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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Electrical Advisory Board - 05/20/1999 � Uzi a 11r+ d • yyi,,,� City Of Electrical Advisory Board ■�1 COrpUS ***Amended*** Minutes of the Regular Meeting —r- "•• ChristiMay 20, 1999 Board Members Present: Ralph Skinner Joe Hernandez William B. Flemmings George Canales James Goldston Robert Shake Mike Carranco John Bartham Board Members Absent: Kyle Budd Staff Members Present: Arthur N. Sosa, Building Official David Lewis, Chief Electrical Inspector Jay Reining, Legal Department Bernadine 0. Longoria, Secretary The meeting was called to order by Vice Chairman, Ralph Skinner at 3:00p.m. The first item of business was roll call. Ralph Skinner stated that Kyle Budd, Chairman had an emergency out-of-town. Willie B. Flemmings made a motion to excuse the board members for their absences and John Bartham seconded the motion. The next item of business was the approval and/or corrections of the minutes for the meeting of March 18, 1999. Ralph Skinner made a motion to amend the minutes paragraph#3 the third line of(NEC 1999) would be adopted with minor changes made. James Goldston made a motion to approve the minutes approved with corrections. Willie Flemmings seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously. The next item of business was the Building Official's Report. Art Sosa and David Lewis had met and discussed a few items that would be coming up in the near future. David Lewis had distributed some folders that contained information for the recommendations that will be submitted to the City Council. Art discussed the items and outlined the recommendations. Item a) NEC 1999 Adoption would be implemented in August 1999. Art Sosa stated that the City Council had already passed the Building Code 1997 in the first reading with Chapter 1 • Administrative section as reviewed by the Electrical Advisory Board. Item b) Discussion of Apprentice Certificates as opposed to an Apprentice License. This should be changed because applicants do not take a test to be an Apprentice license. SCANNED P.O. Box 9277 • Corpus Christi, Texas 78469-9277 • (512) 880-3000 VSai/V i 6.10 Electrical Advisory Board Minutes of the Regular Meeting May 20,1999 Item c) Licensing anniversary dates verses annual dates so that not all licenses/certificates are due at the end of the year. Discussion items were added to have the certificates renewed on an every other year basis, or every three years. Item d) Discussion of license suspensions, revocations, etc. Jay discussed some issues covering the current revocation of Mr. Piscatelli and should he be allowed to work within his company as an apprentice or not at all. After revocation of license should the applicant be required to re-apply and re-test? Ralph Skinner pointed out that Section 108.2.7.4 specifies the time period for when the applicant will be allowed to re-test and return to work. These issues will be discussed in the near future. Item e) Discussion of maintenance License testing procedure. David Lewis stated that Block, Inc., would continue to test for the City. He also stated that any test after August would be tested to the NEC 1999. Item f) Discussion of CP & L Amendment(NEC 90.2(b) (5). Jay stated that the proposal from CP & L to amend this ordinance was overruled by the City Manager. CP & L will be permitting their projects for added lighting to parks. Joe Hernandez wanted to state for the record that this project was a joint venture with City Parks & Recreation, Traffic Department, and CP& L for the best interest of the citizens of Corpus Christi. Item g) Discussion of Electrical License Reciprocity. David Lewis stated that in his research he found that some other major cities in Texas do have and honor reciprocal agreements. Applicants are still required to test for their city license. In Corpus Christi we do not have any reciprocal agreements with other cities. The next item of business was the discussion of Old andlor Pending business. There were no items to be discussed. There were no petitions from the audience. Joe Hernandez made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Mike Carranco seconded the motion. Meeting adjourned at 4:15p.m. BUILDING INSPECTIONS DIVISION 0/0 Arthur N. Sosa Building Official ANSm e.a5n OUMbutIoedUen: Board MMAen Aity Manager •Ant City Manegw f Ml[pmem 5vritee •Oily Secretary- Director Mooing&Comm Orv. •Budding official k Child 0MePart(5) Mn Wa mrebook•bgtl napaNmnt •AS9ni file