Minutes Notes of the September 23, 2021 Monthly Meeting
President Dave Goodloe called the business meeting to order at 12:48 PM
Approval of Minutes:
Motion made by –Larry Butler
Supported by – Scott Cope
All ayes – motion passed
Approval of Treasurer’s Report:
Motion made by- Report unavailable, on line banking glitch, will provide it for next meeting
Supported by –
Old Business:
1. Website Maintenance, Dave will have it completed by the October meeting
2. Low Voltage permits, Larry indicated that the City of Novi saw on the states website that they have low voltage as an option on their permit application. Lake Orion requires a separate permit for low voltage. Orchard Lake does not require a permit but it is required to be installed to code. City of Pontiac indicated that RECI indicated that the 2017 NEC requires a permit that was exempt in the 2014 NEC. Electrical Inspectors should convey to department heads of this change.
3. Storm Water Drainage, President Goodloe indicated that there is new requirements coming out from EGLE (formerly DEQ) and communities should look at their Ordinances to see if they need to be modified.
4. Stair Measurements, Scott Cope reminded the membership that Rochester Hills is working on setting up a meeting with builders, contractors and any communities that are interested to see how everyone can be consistent. Tom Berger asked if there’s been an issue in other communities. He’s had some cases he’s had to deal with in the past. Shelby Township uses a 2-block system to measure? Hold onto your hats this topic is still developing.
New Business:
1. December Meeting: President Goodloe indicated that the venue for the December meeting is at Canterbury Village and will be hosted on December 9th.
2. Amount for gifts, The membership voted on spending up to 750.00 for the gifts.
Motion made by –Glenn Bartoni
Supported by – Tom Berger
All ayes – motion passed
3. Marijuana Grow Homes/Caregivers, President Goodloe asked how communities are regulating marijuana grows. Pontiac is amending their Ordinance to try and get things under control. Lansing has bills in process to sunset a caregivers requirements and
reduce the amount of plants permitted. No one knew the bill number. Lake Orion has amending their Ordinance to restrict the amount of plans allowed.
4. Open Topics,
President Goodloe asked what the communities are doing to utilize funds from the Covid relief grants. Lake Orion is looking at converting their plan review process to be all electronic. City of Pontiac is looking to make up “smart zones” within the city that will have Wi-Fi.
2018 MRC Al Boscaglia from the City of Southfield how communities are going to enforce the 2018 MRC since the state hasn’t given clear direction and books aren’t available. Every member indicated that none of them have received an official notice from the state of the new code going into effect. The 2018 MPC is adopted even though no books are available and no one was given official notice. Jeff Bodel spoke with Keith Lambert over a week ago. He indicated to Jeff that the bureau is not at all involved with the code adoption process and is being done administratively. Mark Stimac indicated that if the state doesn’t adopt the 2018 MRC that the builders can use a supplement document that allows them the ability to use portions of the 2018 requirements even though we’d be under the 2015 MRC. Jeff Bodel indicated that organizations need to raise fees so that there is a funding source to support lobbyist to represent our industry in Lansing at these code change hearings.
5. Nomination for the Board, The Board is looking for nominations to the Board. The nomination committee is set with Past Presidents Larry Butler and Tim Berger.
Close Meeting:
Motion made by Doug Lowe
Supported by Larry Butler
All ayes - motion passed.
Respectfully submitted,
Michael Viazanko
Secretary/Treasurer