Meetings
 
Louisiana Board of Ethics
 LaSalle Building
First Floor - Griffon Room
DECEMBER 14, 2017
2:30 PM
617 North 3rd Street
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Note: Meetings begin on December 14, 2017 and continue to December 15, 2017.

Executive Session
Consideration of complaints and reports deemed confidential pursuant to Section 1141 of the Code of Governmental Ethics.
Discussion in Executive Session regarding charges issued against Eric Jones in Docket No. 2014-1355.

Louisiana Board of Ethics
LaSalle Building
First Floor - LaBelle Room
DECEMBER 15, 2017
9:00 AM
617 North 3rd Street
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

GENERAL
Appearances
G1. Docket No. 17-009
Reconsideration of the Board's denial of a waiver request submitted by Chandra Scarber, a member of the Crawfish Promotion and Research Board, regarding a $500 late fee assessed for filing her 2015 Tier 2.1 PFD 10 days late.
G2. Docket No. 17-735
Advisory opinion request by Ralph Alexis, III, on behalf of Third District Volunteer Fire Department (Jefferson Parish), regarding whether the reporting requirements of the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act requires persons to file reports in connection with expenditures made for a mailer opposing a proposition on the April 29, 2017 election.
G3. Docket No. 17-905
Appearance in connection with a request that the Board waive the $2,500 campaign finance late fee assessed against Marlin N. Gusman, a candidate for Sheriff, Orleans Parish, in the October 14, 2017 election, whose 180-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 102 days late.
G4. Docket No. 17-960
Reconsideration of the Board's denial of a waiver request submitted by Melinda Leblanc Bourgeois, a member of the Jefferson Parish School Board - District 4, regarding a $2500 late fee assessed for failing to file her amended 2015 Tier 2 annual pfd.
G5. Docket No. 17-1151
Advisory opinion regarding whether Hospital Service District No. 1 of Iberia Parish d/b/a Iberia Medical Center may enter into contracts with Acadian Urgent Care Center, LLC.
G6. Docket No. 17-1156
Request that the Board waive $2,500 campaign finance late fee assessed against Troy Henry, in his capacity as a candidate for Mayor, City of New Orleans in the October 14, 2017 election, whose 90-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 38 days late.
Consent Agenda and Consent Opinions
G7. Docket No. CHART
Chart for Advisory Opinion Requests on the General Consent December 2017 Agenda.
G8. Docket No. 17-832
Advisory Opinion Request regarding whether a school board member's daughter could be employed as a bus driver for the Livingston Parish School Board
G9. Docket No. 17-1068
Advisory opinion request by Anthony Marshall regarding whether La. R.S. 42:1119 would prohibit Dr. Regina Enwefa or Dr. Stephen Enwefa serving as the Chairperson of the Department of Speech Language Pathology (Department) while the other remains employed by the Department.
G10. Docket No. 17-1134
Advisory opinion request by Ellen Barrios, Plaquemines Parish Civil Service Director, regarding whether Allen Johnson may be employed within the Plaquemines Parish Public Works Department while his brother-in-law serves as the Plaquemines Parish Public Works Director.
G11. Docket No. 17-1135
Request for Advisory Opinion relative to tutoring students at Benjamin Franklin High School (New Orleans).
G12. Docket No. 17-1168
Request for an Advisory Opinion relative to a Deputy Coroner for St. Mary Parish (pop.54,650) being able to treat St. Mary Parish Government employees as a preferred provider and whether he could simultaneously serve as a Jury Commissioner on the Board of Commissioners of Hospital Service District No. 2 in St. Mary Parish.
G13. Docket No. 17-1169
Request for Advisory Opinion from Jimmy Cantrelle, Lafourche Parish President, relative to having an employee of the Lafourche Parish Government rent an apartment in a building which is owned by a company in which Cantrelle owns twenty-five percent.
G14. Docket No. 17-1173
Advisory opinion request by Dana Pecoraro, owner of Laurel Outdoor Advertising, regarding whether Laurel Outdoor Advertising may have a business relationship with a company owned by a New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (Transit Authority) Commissioner while Laurel Outdoor Advertising has contracts with the Transit Authority.
G15. Docket No. 17-1174
Disqualification plan regarding the employment of George Alamond at North Caddo Medical Center while his wife, Connie Alamond, serves as Director of Emergency Services of North Caddo Medical Center.
G16. Docket No. 17-1175
Request for approval of a Disqualification Plan relative to the daughter of the Chief Deputy of the St. Charles Parish Clerk of Court's Office (pop.52,812).
G17. Docket No. 17-1182
Request for Advisory Opinion from John Polito, Jr., Chief of the Independence Volunteer Fire Department, who questioned whether he would have to resign his position if elected to the Tangipahoa Parish School Board.
G18. Docket No. 17-1230
Advisory opinion request by Gail Segura regarding whether she may be reemployed by the Iberia Parish School Board as a bus driver while her daughter is an Iberia Parish School Board Member.
G19. Docket No. 17-1233
Advisory Opinion request from Rick Nowlin, Natchitoches Parish President.
G20. Docket No. 17-1236
Advisory opinion regarding the receipt of donations which would be utilized as door prizes during the Annual Training Conference hosted by the Louisiana Support Enforcement Association.
Disclosure Reports
G21. Docket No. 17-1137
PFD Answer submitted by Dr. George Dual, Jr., a former member of the Mental Health Advocacy Services Board.
G22. Docket No. 17-1159
PFD Answer submitted by Roch Petersen, a member of the St. Tammany Fire Protection District #3, in response to a NOD seeking his 2016 Tier 2.1 PFD.
