ST. MARY S COUNTY GOVERNMENT BOARD OF ELECTRICAL EXAMINERS Don Haskin, Chairman Danny Johnson, Secretary Francis Jack Russell, President Lawrence D. Jarboe, Commissioner Cynthia L. Jones, Commissioner Todd B. Morgan, Commissioner Daniel L. Morris, Commissioner ST. MARY S COUNTY ELECTRICAL BOARD July 1st MEETING MINUTES Donald Haskin Chairman Present James Johnson Secretary Present Rudolph Worch, III Member Present James Bacot Member Absent Robert Spence Member Present Total Deposited for May 2014: $525.00 Total Deposited Since May 1 st 1989: $241,360.00 May Deposits to Planning & Zoning: Master Electrical New License Deposits $300.00 (5) Master Electrical License Renewal Deposits $0 Master Electrical License Renewal Late Fee $0 Master Electricians Exam Deposits $25.00 (1) Restricted License Deposits $0 Restricted License Renewal Deposits $0 Restricted License Exam Deposits $0 Low Voltage License Deposits $0 Low Voltage License Renewal Deposits $0 Low Voltage Exam Deposit $0 Re-Instatement Fee $175.00 (7) Homeowners Exam $25.00 (1) Insurance Up-Dates for May: 117 2013/2015 New License: 6 Total Casey Clary Clarified Electric 2284 Michael Zeltwanger N/A 3077 John McKay McKays Electric 3078 Steven Sedwick S&S Electric 3079 Timothy Brennan Dunning Electrical Services 3080
Richard Huxtable Huxtable Electric, Inc. 3081 May Licensing Period Change of Address and/or T/A: 0 Total May Shelved License: 15 licenses shelved 9 returned to active Miscellaneous: The meeting was called to order by Don Haskin. The discussions held by the board concerned the following items: 1. The June minutes were approved as written. Motion by Chris Worch and seconded by Craig Spence. The vote was 4-0 to approve the minutes. 2. The following is a list of dates for the meetings in 2014: a. January 7 th Board Meeting b. January 23 rd Master/Low Voltage/Restricted Exam c. February 4 th Board Meeting d. March 4 th Board Meeting e. April 1 st Board Meeting f. May 6 th Board Meeting g. June 3 rd Board Meeting h. July 1 st Board Meeting i. July 24 th Master/Low Voltage/Restricted Exam j. August 5 th Board Meeting k. September 2 nd Board Meeting l. October 7 th Board Meeting m. November 4 th Board Meeting n. December 2 nd Board Meeting 3. The electrical board will send out a new roster every Sunday. Any license request sent in during the week will not be processed and become active to the following Monday. Any licenses that become shelved for insurance reasons will be sent out by email on an individual basis. 4. The changes to the yellow book have been made. The board will submit the book with all changes for printing. The board may have some new changes before submitting the yellow book for printing. The book printing is currently on hold. 5. I have started sending emails out to license holders 30 days before their certificate of liability insurance expires. There is NO reason now that we do not receive the certificate on time. At this time we are still receiving emails from companies upset that their COL was sent but the board did not receive it on time. I have responded that the COL should be sent by email. This way the COL is sent directly to the board.
6. Harry Knight has put together a request for public hearing concerning the 2014 NEC and the Homeowners exam for the board to review. The board approved the request and will ask Harry Knight to move forward with the request. Thanks to Mr. Knight for his help on this matter. Update? 7. Updated several application forms on the website to eliminate information not needed. They were submitted to Planning & Zoning to be updated on the website. 8. Discuss license with board that we believe is being fronted. The applicant attended tonight s meeting and discussions were made to explain what he can and can t do with his license once he receives it. The applicant will submit the correct paperwork and understands the requirements. 9. Mr. Atkins of Larry s Electric sent an email asking when his license expires and how to obtain a new copy. Sent email with information and will be sending new license. 10. Mr. Huxtable sent email and called wanting to know status of his license the day after he submitted paperwork. Sent email letting him know that the license will be processed that Sunday. 11. A representative from Nickle Electric called and wanted to know how to obtain a master license. And how to file for an inspection. I referred him to the website for first question and referred him to MDIA for the other information. 12. Mr. Mrs. Grant sent a letter letting the board know that the electrician performing the work on the property was being removed and a new electrician was taking over the job. The issue has been resolved. 13. After the monthly certificate of liability reminder email was sent out, Mr. Brian Francis contacted the board. He thanked the board for the reminder email and let us know that he was canceling his insurance effective June 4 th. I responded and let him know his license would be placed in the inactive status effective that date. 14. Mr. Donald White contacted the board about taking the Journeyman s test in St. Mary s County. I referred him to Calvert County. 15. After speaking with Harry Knight, the board has the freedom to raise the license fee. The new license fee for a St. Mary s Master electricians license, Low Voltage license and Restricted license will raised to $150.00 for every two year cycle starting September 1 st, 2014. 16. Mr. Barrett with Barrett electric has contacted the board wanting to know the status of his license request. I have contacted him several times requesting missing information. When this is received his license will be processed. 17. The board discussed the Restricted license and its limitations. This will be passed on to a new applicant. 18. The Electrical Board budget was passed and is effective July 1 st 2014 19. The board received a complaint letter from an inspector concerning a master electrician. The letter was then requested to be removed by the sender. The issue is now resolved. 20. Gary Hicks sent a letter to the board requesting his license be removed from the inactive status
and placed back to the active status. The board requested a new certificate of liability insurance. This was received and his license is now back on the active status. Homeowners Exam Applicants for July 2014: 0 Total Homeowner Exam Results for June 2014: One Pass & One Fail Monitor Homeowners Exam for August 2014: Chris Worch Master/Restricted/Low Voltage for July 24 th 2014: 4 Total Master/Restricted/Low Voltage Results For January 2014: 1 Pass 2 Fails 1 No Show Monitored Master/Restricted/Low voltage Exam for July 24th 2014: Danny Johnson & Craig Spence Postage for June 2014: $2.88 Next Regular Board Meeting: Next regular board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday August 5th, 2014 at the Governmental Center Carter Building, Leonard Hall Drive, 2 nd floor conference room at 7:30 PM. Motion to Adjourn Meeting: Motion was made by Craig Spence and seconded by Chris Worch The Following Payments are authorized for the Board Members for June 2013 1) James Bacot----MEMBER a) Absent $0 b) Bacot Total $0 2) Robert Spence----MEMBER b) Spence Total $25.00
3) Chris Worch----MEMBER b) Worch Total $25.00 4) Don Haskin----CHAIRMAN b) Haskin Total $25.00 5) James Johnson-----SECRETARY b) Prepare meeting minutes $25.00 c) Johnson Total $50.00 6) James Johnson-----RECORDING SECRETARY a) Duties Listed below (40hrs at 10.00) $400.00 b) Johnson Total $400.00 Recording Secretary Performed the Following Duties (May): 1) Picking up mail 2) Issuing licenses 3) Confirming and updating insurance coverage 4) Shelve and un-shelve licenses for insurance reasons 5) Updating roster with new information on license renewal form 6) Printing new licenses 7) Worked on annual report 8) Responding to mail, email and phone calls. 9) Preparing items to be placed on Website 10) Prepare Master Exam and Low Voltage Exam James D. Johnson Jr. Secretary