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MINUTES
Tuesday,May 1,2012,2:00 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Pat Hudgens,Steve Silva, Chuck Kellenberger, David
Teas and Dave Ryan
MEMBERS ABSENT: Tom Lohbauer, Dick Sinnett.
STAFF PRESENT: Raoul Johnston, Marc Mylott,Steve Bone, Dave Decker,
Gary Line, Ron Sessions EFD and Sandra Kolba.
VISITORS: None.
CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting was called to order by Pat Hudgens at 2:00 p.m., in the 2nd Floor
South Conference Room at City Hall, 150 Dexter Court, Elgin, IL.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The minutes of the April 17, 2012, meeting was presented. A motion was made by
Chuck Kellenberger and seconded by Steve Silva and the minutes of that meeting
was unanimously approved.
NEW BUSINESS:
Raoul Johnston announced that Commission member Dick Sinnett's
appointment expired as of the date of this meeting and Dick had indicated that
he did not want to be reappointed since he wants to now enjoy his retirement.
Raoul thanked him for his service. Therefore, the Building Commission will be
looking for a commercial contractor to step forward and request to be
appointed to the Commission. Raoul asked the current members, if they knew
of someone who might fit the bill, to ask them to come in and fill out the
required paperwork.
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Raoul indicated that he had gotten a friendly reminder from the city clerk to
mention to the Commission members that,if they had not yet completed the
Open Meeting Act test, they need to do so at their earliest convenience.
APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO THE 2012 INT. RESIDENTIAL CODE,
INT. BUILDING CODE AND INT. FIRE CODE:
Pat indicated to the members that all of the proposed amendments had been
handed out by Raoul.
Dave Decker wanted to clarify one item- R502 of the Residential Code -where
he believed the wording should be changed from"shall be installed 16" on
center" to "shall be installed maximum 16" on center." Marc suggested that
rather than "maximum" it should read "no more than," with the same wording
on the next section, R502.1.8, open trusses. All agreed.
Pat indicated that page 26 indicates a drawing and wondered if Raoul had yet
done the drawing and Raoul answered in the affirmative. Pat suggested that a
drawing also should be added for the furnace filter opening and inserted after
the other drawing and Raoul indicated that he would do so. All agreed.
Pat opened the floor up for motions to approve the codes. A motion was made
by Steve Silva to approve the Int. Residential Code as drafted and Dave Ryan
seconded the motion; a vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously.
A motion was then made by Steve Silva to approve the Int. Building Code as
drafted and Chuck Kellenberger seconded that motion; a vote was taken and
the motion passed unanimously.
A final motion was made by Chuck Kellenberger to approve the Int. Fire Code
as drafted and Steve Silva seconded the motion; a vote was taken and the
motion passed unanimously.
Raoul thanked all of the Commission members for their time, effort and
commitment during this process and reiterated that the City appreciated
members' dedication to moving this process forward. Pat added that he
believed that the Commission members did a good job of accomplishing this
task before spring/summer. He added that he appreciated the city staff, the
fire department and the Commission members working together and said that,
as a citizen of Elgin, he feels confident that all involved were professional and
know their stuff. He said that he believes that City staff was approachable and
used common sense solutions. Steve Silva seconded those comments and
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added that he believed that the City staff knows that this is not a black and
white world and that there are always gray areas to consider and that he
appreciated Elgin's ability to work in that realm.
Marc indicated that the final versions of these codes will be packaged up and
sent off to the Legal Department for their approval and presentation to the City
Council for adoption.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: There were no public comments presented at this
meeting.
ADJOURNMENT:
A motion was made by Dave Teas to adjourn the meeting at 2:25 p.m., and
seconded by Pat Hudgens. The motion passed unanimously and the meeting
was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
dra L. Kolba
Acting Secretary
Date:
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