March 2018 Minutes

Minutes of the March 22, 2018 Meeting

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President Tim Berger called the business meeting to order at 12:45 PM.

Members present: Tim Berger, Tim Hollis, Larry Butler, Dave Goodloe, Tom Berger,

Mike Viazanko, Bruce Johnson, Gerry McCallum, George Kilpatrick, Scott Cope, Doug Lowe,

Bruce Eck, James Albus, Kevin Duhonich, Jason Craig, Jerome Hanna, David Herriman

Approval of February Minutes:

Motion made by – Scott Cope

Supported by – Tom Berger    

All ayes – motion passed

Approval of February Treasurer’s Report:

Motion made by- Tom Berger

Supported by – Gerry McCallum

All ayes- motion passed

Old Business:.

There was discussion of missing Standards on the Madcad website. If the members send the missing Standard info to Tim Hollis, he will make a request to Madcad to have them added.

Tim Hollis indicated that the Board is planning to post the Damage Assessment Manuals on the website once we determine if they are up to date. This needs to be coordinated with Oakland County.

New Business:

• Larry Butler indicated that Dennis Smith will present some up coming classes for us.

• President Berger indicated that this year’s Annual meeting in December will be at Canterbury Village. The date is TBD.

Close Meeting:

Motion made by Scott Cope

Supported by Dave Herriman

All  ayes - motion passed.

Presentation: Round Table discussion on the Energy Code, elevators in homes, electronic plan reviews and software, swimming pool covers (Gerry McCallum will research requirements), manufactured home requirements, sewer excavations.

Please note: There was an agreement by the members present to require the 12 items noted in section C103.2 "Information on Construction Documents" of the Michigan Energy Code. The members present agreed to require this information on all commercial construction plans submitted.

Respectfully submitted,

Tim Hollis

Secretary/Treasurer

February 2018 Minutes

Minutes of the February 22, 2018 Meeting

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President Tim Berger called the business meeting to order at 12:45 PM.

Members present: Tim Berger, Frank Haywood, Tim Hollis, Dave Goodloe, Albert Boscaglia,

Tom Berger, Mike Viazanko, Frank Beyer, Bruce Johnson, Gerry McCallum, George Kilpatrick

Approval of January Minutes:

Motion made by – George Kilpatrick

Supported by – Mike Viazanko            

All ayes – motion passed

Approval of January Treasurer’s Report:

Motion made by- Gerry McCallum

Supported by – Tom Berger

All ayes- motion passed

Old Business:.President Berger discussed the request from Scott Cope to talk more about the new Commercial Energy Code at this meeting.  There is a Commercial Energy Code Class on

March 9th, 2018, in Sterling Heights from 9am to 1pm. This may need to be a topic discussed again at a future meeting.

President Berger also indicated that he was able to get our 2018 education voucher from ICC re-instated after many phone calls to ICC. The membership thanked President Berger for his work to get this done. The voucher will be given to Larry Butler to get a class scheduled. President Berger also stated that it is the out-going presidents’ job to get this scheduled for the next year.

Tim Hollis indicated that all the jurisdictions that signed up for MADCAD should have received their log in email from MADCAD to create passwords. Also, if member jurisdictions would like to have a webinar for their staff by Erdem Dedebas of MADCAD, he is willing to do that. He can be contacted at ededebas@madcad.com.

Tim Hollis also indicated that the spreadsheet that was emailed to the membership with the Interlocal agreement information has updated information for current members. There have been a couple corrections made since it was sent out and that list will be re-sent after it is determined if any other changes from the members need to be made. This spread sheet is NOT for public information as it has personal phone numbers, etc. on it.

New Business:

• There was discussion regarding electronic plan reviews.  Dave Goodloe from Orion Twp. has purchased the plan review table and they are learning how to use it. There was also some discussion about the “Blue Beam” software used with the table.
• Bruce Johnson from Birmingham asked if any jurisdictions are requiring a builder’s license from an Excavation Contractor who is repairing a sewer line. Some jurisdictions do and some do not as this work is done though some DPS departments.

