DELAWARE BOARD OF MASSAGE AND BODYWORK



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|Cannon Building |STATE OF DELAWARE |Telephone: (302) 744-4500 |

|861 Silver Lake Blvd., Suite 203 |DEPARTMENT OF STATE |Fax: (302) 739-2711 |

|Dover, Delaware 19904-2467 | |Website: dpr. |

| |DIVISION OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION | |

PUBLIC MEETING MINUTES: BOARD OF ARCHITECTS

MEETING DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at 1:30 p.m.

PLACE: 861 Silver Lake Blvd., Conference Room B,

Second floor, Dover, Delaware

MINUTES APPROVED: Approved July 18, 2007

MEMBERS PRESENT

Arden Bardol, RA, President, Presiding

Jean McCool, RA, Secretary

Charles Weymouth, RA

C. Terry Jackson, RA

Julia Cronshaw Hopkins, Public Member

Loretta Wooten, Public Member

DIVISION STAFF/DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

Andrew Kerber, Deputy Attorney General

James Collins, Director

Monique Hampton, Administrative Specialist II

Nicole Breaux, Administrative Specialist II

ABSENT

Steven Atchley, Public Member

Goodwin Cobb, Public Member

Alvin French, RA

1.0 CALL TO ORDER

Ms. Bardol called the meeting to order at 1:40 p.m.

2.0 REVIEW OF MINUTES

The Board reviewed the May 2, 2007 minutes. Ms. Hopkins made a motion, seconded by Ms. Wooten to approve the minutes with amendment. The motion was unanimously carried.

3.0 UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Status of Draft Letter from Passed Legislation – H.B. 311

Mr. Kerber addressed the board with discussion of how to send out notification of passed legislation H.B. 311. Ms. McCool suggested sending a cover letter with the paper amendment to all registered architects. It was also discussed and determined that a link to this form should be posted on the website as well as on the hard copy of the cover letter. Ms. Bardol suggested sending this to the AIA office to be placed in their newsletter with the web link address and to DAPE as well. Ms. Bardol requested Ms. Hampton to formulate the draft letter which will be sent to Mr. Kerber for approval.

Ms. Wooten made a motion, seconded by Ms. Hopkins, to approve the draft letter and take this off the agenda. The motion was approved by majority vote with one nay.

Report on Status of Joint Architecture and Engineer Advisory Committee (JAC) – Ms. Bardol

Ms. Bardol reported that the JAC did will not be meeting for this summer. Mr. Jackson arrived at 1:50 p.m.

Discussion on Sussex County Seal Requirements

Mr. Kerber reported follow up with the DAG to the Board of Professional Engineers and the response was that they also are looking to see that Sussex County does what is needed in order to comply with the law but as of yet there has not been a resolution. Mr. Weymouth questioned whether Mr. Kerber was addressing the issue of whether engineers rather than architects can seal construction drawings and Mr. Kerber advised that the only issue being raised is with out of state architects and engineers sealing construction drawings in connection with Sussex County building permits. Mr. Kerber informed the board that he would continue to look into this matter with the DAG to the Board of Professional Engineers.

Discussion on Board Administered Training

The Board discussed whether the questions should be categorized according to who the specific question pertains to. Ms. Hopkins suggested that the questions be shared and then define roles to figure out where the Board fits in assisting the Investigators through the use of a dialog of questions. Ms. Bardol advised to send the compilation of questions to the Investigators. Mr. Kerber advised that he would take the list of questions and review them then determine which questions should be addressed by whom they relate to, i.e. the Investigators, the DAG, the Deputy General or the architects. Mr. Weymouth commented that he feels that Board members should be knowledgeable about the laws when they are approached by the Investigators.

