Minutes for Board of Examiners of Contractors

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MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF CONTRACTORS OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, HELD IN THE CITY COMMISSION CHAMBERS, 100 NORTH U.S. #1, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, AT 9:00 A.M. ON TUESDAY, August 14, 2018.

CALL TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

CONSIDERATION OF ABSENCES

Present:

Holly Theuns; Ralph Fogg; Ryan Collins; Don Bergman; James Matula; Kenneth Waters; Reed Sudderth

Absent:

Michael Waldrop; John Langel

Staff Present:

Shaun Coss, Building Department Coordinator
Paul Julin, Building Department Investigator/Inspector

Motion was made by Reed Sudderth, seconded by Kenneth Waters to excuse the absences of Mr. Langel and Mr. Waldrop. A voice vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously.

AYE:: Holly Theuns, Don Bergman, James Matula, Kenneth Waters, Ralph Fogg, Reed Sudderth, Ryan Collins

Passed

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Approval of July 10, 2018 meeting minutes

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Motion was made by Reed Sudderth, seconded by Holly Theuns to approve the minutes as typed. A voice vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously.

AYE:: Holly Theuns, Don Bergman, James Matula, Kenneth Waters, Ralph Fogg, Reed Sudderth, Ryan Collins

Passed

CONSENT ITEMS

APPLICATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY

Applicant Name	Company Name	Classification Type
Horatio Lewis	A2Z Plumbing	Registered Plumbing Contractor

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Motion was made by Kenneth Waters, seconded by Reed Sudderth to approve the application of Horatio Lewis of A2Z Plumbing's Application for Certificate of Competency.

AYE:: Holly Theuns, Don Bergman, James Matula, Kenneth Waters, Ralph Fogg, Reed Sudderth, Ryan Collins

Passed

Applicant Name	Company Name	Classification Type
Roger McCormick	McCormick Drywall Inc.	Drywall Contractor

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Motion was made by Kenneth Waters, seconded by Reed Sudderth to approve the Application for Certificate of Competency for Roger McCormick of McCormick Drywall Inc.

AYE:: Holly Theuns, Don Bergman, James Matula, Kenneth Waters, Ralph Fogg, Reed Sudderth, Ryan Collins

Passed

Applicant Name	Company Name	Classification Type
Mark Buncy	Treasure Coast Plastering & Lath, Inc.	Specialty

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Motion was made by Reed Sudderth, seconded by Holly Theuns to approve the Application for Certificate of Competency for Mark Buncy - Treasure Coast Plastering & Lath.

AYE:: Holly Theuns, Don Bergman, James Matula, Kenneth Waters, Ralph Fogg, Reed Sudderth, Ryan Collins

Passed

UNLICENSED CONTRACTOR(S) ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING

Citation #	Violators Name	Violators Business Name	Enforcement Officer
312	John R. Mangan	Superior Event Rentals	Paul Julin

Date of Citation	Location of Violation	Description of violation / facts
6/14/18	4000 US Highway 1	Superior Event Rentals erected a tent without a permit.

5-53(a)(8)

Commence or perform work for which a building permit is required, pursuant to Chapter 5 of the Fort Pierce Code of Ordinance without such building permit being in effect.

2nd Offense

The City requests that if the Board finds the violation exists, the violator pay a penalty of $1,000.00

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This was Mr. Mangan's second citation this year. The first citation remains unpaid. Mr. Mangan has been given the opportunity to obtain a permit to avoid the citation. The Board would prefer if Mr. Mangan had a chance to explain what happened before considering the $1,000 violation fee, and therefore has voted to continue this item to the September 11th meeting to give Mr. Mangan a chance to appear. Staff advised the Board that doing so would convert this item to a Contractor Complaint filed by the City and would be processed as such.

Motion was made by Kenneth Waters, seconded by Ralph Fogg to continue this item to the September 11th meeting to give Mr. Mangan a a chance to appear before the Board.

AYE:: Holly Theuns, Don Bergman, James Matula, Kenneth Waters, Ralph Fogg, Reed Sudderth, Ryan Collins

Passed

10.

CONTRACTOR COMPLAINTS

Contractor/Qualifier	DBA	Competency Card #	State License #
Roderick Waller	Sunrise City Community Housing Development Organization, Inc.	18-00021497	CGC1515114

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Ms. Mustafa reiterated her concern that work was begun before a permit was issued. She said she had worked mostly with Mr. Estrada, and had only spoken to Mr. Waller once or twice. She noted that her check was cashed back in May, although the permit was issued in July. Mr. Waller indicated that he, as a rule, does not accept deposits until the permit is issued, and stated that he was not in receipt of any of the funds from the check. He indicated that Mr. Estrada is a day laborer who sometimes does smaller projects for him. Since not all of the facts, such as who cashed the check written in May was apparent, the Board has requested that this item be continued to the September 11th meeting, at which time all of the evidence can be presented.

Mr. Sudderth indicated that since he was familiar with and had bid on this project in his capacity as a plumbing contractor, thought it best to recuse himself from voting on this agenda item.

Motion was made by Kenneth Waters, seconded by Don Bergman to continue this item to the September 11th meeting in order to allow enough time for clarification of the facts; such as to determine who cashed the check that was written in May.

AYE:: Holly Theuns, Don Bergman, James Matula, Kenneth Waters, Ralph Fogg, Reed Sudderth, Ryan Collins

Passed

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PUBLIC COMMENTS

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STAFF COMMENTS

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BOARD COMMENTS

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ADJOURNMENT