| A Request for an Advisory Opinion, submitted by Kisha Laurent Gaudin, MAOM, CET of the City of New Orleans - Department of Public Works, regarding whether the Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") would prohibit Khalid Saleh's continued employment with the City of New Orleans - Department of Public Works ("DPW") as the Project Manager Supervisor while his son, Lufti Saleh, is employed with International Logistical Support, who has existing contracts with DPW. |
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Khalid Saleh is employed by the DPW as the Project Manager Supervisor. In this capacity, he is responsible for the design and review of various contracts and projects with the DPW. Khalid Saleh directly supervises DPW's Senior Project Managers and Project Managers. Khalid Saleh's agency is the Operations Division, where he is supervised by the Deputy Director of Operations.
Lufti Saleh, Khalid Saleh's son, is employed by ILSI Engineering ("ILSI") as a resident inspector. Lufti Saleh has been employed with ILSI for eighteen (18) months and possesses no ownership interest in ILSI. ILSI is an independent contractor with an active contract with DPW that was executed three (3) years ago. Additionally, ILSI has multiple federal contracts within the Joint Infrastructure Recovery Request (JIRR) Program.
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La. R.S. 42:1113(A)(1)(a) states 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. 42:1114 provides that each public servant and each member of his immediate family who derives anything of economic value, directly, through any transaction involving the agency of such public servant or who derives anything of economic value of which he may be reasonably expected to know through a person which (1) is regulated by the agency of such public servant, or (2) has bid on or entered into or is in any way financially interested in any contract, subcontract, or any transaction under the supervision or jurisdiction of the agency of such public servant shall disclose certain information as set forth in Section 1114.
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Adopt the proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
LaToya D. Jordan |
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