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City of ELECTRICAL ADVISORY BOARD
MINUTES
Copus AUGUST 21, 2003
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Board Members Present: Kyle Budd, Chairman Miguel Carranco
Charles Sebbert Robert Conolly
Ernest Salazar
Board Members Absent: Joe Hernandez, Vice Chairman,
Martin Adrian, Shane Tomo
Staff Members Present: Arthur N. Sosa, Asst. Director of Inspections
David L Lewis, Chief Electrical Inspector
Joseph Harney, City Attorney
Julie McCoy,Recording Secretary
Chairman Kyle Budd called the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m. The first item of business
was roll call. Mr. Joe Hernandez, Martin Adrian, and Shane Tomo were absent.
The next item of business was approval and or correction of the minutes from the
previous meeting (August 21, 2003) Motion made by Robert Conolly and seconded by
Mike Carranco to accept the previous minutes as submitted.
The next items of business:
(a) Review and possible action on changes to and adoption of Chapter 1
Chapter 1 was published for council action as discussed by the board for
consideration of the 2000 Codes.
(b) State Licensing of Electricians was the next item of discussion. Mr. Harney stated
that the rules have not yet been cemented and September 2004 is when everyone has
to be licensed by the State. According to Senator Armbrewsters office, the main
function of the State law is to cover municipalities in regions that did not have local
ordinances. Mr. Lewis also shared his knowledge on the State Licensing of
Electricians. If a person obtains a municipal license, he or she may still operate in
that particular municipal. However, if a person obtains a State Electrical License, he
or she may operate anywhere within that state.
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(c) Scheduling and Cancellation of Board Meetings was the next topic of discussion.
Mr. Sebbert expressed his concerns regarding being dismissed by 3:15 if there was no
quorum and that it be a written policy. Chairman Kyle Budd did not suggest putting
this rule in as a Board Policy. Leaving after fifteen minutes of no quorum would still
remain a verbal agreement between the Board Members. Another suggestion was
made to change the time of the Electrical Board Meetings to start at 3:15. Chairman
Budd was not in favor of this due to the length of business being conducted.
The next item of business was the Building Official's Report:
Mr. Sosa gave a brief report on the 2003 Building Code with change in mandate. There is
the intent to maintain the 2002 NEC Electrical Provisions and lace them into the 2003
IRC adoption. Mr. Sosa has prepared a package that would provide explanations of the
ordinances, the history of how we got to this point, a power point presentation and would
be presented during the City Council Meeting held on Tuesday, August 26, 2003.
The next item of business was pending, old and new items for future agendas.
There was none.
• The next item of business was petitions from the audience.
None were present
Motion made to adjourn by Chairman Budd. Meeting adjourned at 3:50 p.m.
DEPARTMENT OF D VEL ijeEN SERVICES
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t%rthur N. Sosa,
Asst.Director of Development Services/
Building Official
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