2008-0085
INTRODUCED BY: ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO.
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A resolution asking the Parish Council to support forwarding a letter for an opinion from the Louisiana Board of Ethics regarding the nomination of a Councilman as a non voting ex-officio member to the Planning and Zoning Commission and to also ask an opinion on what voting actions should he recluse himself from during Regular Council Meetings as it relates to his employment.
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WHEREAS, at the primary election of October 20, 2007 Mr. Paul J. Hogan was elected to represent the people in District IV; and,
WHEREAS, at the January 14, 2008, Regular Parish Council Meeting, Councilman Hogan was nominated as a non voting ex-officio member of the Planning and Zoning Commission; and,
WHEREAS, Councilman Hogan is a Senior Engineer for RJM Enterprises, a real estate development company in St. Charles Parish; and,
WHEREAS, the Parish Council requests the opinion of the Louisiana Board of Ethics whether his appointment to the Planning and Zoning Commission as a non voting ex-officio member, where no formal action can be taken on his part at such meetings, would be a conflict of interest caused by his employment; and,
WHEREAS, the Parish Council requests the opinion of the Louisiana Board of Ethics on what matters brought before the Parish Council Meetings from the Planning and Zoning Department should he recluse himself from voting; and,
WHEREAS, can Councilman Paul J. Hogan vote on the general rules and regulations brought before the Parish Council by the Planning and Zoning Department which would pertain to all developers?
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL, do hereby support forwarding a letter for an opinion from the Louisiana Board of Ethics regarding the nomination of a Councilman as a non voting ex-officio member to the Planning and Zoning Commission and what voting actions should he recluse himself from during Regular Council...
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