Close Meeting:

Motion made by Gerry McCallum

Supported by Viazanko

All  ayes - motion passed.

Presentation: Simpson Stong Tie’s new deck tool  (no credit for Act 54/407)

Instructors: Jerry Tuggle  and guest

Respectfully submitted,

Tim Hollis

Secretary/Treasurer

January 2018 Minutes

Minutes of the January 25th, 2018 Meeting

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Tim Berger called the business meeting to order at 12:57 PM. 
Approval of December Minutes: 
Motion made by – Bruce Eck
Supported by – James Albus
All ayes – motion passed

Approval of Treasurer’s Report: 
Motion made by- Gerry McCallum
Supported by – Glen Bartoni
All ayes- motion passed

Old Business: 

1.    Tim Hollis gave an update on our new website. The web address is ocboa-mi.org.
2.    Tim Hollis also gave an update on Madcad. Passwords will be emailed by February 1, 2018 that will give users access.
3.    Larry Butler was sworn in as 2018 Program Director by Tom Berger.

New Business:

• Tim Berger said that the Board had discussed moving the December Annual Meeting to a new location. The cost at the Plazzo Di Bocce where it has been held is $50.00 per person. We have been charging only $35.00 per person. The membership agreed that a new location would be a good idea. Canterbury Village was discussed as an option. The Board will look into other options.
• Bruce Eck asked if anyone has had a commercial building built with shipping containers. It was discussed that this should require a Structural Engineer.
• Tom Berger discussed attic ventilation problems. There has been 3 reported problems in his community of new houses having moisture problems on the inside of the ceiling drywall. Proper number of vents and vapor retarder or paint was discussed.
• There was discussion on revising the Wood Deck Committee. Scott will send out an email to all communities that has signed the Deck Guide to see if there are any suggestions.
• President Tim Berger also indicated that the ICC annual report did not get sent in to ICC in 2017 for this year. He is working to get ICC to still give us a free class for this year.
• Mike Viazanko said that Sterling Heights will host a Commercial Energy Code Class on February 6th. Doors open at 8:30 am., class begins at 9:00 a.m.  Class number is CP-17 00132.
•  Scott Cope asked how everyone is enforcing the new Commercial Energy Code. There was some discussion and Scott asked that we bring this up again at our next meeting.

Close Meeting: 
Motion made by Scott Cope
Supported by Bruce Eck
All  ayes - motion passed.  

Presentation: Tim Hollis presented and explained our new website. 

Respectfully submitted, 
Tim Hollis
Secretary/Treasurer

December 2017 Minutes

MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 13th, 2017 MEETING

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President Rick Kessler called the business meeting to order at 1:31 PM.

Approval of Minutes:

Motion made
Supported
All ayes - motion passed

Approval of Treasurer’s Report:

Motion made
Supported
All ayes - motion passed

Old Business Items:

1. The website, Sarah Olson was introduced as the website designer. She has begun the project.

2. MADCAD – 4 communities still have not paid.

New Business Items:

• Increase in luncheon cost to $30.00 to cover the increase that the group had previously incurred and a new increase by the Iroquois Club

• Motion made by Scott Cope Supported by Bruce Johnson All Ayes – motion passed

• January meeting to be held on the 25th

• Program Director – nomination made for Larry Butler from the floor (3 times) no other nominees

Nominees for Officers
Tim Berger – President
Frank Haywood – Vice President Tim Hollis – Secretary/Treasurer Larry Butler – Program Director

Motion made by Scott Cope Supported by George Kilpatrick All ayes – motion passed

Swearing in of Officers

Plaque presentation to new President – Tim Berger

Plaque presentation to outgoing President – Rick Kessler

Call to close the meeting:
Motion and Support to close meeting.

Close Meeting:

Motion made by – Jim Albus Supported by – Tom Berger All ayes - motion passed.

Respectfully submitted,

Frank Haywood Secretary/Treasurer