§ 2-889. Disclosure and approval all subcontractors and persons receiving commissions for all insurance contracts.

(a)

All persons or firms who contract as insurance agents for Jefferson Parish or for any of its agencies, divisions or special districts, including, but not limited to Jefferson Parish Hospital Service Districts No. 1 and Jefferson Parish Hospital Service District No. 2, must identify all subcontractors, excluding full time employees of the firm, who would assist in providing insurance under the contract or who would share in the commissions generated by the placement of insurance under the contract. Each insurance subcontractor shall submit all documents and information required by this section. Substitutions or subsequent addition of subcontractors to the contract must be ratified by council resolution. The person or firm shall provide to the council detailed justification of the need for any such additional subcontractor. With each invoice submitted, the person or firm holding said professional services agreement shall acknowledge that no subcontractors have been added to work on the project without prior council approval by resolution. Failure to comply with this section shall result in penalties as set forth in section 2-935.1 for professional service providers.

(b)

In addition, the person or firm contracting or proposing to contract with Jefferson Parish or with any of its agencies, divisions or special districts as an insurance agent or a subcontractor or of an insurance agent or as a person or firm sharing in the commissions from the placement of insurance under any such contract must submit prior to the ratification by the council of the contract or contract amendment:

(1)

An affidavit attesting:

a.

That the affiant has not and will not employ any person either directly or indirectly to secure the public contract under which he is to receive payment, other than persons regularly employed by the affiant whose service in connection with the provision or procuring of insurance under the contract or in securing the public contract are in the regular course of their duties for the affiant; and

b.

That no part of the contract price was paid or will be paid to any person for soliciting the contract other than the payment of normal compensation to persons regularly employed by the affiant whose services with the project are in the regular course of their duties for the affiant; and

(2)

An affidavit attesting to:

a.

Any and all campaign contributions that the affiant has made to elected officials of the parish during the current term; and

b.

Any and all debts owned by the affiant to any elected or appointed official of the parish, and any and all debts owned by any elected or appointed official of the parish to the affiant; and attesting:

c.

That the affiant has not made any contribution to or in support of elected officials of the parish through or in the name of another person or firm either directly or indirectly.

(c)

Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, nothing herein shall prohibit an insurance producer of record or agent from using the services of a wholesale broker for the placement of insurance coverage without prior approval of the use of said wholesale broker by the council, provided that the name of the wholesale broker and the amount of the broker's fee is disclosed on the invoice for the placement of any insurance using the broker's services and that the risk management department provides a copy of said invoice to each member of the council within five (5) days of the department's receipt of the invoice.

(Ord. No. 23750, § 1, 2-10-10)