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99-54 December 20, 1999 In RQO 99-54, the Ethics Commission opined on the two year rule as it applied to a former County Aviation Department employee and his subsequent employment as a subcontractor providing technical assistance to a third party to develop the Opa- Locka Airport. The Ethics Commission ruled that the former County employee was not prohibited from doing the proposed work on the project, provided it involved no lobbying of County employees or officials, per Section 2-11.1 (q), 99-41 October 14, 1999 In RQO 99-41, the Ethics Commission addressed the applicability of the two year rule to a former Chief of Staff to Miami Mayor Suarez and his subsequent work as a consultant for a medical firm which was renegotiating a contract with the Public Health Trust. Prior to his position with the County, the employee had worked for Internal Medicine Consultants of Dade ("IMCD"). The Ethics Commission found that the two year rule outlined in Section 2-11.1( q) did not prohibit him from renegotiating the contracts with the Public Health Trust because he was not an employee of county government at the time he previously worked for IMCD and the Conflict of Interest Ordinance only prevents employees from lobbying before the entity of which they were a former employee. 99-26 July 27, 1999 In RQO 99-26, the Ethics Commission opined on the two year rule as it applied to a former County executive who was subsequently employed by American Airlines to serve as Community Affairs Coordinator for the airline. The scope of work included, among other things, serving as a member of the North Terminal Development Team ("NTDT") and reviewing minority participation goals, which were subject to review by the County Commission. The Ethics Commission found that the employee could assist minority subcontractors and work with NTDT. However, the Ethics Commission found that the employee could not formulate or review the minority participation goals because such activity would violate the two year post employment restrictions, per Section 2-11,1 (q). The Ethics Commission found that such activity constituted "lobbying" within the meaning of Section 2-11.1 (s), because it involved "seeking to encourage the passage, defeat or modification or ordinances, resolutions, actions or decisions of the County Commission, boards or personnel." 99-11 April 6, 1999 In RQO 99-11, the Ethics Commission opined whether two former County employees who formed their own computer consulting firm could contract with the County to provide computer services. The Ethics Commission found that the two year post employment restriction found in Section 2-11.1 (q) did not prevent them from contracting with the County.