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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBuilding Review Board - Minutes - 06/30/1988BUILDING REVIEW BOARD Minutes June 30, 1988 MEMBERS PRESENT: Dennis Sinnett Doug Johnson Chris Allison Bill McCaffrey Harry Cornell Larry Tramps Ron Baker Raju Jairam Dick Conard STAFF PRESENT: Felix Lee Paul Eckman Debbie Zeigler The minutes of the May 26, 1988 meeting were unanimously approved. Class B applicant Dennis Wernsman, Landmark Builders, was denied a license/certificate. Mr. Wernsman's references were mostly in the Class C-01 category. Two of his references were Class B. Boardmember Jairam made a motion to approve Mr. Wernsman for a Class C-01 license/certificate based on the references provided. If he would rather have a Class B license/certificate, he must provide three more Class B references. The motion was seconded by Boardmember Allison. Motion carried. Mark Goldrich applied to the Board for a Class C-01 license/ certifi- cate. All of Mr. Goldrich's references applied to earthwork. When the Board asked the applicant about larger project references, he stated that his experience is in drywall, estimating, dirt work and has also been involved in total construction of projects. Boardmember Trampe asked if he could provide references for that experience. Mr. Goldrich implied that he could. He told the Board that he was an instructor at Voc Tech and had to answer many questions regarding licensing. He decided to go through the process of licensing so that he could better relay that information to his students. Boardmember Conard made a motion to approve Mr. Goldrich to test for the C-01 license/certificate. However, license/certificate will not be issued until five Class C-01 references are reviewed by the Board. The motion was seconded by Boardmember Baker. James Kline was approved for an upgrade to a Class C license/ certifi- cate two years ago. He tested, failed and never retested for this license. Since the Class C license no longer exists, Mr. Kline was asked to re -apply. Boardmember Conard had a problem with all of the reference coming from the same person. However Boardmember Baker felt that there was no problem with the upgrade to a C-01 and made a motion to that effect. Mr. Kline will be able to test for the C-01 but issu- ance of the license/certificate depends upon three additional refer- BRB Minutes June 30, 1988 Page 2 ences submitted for the Board's approval. Vote - Yeas: Sinnett, McCaffrey, Trampe, Baker, Conard, Jairam. Nays: Allison. Motion carried. The following Class D applicants were approved to test: Herbert Bell, H. R. Bell Construction, Dennis DeRemer, Latimer County Voc-Tech, and John Merriam. David M. Green, Metro Fixtures Contractors, Inc. was approved for a Class E license/certificate. The testing was waived based on appli- cant passing the State Class A Certificate Holder's Exam. OTn R BUSINESS Barry O'Neill with Patio Enclosures withdrew his application after Felix Lee determined a Jobbing license was all he needed. James Matera, Straightway Contractors, Inc. applied for a Class B license/certificate. He requested waiver of testing. Mr. Matera's references came in the day after the deadline. Rather than delay him for one month, his application was brought to the Board for consider- ation. The Board thought that his waiver of testing should be denied due to the fact that he holds Class B licenses in all of the munici- palities. We usually accept Class A only for reciprocal exams. Mr. Matera's reference were of the Class C-01 nature. The Board felt that there was no Class B work in his file. Boardmember Allison made a motion to let Mr. Matera test for the Class B license/certificate, but five more Class B references will have to be reviewed by the Board before issuance. The motion was seconded by Boardmember McCaffrey. Vote - Yeas: Allison, McCaffrey, Sinnett, Trampe. Nays: Conard, Baker, Jairam. Motion carried. Thomas Sibbald's license was suspended by Felix Lee due to violations of the City Code. Mr. Sibbald was summoned before the Board today, so that the appropriate action could be determined. In giving a brief overview to the Board, Felix Lee stated that finance had notified him that the check for fees on 3565 Windmill, Building T, had been returned by the bank for insufficient funds. Building Inspector Elmer Walston was asked to post a stop work order on the 17th day of June. At the time it was posted, the framing crew left the job. On June 24th Inspector Jack Grove drove by the project and noticed that the framers were back on the job. Finance was contacted and they verified that the check had been run through the bank again and still wouldn't clear. Jack Grove was asked to re -post a stop work order. Later, on the 24th of June, Felix Lee and Inspector Dan Young hand delivered a suspension notice to Mr. Sibbald for "willful and deliberate disre- gard of the building code or any other code adopted by the City." and Failure to comply with any lawful order of the Building Official.". BRB Minutes June 30, 1988 Page 3 Mr. Sibbald told the Board that he did not receive the stop work order. He pointed out that he has a forty acre project and the possi- bility that he would be able to find a small stop work order posted was not feasible. He felt that he snould have been sent a copy of the notice or that the inspector should have come to the office and left a copy. Boardmember Conard felt that Mr. Sibbald had a point. On the stop work order there is a signature line for the person accepting the stop work order. Mr. Lee told the Board that although the signature line is there, it has not been office policy to require a receiving signature. He went on to say that in his many years experience in building inspection offices, he has never had a stop work order ignored. Boardmember Conard said that policy should change to reflect what problems had occurred today. The majority of the Board felt that Mr. Sibbald was not supervising the job adequately. They stressed the point that he is the person responsible for on job supervision. Boardmember McCaffrey made a motion to invoke a six month probabtion period for Mr. Sibbald-s license/certificate. If at the end of this time there are no violations, the probation will be terminated. The motion was seconded by Boardmember Conard. The motion carried unani- mously. Election of officers: Ron Baker was elected as Chairman; Chris Alli- son was elected as Vice Chairman. The meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Larry Trampe, Chairman Felix Staff Liaison