HomeMy WebLinkAbout07231982MINUTES OF CONSTRUCTION BOARD MEETING - JULY 23, 1982
MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN EDWARD PALUCH AT 4:10 P.M.
PRESENT: CHAIRMAN EDWARD PALUCH, VICE CHAIRMAN JAMES~ HARRIS, DONALD LANGLOIS,
GREG PALMER, HOUSTON TRIPP, JOHN CALMES.
ABSENT: CHRIS KIRRIE.
CHAIRMAN PALUCH STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WAS TO DISCUSS THE
RESULTS OF THE DELEGATION THAT WENT UP TO THE BREVARD COUNTY CONSTRUCTION
BOARD AND TO RECOMMEND TO THE MAYOR WHAT THE FINDINGS WERE.
MR. HARRIS REPORTED THAT THEY WERE AS HELPFUL AS THEY COULD BE. THEY WERE NOT
GOING TO SET A PRECEDENCE FOR-'ANY CASE. THEY FELT THAT THEY WERE WELL WITHIN
THEIR RIGHT TO DO WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND THAT THE ONE HOUR ADMINISTRATIVE
EXAM IS NEEDED FOR THE ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING TRADES, AND SPECIALTY TRADES,
BUT THAT ANYBODY QUALIFIED BEFORE MAY 17, 1~979, WAS AUTOMATICALLY GRANDFATHERED
IN. MR. HARRIS FEELS THAT THE EXAM IS NOT SUCH A BAD iDEA AND MAYBE THEY HAVE
A LEGITIMATE REASON FOR IT. MR.'-LANGDDIS EXPLAINED THAT WE ARE NOT TALKING
ABOUT LICENSING, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CONTRACTING. AS FAR AS A LICENSE TO BE
A MASTER-!~PJ3UMBER OR ELECTRICIAN, THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE ADMINISTRATIVE
TEST. IF THEY WANT A CONTRACT IN THAT COUNTY, THEY MUST TAKE THE TEST. MR.
PALUCH ADDED THAT IT WAS INDICATED THAT SINCE THIS TEST WAS INITIATED ON THE
MAY DATE, THEY HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW CONTRACTORS UPDATE WITH IT AND THIS HAS
BEEN THE ONLY INCIDENT TO CAUSE A PROBLEM.
MOTION BY MR. HARRIS, SECONDED BY MR. TRIPP, THAT WE ELECT TO CONTINUE TO
RECIPROCATE WITH BREVARD COUNTY AS IN THE PAST.
MR. PALUCH REMARKED THAT THIS WAS AN ACTION OF THE BREVARD COUNTY CONSTRUCTION
BOARD AND WAS NOT PASSED AS AN ORDINANCE. OUR ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES THE BOARD
TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT ITS PROVISIONS. MAYOR FLOOD
STATED THAT HE HAD TALKED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT WHETHER THE BOARD HAS
THE RIGHT TO IMPOSE SOMETHING AS ANADDITIONAL TEST. THE WAY OUR ORDINANCE
IS WRITTEN, YOU CAN IMPLEMENT DIFFERENT WAYS TO GIVE THE TEST, BUT YOU CANNOT
IMPOSE AN ADDITIONAL EXAM. THE ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE TO BE REVISED. IF HREVARD
HAS A TYPICAL ORDINANCE, THE BOARD HAS NO RIGHT TO. IMPOSE ANOTHER EXAM. THE
ATTORNEY HAS NOT YET HAD TIME TO CHECK INTO THIS. MAYOR FLOOD ADDED THAT THE
MOTION COULD BE ACCEPTED, BUT HE WAS GOING TO PURSUE: THIS MATTER FURTHER BECAUSE
HE FELT THAT THE BREVARD CONSTRUCTION BOARD DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO IMPOSE
AN ADDITIONAL EXAM. MR. PALUCH FELT THAT THE BOARD OUGHT TO DO WHAT THEY FEEL
IS RIGHT AND THEY DID NOT WISH TO SHUT DOWN THE WHOLE OPERATION. THE QUESTION
OF WHETHER OR NOT BR~D HAD THE RIGHT TO TAKE SUCH ACTION IS.~A?LEGAL MATTER.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
IT WAS AGREED TO HOLD A WORKSHOP MEETING AT 7:30 P.M., JULY 29, TO DISCUSS
AMEBDMENTS? TO THE ORDINANCE.
MOTION BY MR. TRIPP, SECONDED BY MR. CALMES, TO ADJOURN AT 4:25 P.M.