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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08081978Construction Board Meeting, August 8, 1978 Ail members present except for Clint Hale. The minutes of July 11, 1978 were distributed. They were read and a motion by Ed Paluch, seconded by Houston Tripp, was made to accept them as read. All in favor, none opposed. Motion carried. Ed Paluch brought up the subject of letting the members of the Board know, at least three (3) days in advance, .6f any meetings that are scheduled in the future. Grace will send out letters so that all the members will be made aware of meetings-¥'~.~.]. A question as to whether a person, applying for more than one license will be required to submit more than one application? After some dis- cussion, it was stated that one application must be submitted for each category a person applys for. Also that ~a~h license must be paid for. Ed Paluch made the motion that: We accept one application for one or more license (to save paper o~ the applicant,s part) on a grandfather basis. Should duplication of the application become necessary, the cost will be bought by the applicant and not the Construction Board. On a single application, the Board can require additional information. Merle Hasson seconded the motion. All in favor, none opposed. Motion carried. Ed Paluch brought up the subject of reciprocating with other boards to those who are grandfathered. He made the motion that we reciprocate our grandfathered contractors with anybody who is willing to do the same. In other words, if you're grandfathered in Palm Bay and you want to come into Sebastian to work and the Palm Bay Construction Licensing Board and City Council is willing to send us a letter saying that, if we accept their grandfathered contractors, that they will accept ours. He would like to see our licensed people, who are grandfathered in this area, be looked".upon as good enough to go anywhere. Jim Harris said that this is going to conflict with our Ordinance. After l~ngthy discussion, Ed withdrew his motion until a later date. At this point, the rest of the meeting was open to the public for their questionsi'.and/or comments. Ques: ...you're asking, in this application, for someone to sign an affidavit that they are complying with an ordinance; however, you are not making this ordinance available...so that one would know what he is complying with...Your licnese fee has goneeup, from whattIEread, from $10 to $50. What makes it worth $50? This Board and the City Council set up the licensing fee to make this organization pay for itself. In other words, they don't want the taxpayers to have to pay for the processing and administering of the licenses. These Board members receive no pay so whatever costs are involved in the operation, that's what the licenses fees are taking care of. There was a guess made as to what the cost and fees would be for the year and .that's how we came up with those fees. Ques: Ques: Ans: Now that you've got the ordinance, is it going to be effective? Does that mean that some foreigner , WhO is not licensed..even in the county, isn".t going to be able to come here? What · .. do you have that says that you can do that? I've seen people working in Sebastian who I know are not llcensed...so what are you going to do about it? On the grandfather clause, you haVe 90 days in which to submit an application so that Art does not issue permits to persons until this 90 day period is over, until they are properly 1icensed. This 90 day period began at our last meeting, which was August 1, 1978 so, 90 daY~ from August 1 (November 1) all applications must be filed in order to be grandfathered- Ail of this is all spelled out in the ordinance, which is available from the City Clerk's office. There is also a copy of the ordinance readily available to the public to read here if they choose not to buy one. If there is a sub on th~cjob,.--how do you know if he is going to be licensed? As soon as this becomes effective, we are going to have a meeting with all the contractors (building, general and residential) and we are going to make them aware that, if they do use these un- licensed subs) and we catch them, that they are subject to fine or suspension. We are not only trying to protect the general public but,, also, the contractors too. How are you going to go about policing unlicensed people? Once this (ordinance) goes into effect, all the other contractors will be on the alert for these people. If we have too much with a licensed contractor, he will be brought before the BOard. We are here for your protection. You ask what powers the Board has to enforce the law. We have the power 'ficate holder for all pperations as a contractor to: a. Suspend th_e. ce_r.tl .... Board but the Board may permit the .certi- during the period f~xed Dy ~n~ . ' .- ~ ...... omDleted: b. ReVOKe a ficate holder to complete any conuracus u~=, ..... ~ to exceed certificate: c. Impose an administrative fine or penalty not five hundred ($500) dollars, which shall be recoverable by the Board only in an action at law: d. Place the certificate holder on probation for a period fixed by the Board. Ques: What do you do in the case. of & .homeow~e~ wh~ has' a ~ep~ by, who they feel is a reputable company fr~m an~the~ coUntY· -: the Job turns out to be no go~d? Aris: First, the homeowner should ~ake. s~re that the c~mPany~&s se,cured ~. a permit from the local Building Dept. If ~e ~ from'a ~e,~t~le company, this is one of the f{rst th~ngs-Be' wfll"a~ s~-.%S&t, -~t job will be legitimate, if he fails- to secure a pe,~m~. , ~e~ is probably some "flY-bY-n~'ght" who w~ll do a poor"J~,''ta~e · t~ '.see. all money and never be seen again. The' h~meowner' sh~l~' licenses and permits before le~t~/~g anyone S'tart an~ w~rk ~m' the~ home. This is for your p~otectfon. Ques: How much insurance is required? Ans: Certificate of insurance in minimum amounts of $100,000 property, $300,000 personal liability. Ques: Will these applications ~or Certification be made available for the general public to come in and read, like the Ordinances and such material? No, they will not. These will be reviewed by the Board and no one will have access to them hut the Board. The~;only way we will allow anyone else to see them is if we have written approval (no verbal approval accepted over the telephone) from you stating who will be coming to look at it. This letter must be notarized and sent cer- tified mail. If you, personally, come to the Building DePt. and tell us who will be coming, we will accept that approval also. After dismissal of the public, the Board members reviewed the four appli- cations that we~submitted. Next meeting of the Board will be on Tuesday, August 15, 1978 at 2 p.m.