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2022-326
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Opinion Item
Opinion Type
Advisory Opinion
Docket Number
2022-326
Requesting Party
Andrew L. Halbrook
Parties Involved
Andrew L. Halbrook
Andrew H. Halbrook
Agency at Issue
Ruston City
Decision Date
7/8/2022
Law
1112B(1)
1120
1119B
1119C(2)
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Advisory opinion that the Code of Ethics does not prohibit the continued employment of the son if his father is elected to the Ruston City Council since the son will have been employed for more than one year prior to his father's election.
Ethics Subject Matters
Nepotism
Participation
Recusal
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STATE OF LOUISIANA <br /> OF Loper DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE <br /> LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS <br /> P.O.BOX 4368 <br /> ` * BATON ROUGE,LA 70821 <br /> �OneioeHec (225)219-5600 <br /> •••«o»•' FAX:(225)381-7271 <br /> 1-800-842-6630 <br /> www.ethics.1a.gov <br /> July 12, 2022 <br /> Andrew L. Halbrook <br /> 2610 Foxxwood Drive <br /> Ruston, Louisiana 71270 <br /> Re: Docket No.2022-326 <br /> Advisory Opinion <br /> Dear Mr. Halbrook: <br /> The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on July 8, 2022, considered your request for an <br /> advisory opinion concerning potential issues involving the Code of Governmental Ethics("Code") <br /> that may arise if you are elected to the Ruston City Council while your son is employed as the City <br /> of Ruston Public Works Utilities Manager. <br /> FACTS PROVIDED <br /> You intend to run for election to the Ruston City Council in the fall of 2022. Your son, Andrew <br /> H. Halbrook, was hired by the City of Ruston in 2015 and is currently employed as the Public <br /> Works Utilities Manager. He reports to the Director of Public Works and supervises 31 city <br /> employees. <br /> ISSUES <br /> 1. Whether your election to the City of Ruston would prohibit your son, Andrew H. Halbrook, <br /> from remaining employed with the City of Ruston? <br /> 2. If your son is responsible for preparation of portions of the city budget every year, are you <br /> allowed to vote on the budget? <br /> 3. If a general pay raise for all employees is brought to a vote by the council either in the annual <br /> budget or as an amendment to the annual budget, are you allowed to vote on it? <br /> 4. If your son is managing a project and the project needs approval from the city council to move <br /> forward, are you allowed to vote on it? <br /> LAW <br /> La. R.S. 42:1112B(1) states that no public servant shall participate in a transaction involving the <br /> governmental entity in which, to his actual knowledge, any member of his immediate family has <br /> a substantial economic interest. <br /> La.R.S.42:1102(13)defines"immediate family"as the term relates to a public servant to include <br /> his parents and his children. <br /> Page 1 of 3 (BD 2022-326) <br /> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />
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