| Advisory opinion request regarding whether Tramelle Howard may continue to receive a thing of economic value for services rendered to City Year while City Year has a contractual, business or financial relationship with the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and at a time when Tramelle Howard serves a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. |
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Tramelle Howard was recently elected to the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. Mr. Howard is also employed with City Year as an Impact Manager. City Year has a contract with City Year by which City Year places AmeriCorps members in schools under the purview of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. The EBR School Board pays City Year a fee for these services as well as provides training to the AmeriCorps members.
Mr. Howard manages the AmeriCorps members and develops relationships with principals and teachers to ensure optimal conditions for the members at their respective schools.
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La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) provides that no public servant and no legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, shall receive any thing of economic value for or in consideration of services rendered, or to be rendered, to or for any person during his public service unless such services are: (d) Neither performed for nor compensated by any person or from any officer, director, agent, or employee of such person, if such public servant knows or reasonably should know that such person has or is seeking to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with the public servant's agency; conducts operations or activities which are regulated by the public employee's agency; or has substantial economic interests which may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the public employee's official duty.
La. R.S. 42:1117 provides that no public servant or other person shall give, pay, loan, transfer, or deliver or offer to give, pay, loan, transfer, or deliver, directly or indirectly, to any public servant or other person any thing of economic value which such public servant or other person would be prohibited from receiving by any provision of this Part.
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Adopt proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Tracy Barker |
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