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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Electrical Advisory Board - 01/17/2002 ,J • City of Corpus Christi Vr/V ELECTRICAL ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 17, 2002 Board Members Present: Kyle Budd, Chairman Martin Adrian, Vice Chairman Miguel Carranco Robert Conolly Joe Hernandez Ray Mims Ernest Salazar Board Members Absent: John Homer Chuck Sebbert Staff Members Present: Arthur Sosa, Director Development Services (Acting) David Lewis, Chief Electrical Inspector Jane Greenwood, Assistant City Attorney Lisa Huerta, Secretary Mr. Kyle Budd, Chair called the meeting to order at 3:12 p.m. Mr. Kyle Budd welcomed the new members of the board, Mr. Ernest Salazar with Sal Con Co. and Mr. Ray Mims P.E. an • independent engineer. Mr. Martin Adrian suggested that staff order new codebooks for the new members. Mr. Sosa made a note to follow through on the suggestion. The next item of business was roll call. John Horner and Chuck Sebbert were absent. The next item of business was election of officers. Mr. Ernest Salazar made a motion for Mr. Kyle Budd and Mr. Martin Adrian to remain in their respective Chairman and Vice Chairman positions. Mr. Robert Conolly seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. The next item of business was approval and/or correction of the minutes for the December 20,2001 meeting. Discussions resulted in some corrections to the minutes. Mr. Martin Adrian made a motion to approve the amended minutes. Mr. Robert Conolly seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. The next item of business was a discussion and possible action of the grievance against Mr. Manuel Gonzalez with Ace Electric. Ms. Jane Greenwood, Assistant City Attorney, suggested to the board that Mr. Carranco should recuse himself from the discussion as he was present when this incident is alleged to have occurred. After a lengthy discussion, Ms. Jane Greenwood indicated that the case as filed in the letter is weak and that she would have a difficult time prosecuting this against competent council. Mr. Martin Adrian made a motion to dismiss the grievance. Mr. Hernandez seconded the motion. The motion passed by a 6 to 1 • vote (Mr. Carranco voted nay)to dismiss the grievance. SCANNED P.O. Box 9277 • Corpus Christi,Texas 78469-9277 • (361) 880-3000 WV .: Electrical Advisory Board Meeting January 17,2002 • Page 2 The next item of business was the discussion and possible action on a moratorium on re- out inspections. The proposal from staff would lengthen the time that electric service would be off from 24 hours to 48 hours for commercial reconnections. After a lengthy discussion, Mr. Martin Adrian made a motion to allow the moratorium for three months and that staff and the board review the moratorium to see how it was working. Mr. Conolly seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. The moratorium will expire after 90 days, after which the board will review the process. The next item of business was the discussion and possible action on the conversion of residential properties to commercial properties and the requirement to rewire the electrical distribution system in conduit. After a lengthy discussion, Mr. Kyle Budd expressed that he would not be in favor of making the decision at this time without specific parameters. Mr. Sosa agreed and stated he would work on getting that accomplished and bring it back before the Board at a later date. Discussion was closed. The next item of business was discussion and possible action on a request to concur with a decision of the Building Official on a mechanical installation at Menger Elementary School. The request was submitted by the Corpus Christi Independent School District and it was noted that the School District had no representation at this meeting. Mr. Sosa excused himself due to a • prior commitment and turned the meeting over to Mr. David Lewis, Chief Electrical Inspector. After a lengthy discussion, Martin Adrian made a motion to overturn the decision of the Building Official. Ernest Salazar seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. The next item of business was the discussion of pending, old, new, and future business items to be placed on the future agenda. Mr. Carranco stated he would like to discuss and perhaps modify the procedures of how grievances similar to the Ace Electric Grievance are handled. The next item of business was petitions from the audience. There were no petitions from the Audience. Mr. Joe Hernandez made a motion to adjourn. Mr. Mike Carranco seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 4:34 p.m. DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUILDING INSPE TIONS OPERATIONS alt IFr, �LI,p Arthur N. Sosa Director of Development Services (Acting) ANS!nth elemin 1/17/02 • cc:Board Members City Manager,ACM Fire Protection Specialist Legal Department City Secretary-Building Official Chief Electrical Inspector(5) Appellant