G23. Docket No. 17-1160
PFD Answer submitted by James Hendrickson, a member of the Audubon Regional Library Board, in response to a NOD requesting he file a 2016 Tier 2.1 PFD.
G24. Docket No. 17-1164
PFD Answer submitted by Glen Higgins, a member of the Non-Flood Protection Asset Management Authority, in response to a NOD requesting he file a 2016 Tier 2.1 PFD.
Regular Business
G25. Docket No. MINUTES
November 2017 Board Minutes
G26. Docket No. 17-1149
Advisory opinion request from Rhett Breerwood, Command Historian with the Louisiana National Guard Museum at Jackson Barracks.
G27.   WAIVER REQUESTS - CAMPAIGN FINANCE
  Docket No. chart
December 2017 Campaign Finance Waiver Chart
  Docket No. 17-1074
Request that the Board waive the $800 campaign finance late fees assessed against Jason Rogers Williams, a candidate for Council member at Large, Division 2, Orleans Parish in the October 14, 2017 election, whose 90-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 8 days late.
  Docket No. 17-1170
Request that the Board waive the $3,000 campaign finance late fee assessed against the Freedom First, LLC, a political action committee, its committee's chairperson and its treasurer, Timothy L. Spratt, whose 2015 June monthly report was filed 31 days late.
  Docket No. 17-1171
Request that the Board waive the $800 campaign finance late fee assessed against Danil Faust, in his capacity as a candidate for Clerk, Criminal District Court, Orleans Parish in the October 14, 2017 election, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 8 days late.
  Docket No. 17-1181
Request that the Board waive the $600 campaign finance late fee assessed against Thomas Thaddeus "Thad" Cossabone, a candidate for Council member, District D, Orleans Parish, in the October 14, 2017, whose 30-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 12 days late.
  Docket No. 17-1234
Request that the Board waive the $2,500 campaign finance late fee assessed against Paulette R. Irons, a candidate for Mayor, City of New Orleans in the February 2, 2002 election, whose 2016 supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 217 days late and a request that the Board waive the $2,500 campaign finance late fee assessed against Paulette R. Irons, a candidate for Judge, Civil District Court, Division M in the November 4, 2014 election, whose 2016 Supplemental campaign finance disclosure report was filed 216 days late.
  Docket No. 17-1235
Request that the Board waive the $320 campaign finance late fee assessed against Fred Moss, IV, a candidate for Parish Commission Member, District 12, Caddo Parish in the October 14, 2017 election, whose 10-P campaign finance disclosure report was filed 8 days late.
G28.   WAIVER REQUESTS - PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
  Docket No. waiver
December 2017 PFD Waiver Chart
  Docket No. 17-1136
Waiver request submitted by Gregory Burton, Kentwood Town Council - Tangipahoa Parish (Pop. 2198), regarding a $500.00 late fee assessed for filing his amended 2014 Tier 3 annual pfd 10 days late.
  Docket No. 17-1148
Waiver request submitted by John Frederick Canik, a member of the Cameron Parish School Board - District 5, regarding a $1500 late fee assessed for filing his 2015 Tier 3 annual PFD 157 days late.
  Docket No. 17-1157
Waiver request submitted by Daphne R. Washington, Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, regarding a $1500 late fee assessed for filing her amended 2015 Tier 2.1 annual pfd 136 days late.
  Docket No. 17-1161
Waiver request submitted by Maurice Guidry, Motor Vehicle Commission, regarding a $1500 late fee assessed for filing his amended 2015 Tier 2.1 annual pfd 71 days late.
  Docket No. 17-1162
Waiver request submitted by Mohammad Suleman, M.D., State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners, regarding a $1500 late fee assessed for filing his 2015 Tier 2.1 annual pfd 272 days late.
  Docket No. 17-1163
Waiver request submitted by Ian Scott Stewart, with the Belle Chase Academy Charter School Board, regarding a $950 late fee assessed for filing his 2015 Tier 3 annual pfd 19 days late.
  Docket No. 17-1167
Waiver request submitted by Robert A. Williams, Constable, Ward 3 - Union Parish, regarding a $1500 late fee assessed for filing his amended 2015 Tier 3 annual pfd 104 days late.
  Docket No. 17-1176
Waiver request submitted by Yvette Young Semmes, Upper Audubon Security District, regarding a $1500 late fee assessed for filing her 2015 Tier 2.1 annual pfd 180 days late.
  Docket No. 17-1177
Waiver request submitted by George Favaloro, Lafayette Downtown Development Authority, regarding a $700 late fee assessed for filing his 2015 Tier 2.1 annual pfd 14 days late.
  Docket No. 17-1178
Waiver request submitted by Michael Cuba Jr., unsuccessful candidate for Lake Charles City Council - District F, Calcasieu Parish, Pop. 71,993, regarding a $500 late fee assessed for filing his amended 2016 Tier 2 annual pfd 5 days late.
  Docket No. 17-1179
Waiver request submitted by Christopher "Chris" Jowers, Constable, Ward 7 - Calcasieu Parish, regarding a$1400 late fee assessed for filing his 2016 Tier 2 annual pfd 14 days late.
  Docket No. 17-1180
Waiver request submitted by Daniel R. "Danny" Martiny, candidate for Jefferson Parish Council - District 4, in the October 14, 2017 election, regarding a $500 late fee assessed for filing his 2016 Tier 2 candidate pfd 5 days late.
G29.   WAIVER REQUESTS - SCHOOL BOARD DISCLOSURE
  Docket No. 17-1165
Waiver request submitted by Louis Melton, member of the Morehouse Parish School Board-District 2, regarding a $400 late fee assessed for filing his School Board Disclosure Statements 8 days late.
  Docket No. 17-1166
Waiver request submitted by Sally Moreaux, a member of the Allen Parish School Board-District 1, regarding a $500 late fee assessed for filing her 2017-2018 School Board Disclosure Statement 10 days late.