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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Electrical Advisory Board - 02/16/1995 UJB - , gin a,zG2� • tit Qt9 ww MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING fl City of OF THE_ Corpus ELECTRICAL ADVISORY BOARD y Chnsti February 16, 1995 IsieftiSose BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Michael Lippincott, Chairman W. B. Truax, Vice-Chairman Phillip Benavides Ashok Nadkarni Curtis Proske Ralph Skinner Salvatore Vetrano BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Michael Dodson Phillip Madrid Trey Pruet STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: John Hudson, Chief Electrical Inspector Lorenzo Gonzalez, Building Official Sally Farris, Assistant City Attorney Teresa West, Secretary Chairman Lippincott called the meeting to order at 3:03 p.m., in the Committee Room on the first floor of City Hall. The first item of business was the approval and correction of the minutes. A motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to approve the minutes of January 19, 1995. The next item of business was to discuss the Electrical License Provisions for Electrical Contractors, Section 108.2.9. Sally Farris, Assistant City Attorney, discussed her fmdings regarding the Staff Leasing Services Act and the City Electrical License Provisions. She explained that the Act allows a manpower providing company which provides professionals, or licensed/certified people that have a disciplinary specialty to lease personnel. This includes anyone that is either licensed or certified by law. The structure of an organization provides for a client company to contract through a licensee (assigned employee) under contract from a Leasing Service. Ms. Farris provided copies of the Act and reviewed various sections. She explained an arrangement as one in which a licensee is assigned to work at a client company and in which employment responsibilities are in fact shared by the licensee and the client company, with the employee's assignment intended to be of a long-term or continuing nature, rather than temporary or seasonal in nature. She added that Contract Requirements are further defined as: Section 7. (a) A contract between a licensee and a client company must provide that the licensee: SCANNED P.O. Box 9277 • Corpus Christi, Texas 78469-9277 • (512) 880-3000 City of Electrical Advisory Board Corpus February 16, 1995 Christi Page 2 war (1) reserves the right of direction and control over employees assigned to a client's worksites; (4) retains the right to hire, fire discipline, and reassign the assigned employees; and (5) retains the right of direction and control over the adoption of employment and safety policies and the management of worker's compensation claims, claim filings, and related procedures. She stated that the effect of Other Law in Section 19 states that the Act does not exempt a client of a license or any assigned employee, from any other license requirements imposed under local, state, or federal law. An employee licensed, registered, or certified under law and who is assigned to a client company is considered to be an employee of the client company for the purpose of that license, registration, or certification. Ms. Farris suggested revision of the proposed amendments to address the leasing statute, so that at a minimum, there is disclosure if a master is a leased professional, or if he is actually controlled by another employer, regardless of where that employer is located. Mr. Lippincott suggested that an amendment be made to the Boards proposal to incorporate the use of a leasing service. He added that a leasing service that leases out a master of record should submit disclosure or a qualification statement that states that the master of record is working for one client company at a time. The next item of business was the receipt of petitions front the audience. Mr. Robert Shake, stated that many cities do not recognize the Block tests on the 1993 NEC code taken in Corpus Christi, therefore, not allowing local electricians to work in those cities. He explained the scenario as one in which electricians from other cities may work in Corpus Christi, but local electricians cannot work in other cities. He requested equal treatment. Mr. Phil Benavides suggested that all electricians in Corpus Christi be surveyed regarding their position on the matter. Mr. Lippincott suggested a check of testing policies in other Texas cities that are the same size or larger than Corpus Christi. The meeting was adjourned at 4:50 p.m. Lo renzo'Conzalez;Y E. LG:ekb OMA-005