| Request for an advisory opinion regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") prohibits Wesley Gillen, former employee of the City of Gretna, from being employed by Dewberry LLC after termination of public employment. |
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Ms. Gillen is currently applying for a job position with Dewberry
LLC in Denver, Colorado. She is seeking an opinion to ensure there is no conflict
regarding the responsibilities in the position or any post-employment restrictions
that apply to the responsibilities.
From October 2021 until October 2022, Ms. Gillen worked as a
City Planner for the City of Gretna in the City Planning and Development
Office. Her daily duties included processing administrative and quasi-judicial
applications, reviewing commercial license applications, conducting site
inspections, developing outreach materials, coordinating development meetings,
and attending public hearing. She was not involved with procurement and none
of her governmental responsibilities had any effect on Dewberry LLC or its
financial interests. Dewberry LLC did not have a contractual or financial relationsihp with the City of Gretna.
She is applying for a Resilience Planner position for
Dewberry LLC in the Denver office. The position will support the Resilience Solutions
Group at the intersection of planning, policy, and technical analysis in hazard
mitigation, emergency management, and climate change adaptation. Related areas
of technical focus for this position include research and planning related to
Federal agencies (FEMA, USACE, NOAA, and US F&WS), state agencies, and
local communities.
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La. R.S. 42:1121B(1). No former public
employee shall, for a period of two years following the termination of his
public employment, assist another person, for compensation, in a transaction,
or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which such former
public employee participated at any time during his public employment and
involving the governmental entity by which he was formerly employed, or for a
period of two years following termination of his public employment, render, any
service which such former public employee had rendered to the agency during the
term of his public employment on a contractual basis, regardless of the parties
to the contract, to, for, or on behalf of the agency with which he was formerly
employed.
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Adopt the proposed Advisory Opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Mallory Guillot |
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