NEW JERSEY BUILDING OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION, INC
N.J.B.O.A Public Dedication and Professionalism”
Volume 5 No. 7
August 2015
Code
The Next General Membership Meeting Will Be Held
September 23,2015
At
La Strada Restaurant
1105 Route 10 East
Randolph , NJ 07869
(973) 584-4607
Meeting Starts 12 Noon
Hosted by Morris County
Directions:
From Route 80 West:
Take route 80 west to Ledgewood exit #28.
Once off the exit follow Rt. 10 East for approximately 3 miles.
Restaurant is on right side between Eyland Avenue and Canfield Avenue.
From Route 80 East:
Take route 80 east to Ledgewood exit #28
Once off the exit follow the turn around for ledgewood onto Rt. 10 East for approximately 3 miles. Restaurant is on right side between Eyland Avenue and Canfield Avenue.
From Route 287 South:
Take route 287 south to route 10 exit.
Follow signs for route 10 west and follow road for approximately 9 miles.
Restaurant is on your left side after you pass Canfield Avenue.
Once you pass us go to your next traffic light which is Eyland Avenue and make a u-turnonto Route 10 East. We will then be on the left side
NJBOA Annual Meeting
The annual meeting and luncheon will be held at Bally’s Park Place in Atlantic City on November 17,18 and 19, 2015. NJBOA has blocked out rooms. The room rates are $80.00 per night plus 14% room tax, $3.00 NJ State Tourism Promotional Fee and $7.00 Room Assessment Fee.
All rooms must be booked through NJBOA. I will have a sign up list at every meeting till the cutoff date of October 1st, 2014 after that date you will not be entitled to the discounted rate. All PO’s must be at Bally’s by September 1st, 2014.
The following information is required:
Last Name
First Name
Smoking or non-smoking
Type of room (King bed or Double bed)
Arrival and departure dates
Confirmation numbers will be sent to me and it will be your responsibility to contact me two weeks before to get your number. At check in you will use you own credit card. Luncheon tickets are available from any Board member or can be purchased at the door. The price of the tickets are still $40.00
2015 ICC Conference
Long Beach CA
September 25-30, 2015The New Jersey Building Officials have secured a block of rooms on the QUEEN MARY docked at Long Beach CA for the ICC Conference. We are aware that September 25 seems to be a long time off, but we need to start getting the registrations in. The attached form must be used to register, you will not get this rate by contacting the hotel. See form on the website for the registration form or see me at any meeting. This is the only method of registration. The room rates are good for 3 days prior to and 3 days after the event.
Time to renew your membership
Once again it is time to renew your membership for 2015. Remember that if you do not renew your membership by November 1st, as per the By-Laws, you will not be included in
the legal fund and you will not be able to vote in the next election. When renewing please include a completed membership application with payment. Send all applications and payments to:
NJBOA
c/o Larry Scorzelli
35 Highwood Ave.
Waldwick, NJ 07463
Legal Fund
The following is a brief explanation of the Rules and Regulations of the Legal Fund Committee.
The Committee consists of (3) members each serving a three (3) year term. The purpose of the Legal Fund is to provide working code officials who are members of our association for at least one full year, assistance in defraying any legal expenses incurred in the defense of his/her official position. IT IS NOT INTENED TO PAY ALL LEGAL COSTS. The request for assistance must be in writing to a member of the committee who will meet to evaluate the potential impact that a decision may have on code enforcement. Any denial by the committee may be appealed to the Executive Board. If assistance is granted, a one hour meeting is scheduled with our associations attorney. The cost is paid from our attorney’s retainer fee. If it is decided to proceed, the committee may pay for costs up to three thousand dollars ($3000.00). Any additioal costs will require a majority vote by both the committee and Executive Board. For a full copy of the Legal Fund Guide Lines or any questions, contact any member of the committee or go to the web site.
Pat Intindola 973-667-4597
Sal DeSimone 609-780-8010
Robert LaCosta 908-322-6700
ICC Voter Validation
If you did not complete your Governmental Member Voting Representative designation by the March 20 deadline, you must wait until after the Group “A” Hearings in Memphis April 19-28. After April 28 you will be able to register your Voter Validation Representative. At this time the State of New Jersey only has 96 registered voters. Also remember to register you Fire Department and Fire Prevention Department.
ICC Voter Validation
Primary contacts should log on to ICC to check yours and your member’s voter validation. The following is the procedure for validating your municipality:
1. Log onto iccsafe.org
2. Click on “My ICC”
3. Log in
4. On the “My ICC” page on the left side find and click on “Member Directory”
5. The “Search the Member Directory” window will open. On the bottom of this page see “Note” click on “Click Here” a new search window will open
6. Look for “State/Territory” and drop down, enter “New Jersey” and click “Go”
7. A new window “Organization Directory Search Result” will open
8. At the top of this page is a row of numbers 1-41. To find your municipality, click on the numbers, each number opens a new page. When searching for your municipality they are listed as “Borough of” “Township of” or “Any town Township”
Only the primary contact can validate or change any of the listed information. Each municipality has a minimum of 4 voting members, and you can register all of them. Also remember that your fire departments are also members and can be registered.
