not an officer, director, trustee, partner of Gilsbar. <br /> Mrs. Williams disclosed her potential conflict regarding this matter and recused herself <br /> from voting on the proposals at the Committee meeting. Additionally, she refrained from <br /> participating in any discussion by the Committee regarding the proposals. Three other <br /> members of the Council also recused for this and other reasons. After presentation and <br /> discussion of the proposals, five members of the Committee voted unanimously to pass a <br /> resolution to contract with Gilsbar, LLC, for the Parish's group health insurance <br /> provider/third party administrator. As is procedure, the minutes of the Committee <br /> meeting came up for adoption at the meeting of the full Council on November 16, 2016, <br /> and the Council adopted the resolution as passed and adopted the ordinance as offered. <br /> Mrs. Williams, again, disclosed her possible conflict, refrained from discussion, and <br /> recused herself from voting to adopt the resolution and ordinance at the meeting of the <br /> full Council. <br /> The following provisions of the Code of Governmental Ethics are pertinent to the issues <br /> raised by your questions: <br /> La. R.S. 42:1112B(3) prohibits a public servant, except as provided in La. R.S. 42:1120, <br /> from participating in a transaction involving the governmental entity in which, to her <br /> actual knowledge, any person of which she is an officer, director, trustee, partner, or <br /> employee has a substantial economic interest. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1120 provides that if any elected official, in the discharge of a duty or <br /> responsibility of her office or position, would be required to vote on a matter which vote <br /> would be a violation of La. R.S. 42:1112, she shall recuse herself from voting. An <br /> elected official who recuses herself from voting pursuant to this Section shall not be <br /> prohibited from participating in discussion and debate concerning the matter, provided <br /> that she makes the disclosure of her conflict or potential conflict a part of the record of <br /> her agency prior to her participation in the discussion or debate and prior to the vote that <br /> is the subject of discussion or debate. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1113A prohibits a public servant, a member of her immediate family, or a <br /> legal entity in which she has a controlling interest from bidding on or entering into any <br /> contract, subcontract, or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of <br /> her agency. <br />