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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02071978Minutes of the Sebastian Licensing Committee Meeting of February 7, 1978 Present: Jim Harris, Terry Verner, Ed Schm~cker, Merle Hasson and Houston Tripp Absent: Ed Paluch The minutes of January 17, 1978 were discussed and the ~arious corrections are ~ade on the City of Sebastian Construction Board format sheet. (copy attached) Ail of the corrections and changes to the minutes of the meeting of January 17, 1978 were agreed upon after lengthy discussions. A motion was made by Merle Hasson to accept the minutes of January 17, 1978. Houston Tripp seconded the motion. All in favor; none opposed. The minutes of January 31, 1978 were then discussed. it was agreed to have a price~.'of $75.00 per test for a man to take the Block Proctor test with an additional cost of $25.00, if the man passed the test, for the license. It was stated that Sebastian Licensing Board should schedule their testing to alternate with Melbourne and Ft. Pierce so that, in the event a person missed the date of our testing, he could then go to one of the other cities, so that he wouldn't have to wait for the next time that we would be giving another test. We will give the test with a minimum of three (3) people. A person w~ll ~ot require insurance to take the test--he will need it when he is issued his license. How much insurance will you, as the board, reqmire a person to have before ymu issue him a license? It was decided that we~Duldn't go over the amount that the State requires, which is $300,000 property and $50,800 public liability. In other words, a person will.be required to show a policy for public liability and property damage and wokman's compensation. We shouldn't supercede the state law. When a person shows his insurance, we will then write.to the insurance company and ask them to send us a notice if this man's p~l'icy should ever lapse, so that that man will then be informed of this and get his policy renewed. A motion was made by Houston Tripp to accept the minutes of the meeting of January 31, 1978. Merle Hasson seconded it. All in favor; none opposed. We.then. went on to further discussion of new business, We picked up on Section 6. of the Palm Beach county Law' book. After a very lengthy discussion as to Section 6, (1), it was' agreed to accept para- graph as itnow reads. Concerning renewal of certificate it was stated'that, if a person recieves, hiS license after the beginning of the fiscal year (OCtober 1~ he Will' b~.~e~mire~a¥cthe' full amount. In other words, he will not receive a "discount". A man will pay the same amount whether he gets his license on October i o~ January 1. In section 7. Renewal of certificate, paragraph (2), the wording was changed to read the application for restoration is not made before the next October 30 the fee for restoration shall be double the original competency fee. The word "double" replaces the word "equal" and the word "application" was changed to ~read "competency". So, failure to renew your certificates will result in double the :.~competency fee, which is $25.00, so you will be paying $50.00 after a certain time limit has expired. In section 8. 'Fee. (1) The initial application fee for a certificate shall be fixed by the board, 'not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). This is on a "~ot to exceed" basis and means that, if for any reason~you want or need to raise the price, you will be able to do so on the majority vote of the board. The annual renewalfees...shall not exceed one quarter (%) of the above amounts. This was changed from one third (1/3) the amounts. A discussion .was brought up as the passing grades of tests. We agreed to have seventy- five percent (75%) the passing grade. If we go on a reciprocal agreement with another county or city and, if they have a passing grade of only seventy percent (70%), do we still issue a man a license in Sebastian if he only had a passing grade of 70% in that other county? After further discussion, it was stated that we will not accept another man's competency if he had a passing grade that was lower than our required seventy- five percent (75%). A discussion was brought up as to whether we should adopt the H H Block Proctor test and write it up as such. It was agreed to do so. We will adopt the H H Block Proctor exam or the equivalent. In this way, we will getlit out of the board's hands whenever we schedule a test. A discussion was brought up as 'to whetherwe witl, as the board, require contractors Oand all their men who work for them, to have their trucks lettered. It didn't matter to the members of the committee whether we do or don't. It was then decided to bring this matter up at a later date, when the board is in operation, and let them do it. It was brought up that, if a job was started.and.never finished, could we, as the board, take action against that person? Terry Verner stated that no action' could be taken under this law. That would be a ~ivil matter'between the"home owner and the contractor. The only way we could take ~t is if"the job was-.abandoned while still under contract. 'We should include a clause of abandonment, so that if a per- son has abandoned a job, and there was no reasons-for doing so, we shoUld be able to take action. Give a time limit of 30 days. I'f a man sayl that he abamdoneda job because he couldn't get materials during that time,' let him prove it. If a man has a just cause for abandoning aa.project, then ~here w~u~d'be no action taken against him, but he has to have a just cause for doing so an4 prove it to the. board. This 30 day time limit would startfrom the last time the man'was on '~he job.