La. Admin. Code tit. 4 § VII-339

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section VII-339 - Interview Procedures for Special Projects

A. The interview procedures of the board are as follows:

1. The user agency notifies the Office of Facility Planning and Control, or the Office of Facility Planning and Control may determine on its own that the proposed project is of a special nature and should be considered under the interview procedure.

2. The user agency, the Office of Facility Planning and Control, and the chairperson of the board (vice-chairperson in the absence of a chairperson) shall decide if the nature of the project warrants utilizing the interview procedure. This may be done in a meeting or by teleconference.

3. The chairperson of the board authorizes the Office of Facility Planning and Control to advertise the special project under these procedures. The advertisement shall contain:

a. the deadline for applications;

b. the date of the meeting;

c. the proposed interview meeting date;

d. the information required under R.S. 38:2312(A).

4. The selection procedure (§337) will be followed from §337 A, and B.1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. However, if an applicant is not selected unanimously on the first ballot, the following procedure will be implemented:

a. After the results of the weighted ballot are reported, the board secretary will list all applicants receiving one or more points. They will be listed in order, ranked by number of points from highest to lowest.

b. After the list is prepared, there will be a roll call vote on each applicant starting with the first applicant on the list. Voting for each applicant will take place in the order that he/she is listed. Each applicant on the list will receive a "yes" or "no" vote from each board member. Each applicant that receives a majority of "yes" votes will be invited to be interviewed.

c. Voting will end when there are a minimum of two, but not more than five applicants to be invited to be interviewed, or when the end of the list is reached, whichever comes first.

d. In the event that the end of the list is reached before there are at least two applicants to be interviewed, the board may begin voting again by the method of their choice.

e. All applicants selected by the foregoing process will be invited to an interview meeting.

5. The interview meeting will be held in accordance with criteria that the board sets forth in a letter to the applicants that have been selected to be interviewed.

6. At the interview meeting, the board will begin in an open meeting and vote to go into executive session to conduct the interviews in accordance with the criteria set forth in §339.A 5, and pursuant to R.S. 42:16 and 42:17.

7. After the interviews have been conducted, the board will return to a public meeting.

8. At this time, the selection procedure will resume according to procedures outlined in §337.B 5, 7, 8, and 9.

La. Admin. Code tit. 4, § VII-339

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Engineers Selection Board, LR 1:271 (June 1975), amended LR 6:12 (January 1980), LR 9:551 (August 1983), Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Office of Facility Planning and Control, LR 451195 (9/1/2019).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 38:2311.