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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> of �p DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> ON ��`rTlSI <br /> rnc. LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> " '✓'v c °° 9 P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> COHrioeN`f (225)219-5600 <br /> "•»o«•'' FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> March 11, 2025 <br /> Jody T. Ordeneaux, Jr. <br /> Gramercy Police Department <br /> 111 East Main Street <br /> Gramercy, Louisiana 70052 <br /> Re: Docket No. 2024-590 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Deax Mr. Ordeneaux: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its March 7, 2025 meeting, considered your advisory opinion <br /> request, on behalf of the Gramercy Police Department (the "GPD"), as to whether the Code of <br /> Governmental Ethics (the "Code") permits GPD employees to receive certain benefits approved <br /> by the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Gramercy (the "Town"). <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> The Town owns and operates a public park with a pavilion that is available for rental to the public. <br /> Such rental involves the payment of a rental fee. The Board of Aldermen of the Town is <br /> considering a proposal (the "Proposed Ordinance")to allow Town employees to receive a waiver <br /> of those rental fees. <br /> The current Chief of the GPD is Dustin Jenkins, who was elected on November 5, 2024.. GPD <br /> employees receive their paychecks from the Town. However, hiring, firing and other personriel <br /> dec:si.ons regarding GPD employees is strictly the purview of Chief Jenkins, not Town officials. <br /> You believe that the Town will extend the benefit of the Proposed Ordinance to GPD employees. <br /> You would like to know whether GPD employees may receive the waiver of pavilion rental fees <br /> if the Proposed Ordinance is passed by the Town's Board of Aldermen. <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1111A prohibits a public employee from receiving anything of economic value, other <br /> than compensation and benefits from the governmental entity to which he is duly entitled, for the <br /> performance of the duties and responsibilities of his office or position. <br /> La. R.S. 42:1113A states no public servant, or a member of such a public servant's immediate <br /> family,or a legal entity in which he has a controlling interest shall bid on or enter into any contract, <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2024-590) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />