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Board Members Present: Scott Corliss \- ICF ��'
Ray Johnson 'pct �,�/
Mike Wanzer Et Zt���
James(Mike)Dildy
Robert Sells
Everest Huerta
Members Absent: Bob Hughes
Bud O'Brien
James Horman
Robert Pate
Sean Rodriguez
Staff Members Present: Joe Elliott,Interim Building Official
Gilbert Canales,Interim Chief Plumbing Inspector
Yvette Aguilar,City's Legal Representative
Sylvia Sanchez,Present Recording Secretary
Call to Order:
Meeting was call to order by Scott Corliss,Board Chairman,at 2:08 p.m. Motion was made by Mike Wanzer and
second by Mike Dildy for approval of the minutes for meeting on May 15 with the following changes:
• Rosie Rodriguez was not present.
• Motion was made by Mike Wanzer to excuse Scott Corliss absent from January's meeting and second by Bob
Hughes.
Motion carried unanimously. Board requested for secretary to email minutes 2 days prior to the meeting for
members to review them before the meeting.
New Members:
New board member, Robert Sells was welcomed and introduced by Joe Elliott. Mr. Sells is the board's
Residential Home Builder representative. Mr. Elliott reminded Mr. Sells about the Open Meeting on-line
training. City Secretary Office will email the link to him. The on-line training takes approximately 1 hour to
complete and is required for all city board members.
Adoption of 2006 Codes:
Copy of the current city's code ordinance was distributed. The new adopted fee structure will be distributed on
the next board meeting. Management has approved the purchase of new code books to all board members. Joe
Elliott is currently reviewing what will be required by all 3 boards (Plumbing/Mechanical, Electrical and
Building). Approximately $10,000 will be spent for code books. This includes hard copies, CDs, commentary
and changes. This board will have 5 books(Plumbing,Residential,Fuel/Gas,Mechanical,and Energy). Chapter
one in the code book is the administration portion of the codes. The current code ordinance on page CD14-94,
section 14-251 shows what this board will start reviewing. This portion has the amendments to the Energy Code.
Staff is hoping to get required books to board members as quickly as possible.
The Mechanical and Energy Code portion will probably be the sections that will have the least amendments.
State requires that any propose amendments done by municipalities to the Energy Code must be sent to Energy
System Lab at Texas A&M for their approval. Mr. Corliss inquired if the new code books have highlighted areas
indicating changes from the previous codes. Joe stated that typically books indicate changes by a bold black bar
on the side of the page. Deleted items are indicated with an arrow. Board members will review each section of
the new code book. The process will be fast pace; if members overlook something in 2006 it can be corrected
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with the 2009 codes. If at anytime there is something wrong with the code that needs immediate attention,board
and staff can make recommendations to council for their adoption.
Ray Johnson inquired about what takes precedent to the 2006 codes or the city code ordinance. If there is certain
language in the code book that deals with a specific item the city amendment can not weaken that item. The city
can only refine the item and strengthen it to meet city local condition. City ordinance can amend and write their
own section but has to be equal to or stronger than the 2006 code. Jay Reining will refine and take care of the
language as the legal representative of this board.
Joe reminded the board that the goal for completion for reviewing the codes is October 2008. The code agenda
item will than be presented for the first reading to city council in November; a second reading will be scheduled
in December. The 2006 codes will become effective January 2009. Joe stated that the board might want to
finalize all or most of the 2006 code they want to recommend,before setting up meetings to hear comments from
different industries and/or from the community. It will not be very conducive to the fast pace that the board will
be under if board members stop on various or each section to hear public comments. There could be special
meetings that might need to be scheduled due to the timeframe.
Interim Building Official Report:
Joe Elliott informed the board members of the department's new website. The Commercial Building Permit
Application Status is a new link that was added to the website. Customers that have commercial plans under
review are able to view their plan status on line. The worksheet on the right shows the application
number,project name, number of days in plan review, total days since the original application and much
more. Staff is also working on obtaining software for electronic format for plan submittals. The
software is called Project Dox. The department added 13 new staff positions for the next fiscal year.
Meeting adjourned at 2:58 p.m.
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