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• City of ELECTRICAL ADVISORY BOARD
_ Corpus MINUTES
E Christi JANUARY 16,2003
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Board Members Present: Kyle Budd, Chairman Miguel Carrano
Charles Sebbert Joe Hernandez
Ernest Salazar Shane Torno
Board Members Absent: Martin Adrian, Vice Chairman
Robert Conolly John Homer
Staff Members Present: David L. Lewis, Chief Electrical Inspector
Betty J. Hines, Recording Secretary
Chairman Budd called meeting to order at 3:05 p.m. in the Committee Room on the first floor of
City Hall. The next item of business was roll call. Mr. John Homer, Mr. Conolly and Mr. Adrian
were absent for the January meeting.
• Motion by Mr. Sebbert, seconded by Mr. Carranco, to approve the minutes of the previous
meeting.(January 16, 2003)
The next item of business was the election of officers. The floor was opened for nominations for
Chairman & Vice Chairman. Motion by Mr. Carranco, seconded by Mr. Sebbert, to nominate
Mr.Budd as Chairman.Motion passed unanimously. By acclamation Mr.Hemandez was nominated
for Vice Chairman.
The next item of business was discussion on the International Residential Electrical Code. The NEC
Code residential that was referenced in Chapter 1 has been adopted with the exception of the
electrical section. Mr.Lewis gave brief summation of the Code. Questions were asked by Mr.Budd
and Mr. Sebbert.
The next item of business was the Building Official's Report: Mr. Lewis stated the Development
Services Department is in the process of moving to the One Stop Development Center and should
be operating by March 3,2003.There was discussion on the ESI#that is put on the permit for service
releases. Mr. Sebbert suggested(for electrical only)that electrical contractor's be given an ESI for
the permit at the end of construction for a release with attachment to be faxed at that time to the
clerks.
• The next item of business was board member and staff discussion of any pending, old or new items
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to be put on a future agenda. Suggestion by the board to put Chapter 1 on the agenda every meeting
until it can be completed. There was discussion of merging all boards to one, consisting of nine(9)
members.
Suggestion that possibly one of the citizen-at-large positions could be replaced by someone from
the electrical supply industry. City staff will discuss the issue.
The next item of business was petitions from the audience. None were presented
Motion made to adjourn the meeting, seconded by all and passed unanimously. The meeting
adjourned at 4:00 p.m.
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
INSPECTIONS OPERATIONS
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