08-18-05 Regular Meeting of the Building Codes Appeals Board Minutes

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Building Codes Appeals Board Minutes of August 18, 2005 Members Present: Tom Campbell, Terry Bunch, Bruce Compton, Ken Schlather, John Elfstrom and Ron Holt Members Absent: Franc Velez (Resigned) City Staff Present: Chief Building Official Debbie Wilmore 1. CALL TO ORDER Meeting called to order at 6:07 P.M. by Chairman Tom Campbell. 2. CONSIDER APPROVING MINUTES FROM THE JULY 14,2005 MEETING Motion to approve the July 14, 2005 minutes, as submitted, was made by Bruce Compton. Second by Ken Schlather. Motion passed unanimously. 3. CONTINUE DISCUSSION AND TAKE ACTION ON "DRAFT" LOCAL ELECTRICAL CODE AMENDMENTS, ADOPTION ORDINANCE AND BOARD RECOMMENDATION MEMO Chairman Campbell asked the Board if they had any questions or comments on the amendments, the adoption ordinance or the Board memo. Mrs. Wilmore advised everyone the proposed "draft" ordinance included in their packets had been re-formatted by the city attorney but their proposed changes remained the same. Staff had the revised ordinance at the meeting for their review. Following discussion, Mr. Compton made a motion: (1) to approve the amendment changes proposed, (2) to approve the adoption ordinance as re-formatted by the city attorney and (3) to forward the amendments and ordinance to City Council. Second by John Elfstrom. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Compton also made a motion to approve the Board Recommendation Memo as written. Second by Mr. Elfstrom. Motion passed unanimously. 4. REVIEW AND DISCUSS EXISTING LOCAL AMENDMENTS OF THE RESIDENTIAL CODE, BUILDING CODE, PLUMBING CODE, FUEL GAS CODE, ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE AND MECHANICAL CODE Chairman Campbell stated the intent of this review is to become more familiar with existing code amendments. Taking each code individually, the Board discussed the various amendments and determined code changes were minimal. The Board felt no additional discussion is needed at this time.