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Board is an agency under the City's executive branch of government and governs the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. In Janttary 2023, the Hazard Mitigation Office submitted Mr. Nossaman's FMA grant application to FEMA, and his application for the 2022 fiscal year was approved on September 18, 2024. Mr. Nossaman, who meets all of FEMA's eligibility requirements for participation in the FMA grant program, is prepared to enter into the VEA with the City and begin work on his home. The City's Legal Department believes that this instance of potential financial interest is not the type of situation that the VEA provision referenced above intends to prohibit. You ask whether Mr. Nossaman, a city employee, is prohibited from participating in the FMA grant program that the City's Hazard Mitigation Office administers. Law La. R.S. 42:1113A(1)(a): No public servant, excluding any legislator and any appointed member of any board of commission and any member of a governing authority of a parish with a population of ten thousand or less, or member of such a public servant's immediate family, or legal entity in which he has a controlling interest shall bid on or enter into any contract, subcontract, or other transaction that is under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such public servant. La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a) defines "agency" to mean a department, office, division, agency, commission, board, conunittee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity. "Agency of the public servant"and"his agency"when used in reference to the agency of a public servant shal l mean: (vi) For public servants of political subdivisions, it shall mean the agency in which the public servant serves, except that for members of any governing autharity and for the elected or appointed chief executive of a governmental entity, it shall mean the governmental entity. Public servants of political subdivisions shall include, but shall not be limited to, elected officials and public employees of municipalities, parishes, and other political subdivisions; sheriffs and their employees; district attorneys and their employees; coroners and their employees; and clerks of court and their employees. La. R.S.42:1102(18)(a)defines"public employee"to mean anyone,whether compensated or not, who is: (i) An administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not filling an elective office. (ii) Appointed by any elected official when acting in an official capacity, and the appointment is to a post or position wherein the appointee is to serve the governmental entity or an agency thereof, either as a member of an agency, or as an employee thereof. (iii) Engaged in the performance of a governmental function. (iv) Under the supervision or authority of an elected official or another employee of the governmental entity. La. R.S. 42:ll02(19) defines "public servant" to mean a public employee or an elected official. Page?of 3 (BD 2025-667)