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STATE OF LOUISIANA ' � DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE SERVICE ArVi LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS 2415 QUAIL DRIVE 11(:Z.1?:, s' THIRD FLOOR n BATON ROUGE, LA 70808 • " (225) 763-8777 FAX: (225) 763 -8780 1 -800- 842 -6630 www.ethics.state.la.us June 8, 2006 Mr. Eugene LeJeune LeJeune & Associates P.O. Box 2663 Covington, LA 70434 Re: Ethics Board Docket No. 2004 -786 Dear Mr. LeJeune: The Louisiana Board of Ethics, after a confidential investigation, believes that Eugene LeJeune violated Section 1121A(1) of the Code of Governmental Ethics by entering into a contract with the Orleans Parish School Board to provide risk management consulting services within two years of his resignation as the risk management administrator for the school board. The information obtained by the Board during the course of its confidential investigation revealed the following: Eugene LeJeune was employed by the Orleans Parish School Board as its risk management administrator from October 28, 2003 until February 17, 2004. As the school board's risk 411 management administrator, he was responsible for formulating risk management policy, developing and maintaining a management information system, and evaluating specifications and/or proposals for risk insurance coverage. In March of 2004, Mr. LeJeune was contacted by the administration of the Orleans Parish School Board seeking to re- employ Mr. LeJeune to assist during the insurance renewal period until a permanent replacement could be hired. Mr. LeJeune did not wish to return as an employee of the school board; however, he offered to provide risk management services during the interim period through his company, LeJeune and Associates. Mr. LeJeune was not informed by school board personnel that this type of arrangement would be prohibited by the post - employment restrictions under the Ethics Code. In March of 2004, Mr. LeJeune d/b /a LeJeune and Associates contracted with the Orleans Parish School Board to provide risk management services until June 30, 2004. Mr. LeJeune discontinued providing services to the school board in May of 2004 once he became aware of the potential conflict of interest under the Code of Governmental Ethics. Mr.LeJeune received over $8,000 for his services under the contract. Section 1121A(1) of the Code of Governmental Ethics prohibits a former agency head, for a period of two years following the end of his public service, from contracting to provide any service to his former agency. Since it had not been two years since Mr. LeJeune's resignation as the risk management administrator for the Orleans Parish School Board, the Board is of the opinion that Mr. LeJeune violated Section 1121A(1) of the Code of Governmental Ethics by contracting with the school board to provide risk management services. The Board of Ethics recognizes that Mr. LeJeune did not intend to violate the Code of Governmental Ethics at the time he performed contractual risk • management services for the school board. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER