Minutes Electrical Board 5 29 07;,
MINUTES OF MEETING ELECTRICAL CODE BOARD
DATE: Tuesday, 29 May. 2007
TIME: 4:10 P.M.
LOCATION: City Hall, Conference Rm. A
CHAIR: Jim Dixon.
PRESENT: Ron Mueller, Bob Schmidt, Paul Uhlrich, Jim Dixon, Dan Hamel.
ABSENT: Kevin Pfohl, Elaine Reiss.
STAFF: Steve Neyens.
MEDIA: None
OTHERS: Harry L. Watson.
Jim Dixon called the meeting to order at 4:10 P.M.
Dan Hamel moved to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting and to
accept them as typed. Bob Schmidt seconded. Vote was unanimous in favor of motion.
The board reviewed the test scores and applications of the following applicant:
Harry L. Watson.
Bob Schmidt moved to accept all test scores and applications. Dan Hamel seconded.
Vote was unanimous in favor of motion.
The board than interviewed the following applicant and results are as follows:
Bob Schmidt moved to approve and issue a new license for Harry L. Watson.
Dan Hamel seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
Mr. Watson plans to activate his license in about 30 days.
Correspondence report from Staff: Neyens made the board aware that House File 897 was
signed into law by the governor on Friday May 25th. And read the .press release from the
governor's office, it read as follows: This bill establishes statewide licensure and
certification of electricians and installers, providing for inspections, establishing fees and
providing penalties. The new statewide licensure system supplements current licensure of
electricians on a city-by-city basis, permitting electricians to practice on a statewide, as well as
local, basis. The bill provides for the creation of an 11 member electrical examining board
within the state fire marshal division of the department of public safety. The bill creates an
electrician and installer licensing and inspection fund in the state treasury as a separate fund
under the control of the board. The bill provides that all licensing, registration, examination,
renewal, and inspection fees deposited or paid into the fund are appropriated and made
available to the board that the balance shall not revert to the general fund, and that
expenditures from the fund shall be approved solely by the board in consultation with the state
fire marshal. The bill also provides for an appeal process, and provides suspension,
revocation, reprimand, and penalty provisions. Provisions of the bill relating primarily to
definitions, the establishment of the electrician examining board, and notification of the fire
extinguishing system contractor's advisory board to include alarm system contractors and
installers, take effect upon enactment. Provisions relating primarily to establishing the various
categories of licensure to take effect January 1, 2008. Provisions relating primarily to
inspections take effect January 1, 2009.
Other Announcements: All Future Electrical Board Meetings will be at 4:OOpm. in room A.
Scheduled for July 23, 2007. September 24, 2007. November 26, 2007. Jan. 28, 2008.
Motion to adjournment made by Uhlrich, Bob Schmidt seconded by, vote was all in favor.
Meeting adjourned at 5:05 P.M.
Approved this day of
2007.
Chairperson