TEXAS INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDING CODE COUNCIL MEETING

Meeting of March 27, 2015

North Campus Building, 1st Floor Public Meeting Room

1106 Clayton Lane - Austin, Texas

Summary of Minutes

Presiding Officer Rolando Rubiano, called the meeting to order at 1:03 p.m.

Presiding Officer, Rolando Rubiano, moved to agenda item B., Roll Call and Certification of Quorum. Members present were Rolando Rubiano, Roland Brown, Randy Childers, Steve Fitzpatrick, William “Dub” Smith, Scott McDonald Eddie Martin, Mark Remmert, Brian Eisenrich, Douglas Robinson, and Larry Wilkinson. Council members Jesse Rider was absent. A roll call verified that a quorum was present.

Presiding Officer, Rolando Rubiano, moved to agenda item C., Approval of minutes- Meeting of March 7, 2014. Council member, Randy Childers seconded by Scott McDonald, made a motion to approve the minutes as presented. The motion passed by unanimous vote.

Presiding Officer, Rolando Rubiano, moved to agenda item D., Staff Reports. George Ferrie provided the staff report from the Executive Office. Staff provided reports on the Compliance Division – Donna Lipke; Enforcement Division – Virginia Fields; and Licensing Division – Chloe Adkins.

Presiding Officer, Rolando Rubiano, moved to agenda item E., Discussion and possible action to begin the process of adoption of the 2012 editions of the International codes and the 2014 National Electrical Code. Program Specialist Donna Lipke presented an argument for the adoption of the 2012 International Code. The Board discussed the adoption of the 2012 code and entertained the idea of going to the 2015 International Code. Additionally, Board members discussed the implementation time line. Council member, Scott McDonald, seconded by Eddie Martin, made a motion to recommend a subgroup Chaired by Roland Brown, members: Doug Robinson, Randy Childers, Kevin Walsh, and Burt Kesler; review and compare the 2012 ICC code and the 2015 ICC code and give feedback to the Council. The motion passed by unanimous vote.

Presiding Officer, Rolando Rubiano, moved to agenda item F., Discussion and possible action regarding proposed procedures to implement the rules approved by the Council to 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §§70.10, 70.60, and 70.70(c) allowing the department to approve 100% inspection of a house or building under certain conditions. Program Specialist Donna Lipke presented an outline of the procedures of the Department on 100% inspections. Ms. Lipke described the concept and need for 100% inspections. The Council discussed the procedures and made recommendations to staff. Council member, Doug Robinson, seconded by Larry Wilkinson, made a motion to recommend approval of the procedures with a modification to section (c)(2). The motion passed by unanimous vote.

Presiding Officer, Rolando Rubiano, moved to agenda item G., Discussion and possible action regarding approval of third party inspectors, third party inspection agencies, and design review agencies. Donna Lipke presented information on the proposed inspectors for final approval of third party inspectors. Council member, Roland Brown, seconded by Doug Robinson, made a motion to approve the third party inspectors as presented. The motion passed by unanimous vote.

Presiding Officer, Rolando Rubiano, moved to agenda item H., Public Comments. There was no public comment.

Presiding Officer, Rolando Rubiano moved to agenda item I., Recommendations for agenda items for next Council meeting. The Council recommended that the following items be included on the next meeting agenda: Subgroup report on the code adoption.

Presiding Officer, Rolando Rubiano, moved to agenda item J., Discussion of date, time, and location of next Council meeting. The Council did not set a date for the next meeting but requested the next meeting may be held no later than November.

Presiding Officer, Rolando Rubiano, moved to agenda item K., Adjournment. Council member, Eddie Martin, seconded by Steve Fitzpartick, made a motion to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 2:46 p.m.

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Rolando Rubiano, Presiding Officer

Texas Industrialized Building Code Council