Registration for the 2015 Annual Business Meeting will be opening soon, when it does, if you are planning to attend please register. You can register for the full conference at a cost or if you and any of you members are not planning to attend you can register for the free registration. Please register ether one way are the other this is very helpful to our PAC committee when they need to negotiate with other states
ICC 2015 Annual Business Meeting
Registration is not open at this time for the annual conference in Long Beach CA September 25-30. Once registration opens and you are planning on attending the conference go to the ICC web site and register. If you are not planning to attend still register for the free registration, this is very helpful for the PAC committee when they are speaking to other states for support.
Scholarship Calendar Raffle
The new calendar raffle tickets will be available at the next meeting. 65 chances to win upto $10,000 in prizes. They make great gifts.
Tickets will be available from any board member and regional rep and at all meetings until December 31, 2015. The drawings will start January 1, 2016. Tickets are $20.00
The raffle is to support our scholarship fund.
50/50 Raffle
NJBOA is holding a 55/55 raffle to help support the PAC committee. Tickets are available from any board member and regional rep and will be available at the May meeting and June meeting Drawing will be held September 9, 2015. Tickets ar $5.00 each. The more we sell the bigger the prize.
Apply Now for a Code of Honor Scholarship!
If you are an ICC Governmental Member Voting Representative, don't miss your chance to apply for a Code of Honor Scholarship to support your attendance at ICC's Public Comment Hearings, September 30–October 7th, in Long Beach, California.
The application period is currently open and will close on Friday, July 17.
The entire application process is online and prior to applying, applicants should have the following documentation:
1. Number of years employed as a code official
2. Approximate size of the jurisdiction where employed
3. Number of years your jurisdiction has adopted and enforced building safety codes
4. List of ICC Certificates, ICC Designations and professional awards, if any
5. Are you a previous recipient of the Code of Honor Scholarship?
6. List of ICC Committee Service (Active or Completed)
7. Number of community service hours donated
8. Number of past ICC Final Action Hearings attended (if any)
Code of Honor Scholarship Program details are available online<http://go.iccsafe.org/e/25182/ps-code-of-honor-scholarships-/zjwr2/642160581>. Contact us if you need any additional information or assistance at 888-ICC-SAFE (422-7233), ext. 5268. Thank you in advance for making this program successful.
ICC Annual Conference Registration is now Open
Registration for the Annual Conference in Long Beach CA September 27-October7 is now open.
Go to iccsafe.org to register
NJBOA Annual Meeting and Luncheon
The annual meeting and luncheon will be held at Bally’s Park Place in Atlantic City on November 17,18 and 19, 2015. NJBOA has blocked out rooms. The room rates are $80.00 per night plus 14% room tax, $3.00 NJ State Tourism Promotional Fee and $7.00 Room Assessment Fee.
All rooms must be booked through NJBOA. I will have a sign up list at every meeting till the cutoff date of October 1st, 2014 after that date you will not be entitled to the discounted rate. All PO’s must be at Bally’s by September 1st, 2015.The following information is required:
Last Name
First Name
Smoking or non-smoking
Type of room (King bed or Double bed)
Arrival and departure dates
Confirmation numbers will be sent to me and it will be your responsibility to contact me two weeks before to get your number. At check in you will use you own credit card.
Luncheon tickets are available from any Board member or can be purchased at the door. The price of the tickets are still $40.00
League jiont session with the NJ Building Officials and NJ State Fire Prevention and Protection Association
The main purpose of building codes is to protect the public health, safety and general welfare of the occupants. NJ municipalities have had their building codes tested either by natural disasters or large scale fires. Lean how construction of multi-family, multi-story housing in NJ is being critically reviewed
This session will be held
Tuesday November 17, 2015
3:45PM-5:15PM Room 415
AC Convention Center
Dates to Remember
General Meetings
September 23
October 28
November 18
Code Larry Scorzelli, Editor
Directors at Large
2014-2016 2012-2014 2013-2015
Charles Lasky Michael Rodgers Jerry Eger
John Fiedler John Tracy Nick Fabiano
Officers
President Robert LaCosta
1st Vice President Pat Naticchione
2nd Vice President William Doolittle
Secretary Joseph Valeri
Treasurer Lawrence Scorzelli
Immed. Past President James Zaconie
Regional Chapter Representatives
Sussex / Warren Joseph Butto
Bergen / Passaic Ralph Maritato
Morris County Keith Lynch
Meadowlands Ed Frey Jr.
Essex County Robert Mittermier
Central Jersey Domenick Cardarelli
Monmouth/Ocean Nick Fabiano
Tri-County Phil Hinman
UCC of South Jersey Pat Naticchione
Union County Robert LaCosta
Affiliated with
Internation Code Council
New Jersey League of Municipalities
Return to: NJBOA c/o Larry Scorzelli 35 Highwood Ave, Waldwick, NJ 07463
Code is the monthly publication of the New Jersey Building Officials Association, a statewide organization of over 600 professionals in the code administration and related fields. Comments should be directed to New Jersey Building Officials Association Attention: Larry Scorzelli 35 Highwood Ave. Waldwick, NJ 07463