Meeting
Minutes
From March 20, 2008
City of
Our
purpose as a Permit Technician Committee is to educate, support and network
those working in administrative staff positions of building code enforcement.
ATTENDING:
(24)
Suzette
Thomas, Tami Spiers, Carmon Tatman,
Wendy Fox, Karen Christophersen,
Valerie
Sanzoni, Mary Sampsel, Linda Reigle, Connie Hoblitzell, Sandy Liedtke, Barb Lotz,
Maureen Brady, Irene Metheney, Margie Badurina, Gayna
Gilbert, Sandy Whittington, Pam Hickok, Angie Perrine, Jeanette Hines, Fredena Williams, Anthony Hray,
Camellia Richey, Sioux Cramer, Robyn Harp.
Margie
Badurina, Chairman, opened the meeting with the following remarks:
1.
2. Margie gave our Ad-Hoc
committee report:
a. An Annual Bulletin is to be
published of all the different permit tech organizations and their happenings
and Margie passed around a copy of one. Check out page 12 and see that our
organization made the booklet!
If
you sign up on the roster and include your e-mail she will make sure you get a
bulletin when they are released.
·
“National
Permit Technician Bulletin” which will be distributed throughout the
·
That
ICC add a web page specifically designed for Permit Technicians and add direct
links such as certification, training, ICC Permit Chapter Web sites, and any
links specific to Permit Technicians.
·
Changes
to the current ICC brochure called “Careers in Code Enforcement” to include a
description of the Permit Technician.
·
Revise
the fundamentals of I Codes for Permit Technicians to a 2 day class.
·
Request
ICC add two additional training classes available from ICC for Permit
Technicians training to include essential information as it relates to residential
permit plan review and the process. The second, counter/supervisor
administration supervision with an in-depth review of legal aspects and code
administration.
b. The following recommendations
were approved by the Ad-Hoc committee
and will be presented to the ICC
Board of Directors:
·
Request
that ICC bundle permit technician certification study materials as a package.
·
Encourage
new chapters and provide one set of study materials for a lending library.
·
Compile
a national list of permit technician job descriptions and propose to ICC a
uniform recognized permit technician job description in line with that of
building officials, inspectors, etc…
·
Create
a new ICC Permit Technician certification to include plan review for intake
documentation.
·
Create
a national Permit Technician mentor program to share ideas and networking.
·
“Career
As A Permit Technician” brochure to be added to ICC website and for
distribution
3. Update on transition committee
meeting held March 3, 2008:
Some goals identified for each committee:
·
Expand
training opportunities
·
Research
and establish Institutes
·
Advertising,
newsletters, etc…
4.
Introduction of the new chairmen
Sioux
Cramer, Membership Chairman, reminded everyone to sign in and to read over the roster
for any corrections or updates. She then had everyone introduce themselves and
identify what they do in their respective departments.
There
are 36 registered members on our roster.
Robyn
Harp, Education Chairman, handed out cards to Margie, Mary and Irene as a big Thank
You from all the people who signed up for the Saturday study group. This
study group opportunity was appreciated by all. Two of the 7 participants have
taken their ICC Certified Permit Technician test and have successfully passed
their test becoming CPT! Congratulations to: Pam Hickok from
Some
of the ideas Robyn will be working on are:
·
Figuring
ways to send representatives to Conferences
·
“Tag-a-long”
inspector program
·
Having
Steve Regoli or Billy Phillips from the State give
another lecture/class
·
Process
of getting more interested members certified with ICC
Wendy
Fox, Code Consistency Chairman, reported that she would be attending a COCOA
Code consistency meeting. Gayna Gilbert suggested we
include topics, discussions and information regarding issues pertaining to
planning and zoning. Not to focus only on building permit processes since many
of our permit technicians have to handle zoning issues also. These topics to be
handled under Code Consistency chair. Wendy’s efforts to promote the Yahoo
membership website asked Sandy Liedtke and Linda Reigle to assist PT members to
signing onto the website after the meeting. They were successful to register 7
new members to the website.
Sandy
Liedtke and Linda Reigle, are co-Chairmen for the
newly formed Public Relations Committee.
Some
of their goals are:
·
A
semi-annual newsletter via the internet
·
Take
pictures at all our gatherings
·
Keep
permit tech brochures updated
·
Create
Permit Technician Certification Brochure that would be a step-by-step pamphlet
on how to get certified
·
New
member folders
·
Promotional
item ideas, pens, notepads, etc…
·
Create
a display board
Rod
Durbin, Residential Plans Examiner for the City of
The
next quarterly meeting is slated for July 17, 2008. Anyone interested in
hosting this meeting, please contact Margie Badurina at 614-277-3075 or at mbadurina@grovecityohio.gov.
Meeting
adjourned.
Attachments:
sign in sheet, handouts from Rod Dubin