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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes Mechanical/ Plumbing Advisory Board - 09/09/2004 G i V ,0 ,21314 . e O City of • cctg.a Corpus • \ SOFFwE .C' w� CI1T1Stl MECHANICAL/PLUMBING `eos2eza9L�� ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES September 09, 2004 Board Members Present: Robert Knowles, Chairman James Horman Patrick Scarpulla Scott Corliss Bob Hughes Mody Boatright Ray Johnson Board Members Absent: Sam Beecroft John Tucker Jr. Kevin Kemp Red Akin Staff Members Present: Joseph Harney, Assistant City Attorney Joseph Elliott,Plumbing Team Leader Julie McCoy, Recording Secretary Grace Flores, Intake Specialist CALL TO ORDER Chairman Robert Knowles declared a quorum and called the meeting to order at 2:04 p.m. ROLL CALL The first item of business was roll call. Sam Beecroft, John Tucker Jr., Kevin Kemp, and Red Akin were absent. 'Red Akin resigned from the Plumbing/Mechanical Advisory Board in July 2004. EXCUSED ABSENCES There were none at this time. APPROVAL OR CORRECTION OF MINUTES—lune 10, 2004 Mody Boatright was present for the June 10, 2004 board meeting, but his name was not added to either the present or absent list. A motion was made by Ray Johnson and seconded by Scott Corliss to accept the minutes with the necessary corrections. The motion carried. SCANNED Pape I oi MahanwITlombinp Bond Mim ie Sepnmdn 9,a l Trff°' 9 .a' AGENDA ITEMS Schedule for the Brown Bag Sessions B\,,Joseph Elliott, Mechanical/Plumbing Team Leader • Brown Bag session for the Plumbing Contractors was held on June 23rd at Moore Supply. • Both Brown Bag sessions had a positive approach • Wants to talk to all employees and supervisors so there are no misunderstandings A FEW QUESTIONS ASKED BY BOARD MEMBERS Are the code standards too stringent? Response: Yes. Are Brown Bag sessions posted on the City web site? Response:No. Flyers were sent out and posted by the supply houses. How are the A/C Contractors being affected? Response: The biggest deal was the Energy Code. There were changes to the installation of systems, duct work, and ceilings. The transition was not difficult because they were aware of it for the past 3 years. The contractors stepped up quickly after the code was adopted. When will there be an A/C Brown Bag Session? Response: The first meeting will be through the local ACCA in mid October at Holiday Inn- Emerald Beach. Donna has put together two days of various speakers and I will be there to give a presentation on UL 181 requirements. Are we still going to have to come into the office to pay for Taps? Can we get an account set up for that? Response: Good question, I will check into that. Suggestions from the Board: • An email box should be set up for inspectors to check messages for the day • Phones from T-Mobile have PDA's M&lani caliPlumbi rip board Minutes Sepi ember 9,2004 Pape 2 cr3 BUILDING OFFICIAL'S REPORT Given By: Joseph Elliott We have been working on getting real time inspections for this next fiscal year. This will allow the inspectors to immediately enter inspection results while they are out in the field. Contractors will be able to check the status of their permits. The department has been collecting energy code fees and has had large projects coming in and money is starting to flow. We are trying to de-emphasize the inspection tag because the result needs to be in the system. The inspector will issue the results and the system will be able to provide a time and date that it was entered. We will be able to track inspections more accurately. • Red Akin resigned in July and will no longer be with this advisory board • Would appreciate recommendations to fill the A/C contractor position • Escrow Accounts will be set up for contractors FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS There are none at this time. PETITIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE There were none. ADJOURNMENT A motion was made to adjourn by Scott Corliss and seconded by Mody Boatright. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 2:55 p.m. DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES __. Pry rrrrr 1• Arthur N. Sosa, Asst.Director of Development Services/Building Official H'.plumbing.6-10-01 minutes Posted:City Hall Bulletin Board Disaribuiion Original minutes-notebook City Manager;Asst City Manager;Legal Dept.;Building Official Cay Secretary;Plmb/mech Team leader, Mechem til/Plumbing Board Mints Serimtbr 9.2004 Pec 3 or: