PACO
Minutes
December 2009


The business portion of the meeting started at 9:10 AM

Pledge of Allegiance followed by a moment of silence

Attendance
Board Members present - Glenn Holt, Kevin Pezzano, Joe Januzelli, Terry Bennett, Ryan McCann, and Bob Ellis

Absent - Ken Battin, John Beswick, and Bob Fitch

Motion for approval of the September 17, 2009 minute
1st Bob Ellis, 2nd - Calvin Bonenberger

Treasurers Report - Joe Januzelli
Joe also submitted an Itemized Balances of the Checking and Money Market Accounts and will be attached to these minutes

A question was raised regarding the cost of Membership and our contract with PABCO. Glenn Holt will contact PABCO to negotiate fees for the coming years. The Membership Fees will not be raised for 2010.

A motion was made to accept the Treasurers Report Bob Neely - 2nd - Brian Gallagher

President's Report - Glenn Holt
ICC BOD Candidates
Executive Board will meet briefly during lunch

Need to form Committees to get more people involved in the running of PACO and helping PACO move forward in the future.

ICC Conference
ICC Conference was held in Baltimore MD. The conference was poorly attended in general, however a few of our members were present for the Business Meeting where the By-Laws were changed and voted on.

The next ICC Conference will be Dallas TX and Charlotte NC.

PABCO
At the end of the Legislative Session, the State passed the adoption of the 2009 Codes to go into effect as of the New Year.

It is possible at the beginning of the Spring Session, an attempt to suspend or overturn the adoption of the 09 codes specifically relating to the residential sprinkler and energy codes. PABCO is prepare to make concessions in order to keep the 09 codes moving forward and possibly revising some specific provisions.

PABCO would like everyone to contact the Representative in the area where you VOTE, not work, to voice opposition to House Bill 1196. House Bill 1077 to be presented concerns log homes and specific technical changes to the code since log homes can not be built to code. PABCO will probably support this Bill

PABCO is formulating language for the requirement of CO2 detectors in existing homes.

PCCA located in Enola (Harrisburg) now has a training facility for the classes it holds. The components of the training are 3 to 5 days per code component. These classes are mainly geared toward entry level trainees. PCCA is also devising training through PSATS for continuing education for certified officials.

PHRC Annual Housing Conference is February of 2010 in Cranberry PA (outside of Pittsburgh) you can register on line if you plan on attending. They have also decided to hold a Mini conference in the Eastern part of the state (possibly Bucks County) specifically for training in residential sprinklers. Dates & location to be announced.

PHRC Webinars are extremely popular and educational for CEU's. PACO can look into showing these webinars during our educational sessions for CEU credit.

Education Bob Ellis
Please send Education surveys back in order for PACO to gear training towards member's requests.

Spring Forum is moving forward, still looking for locations. Topics likely, Fire Code, Emergency Management, Residential plan review. Please let the Board know if you have any suggestions for training.

Additional training surveys will be e-mailed once again. Please fill them out and send them back. We need member feedback to provide member-based training.

Training in February 2010 Interrogations

March 10, 2010 training will be Stucco and Dryvit Walls

New Business
Kevin Pezzano reports that the ICC is trying to restore Chapter Benefits by offering seminars at half price for a one day class and books at half price.

Brian Gallagher provided a public thank you to Kevin Pezzano for his work with the ICC and PearsonVue on testing issues. If there are any other issues with the testing center, please let Kevin know.

The Board is requesting that we have everyone's correct e-mail address. The meeting notices and training notices are sent electronically and we would like to make sure everyone is getting the information. If you have changed your e-mail address, be sure to send us that change.

Meeting Adjourned at 10:05 A.M.

Meeting Re-opened at 10:25 A.M.

Election of Officers
Bob Neely made a motion to retain the current executive board in their positions. Motion was seconded by Brian Gallagher, and passed.

Nominations were requested from the floor for the remaining positions on the Board; Bob Fitch was retained as a board member. Lee Milligan nominated Bob Neely for the one year board member position and it was seconded by _____________.

Respectfully submitted,

Theresa Bennett
Secretary

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