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Docket No. 16-949
 
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RE:
Consent order signed by Don Edwards regarding his violation of La. R.S. 42:1119 when he willfully hired Gerald Jones as an employee of the Lafourche Parish Public Works Department while Gerald Jones' brother, Jerry Jones, served on the Parish Council.
Facts:
Don Edwards has signed the consent order agreeing that he violated La. R.S. 42:1119D. Mr. Edwards has submitted a payment of $1,500 to satisfy the Board's civil penalty.
Law:
La. R.S. 42:1119B(1) provides that no member of the immediate family of a member of a governing authority or the chief executive of a governmental entity shall be employed by the governmental entity.

La. R.S. 42:1119D provides that a willful violation of this Section shall subject the agency head, member of the governing authority, the public employee having authority to hire and fire the employee, the immediate supervisor of the employee, whether or not such persons are immediate family members of the employee, and such employee, to disciplinary action and penalties provided by this Chapter.

Recommendations:
Adopt and publish the opinion and dismiss charges pending at the EAB.
Assigned Attorney: Brett Robinson
 
 
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