| Request to approve the proposed disqualification plan submitted on behalf of the St. Charles Parish School Board concerning Dr. Kenneth Oertling and Kelli Oertling, a married couple employed by the St. Charles Parish School Board. |
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Dr. Kenneth Oertling is the Superintendent of the St. Charles Parish School District. His spouse, Kelli Oertling, is the Principal of Lakewood Elementary School, which is in the St. Charles Parish School District. Mrs. Oertling's employment with the St. Charles Parish School District predates Dr. Oertling's appointment as Superintendent by many years.
Proposed Disqualification Plan
Dr. Oertling is disqualified from participating in any decisions related to Mrs. Oertling's pay, performance evaluations, further promotions, or any other decisions and/or approvals involving the St. Charles Parish School District in which Mrs. Oertling may have a substantial economic interest. Dr. Oertling will take no part in Mrs. Oertling's evaluation process or scoring, which is currently performed by the Executive Director of Elementary Schools.
Additionally, should Mrs. Oertling be a candidate for promotion, Dr. Oertling will take no part in any process of selection for the position. Finally, Dr. Oertling will formally recuse himself from any matter that may relate to any grievance and related processes that Mrs. Oertling may have, which arises as a result of her employment with the St. Charles Parish School District, or which may be lodged against her pursuant to her employment.
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La. R.S. 42:1112B(1) provides that no public servant shall participate in a transaction involving the governmental entity in which, to his actual knowledge, any member of his immediate family has a substantial economic interest.
La. R.S. 42:1112C allows a disqualification plan to be developed in accordance with rules adopted by the Board to remove a public servant from participating in transactions that would otherwise present violations of Section 1112 of the Code.
La. R.S. 42:1119A provides that no member of the immediate family of an agency head shall be employed in his agency.
La. R.S. 42:1119C(2) provides that the provisions of this Section shall not prohibit the continued employment of any public employee nor shall it be construed to hinder, alter, or in any way affect normal promotional advancements for such public employee where a member of public employee's immediate family becomes the agency head of such public employee's agency, provided that such public employee has been employed in the agency for a period of at least one year prior to the member of the public employee's immediate family becoming the agency head.
La. R.S. 42:1102(2)(a)(i) defines "agency" to mean a department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity.
La. R.S. 42:1102(3) defines "agency head" to mean the chief executive or administrative officer of an agency.
La. R.S. 42:1102(13) defines "immediate family" to include a public servant's spouse.
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Adopt the proposed disqualification plan.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jessica Meiners |
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