Discussion on NCARB’s 2007 Annual Meeting

Ms. Hampton advised the Board that NCARB will not be paying for a public member in this fiscal year. Ms. Bardol stated that Mr. French will not be able to attend the NCARB Conference. Ms. Bardol then asked Ms. Hampton to explain again about the budget for this fiscal year as she did not understand. Ms. Hampton explained how the budget works for this fiscal year and how it directly affects the cost of attending these conferences. Ms. Bardol then requested Ms. Hampton to compile a report of what it costs to go on these conference trips.

Discussion on Motions to NCARB’s Resolutions

The Board individually discussed briefly on each of the 12 resolutions for Ms. Bardol to decide upon at the conference. All of the resolutions, except 07-08, 07-09, and 07-10* were approved and unanimously carried. For resolutions 07-08 and 07-09, the Board left them open for Ms. Bardol to listen to what is on the floor and then make a decision.

*Resolution 07-10 was unanimously carried by the Board with the decision of having the resolution amended to strike the last paragraph due to needing further development.

Strategic Planning

The Board made a decision to amend the topic 3.7.1 to Future Revisions to Rules & Regulations. Ms. Bardol advised to make a compilation of lists of the future revisions to rules & regulations. Ms. Bardol asked Ms. Hampton if she or the Division of Professional Regulation would be in control of a tracking system for tallying complaints. Ms. Hampton advised Ms. Bardol that yes the Division would be responsible for that task.

Review of Tabled Reciprocity Application – NCARB Certificate

The Board reviewed the reciprocity application for Stephen Varenhorst. Ms. McCool made a motion, seconded by Mr. Weymouth to approve the reciprocity application. The motion was unanimously carried.

Discussion on Complaint Process at AG’s Office – Kerber

Mr. Kerber advised that the AG advised that complaint’s 07-05-06 and 07-06-06 were not handled correctly. He also advised that it was determined that there should have been better coordination with the Board and that a new DAG will be assigned for those two particular cases. The complaint process should have been that Ms. McCool, once assigned to the two above referenced complaints, would review the information and await contact from the investigator. Then the investigator of the two complaints would provide updated information which would be forwarded directly to Ms. Cool stating whether the complaints are closed or if they need to go before the Board in a hearing. Ms. McCool at the next Board meeting would then give a status on the complaints. However, Ms. McCool could not give a status to the Board at the previous schedule meeting on May 15, 2007 due to not having the complaints’ information forwarded to her. Mr. Collins stated that he himself also pursued as to why Ms. McCool did not receive the necessary information as it was determined that the complaints had been handled. Mr. Kerber then advised the Board that at this time there is not a situation of Double Jeopardy within complaints 07-05-06 and 07-06-06.

4.0 NEW BUSINESS

Review of Reciprocity Applications with NCARB certificate

The Board reviewed the applications for:

Roger P. Ferris Jonathan Bailey

Paul G. D’Onofrio Lawrence Dinoff

Stephen L. Knowles Mark S. Wasescha

Harold F. Wheeler Joseph Rothman

Mr. Jackson made a motion, seconded by Ms. Hopkins to approve the above applications for licensure by reciprocity with NCARB certificate. The motion was unanimously carried.

Discussion on the Use of Title Blocks for Single-Family Units

Ms. Hampton addressed the Board with a question from a gentleman on the ability to use Title Blocks. Mr. Kerber advised Ms. Hampton to send him a short letter via e-mail in regards to this situation and Mr. Kerber, after review of the letter, would place the letter on DAG letter head and send to the gentleman making the request.

Review of Renewal Application

The Board reviewed the renewal application for Donald S. Wirt and Jeffrey A. Bossert as their renewals were on hold due to answering yes to the statement of whether they have had their license disciplined before. Mr. Weymouth made a motion, seconded by Ms. McCool to approve the renewal application. The motion was unanimously carried.

5.0 Other Business Before the Board (for discussion only)

Mr. Collins advised the Board that he had both good and bad news. The good news being that Ms. Hampton the prior Administrative Specialist to the Board has taken a promoted position. The bad news being that Ms. Hampton will no longer be with the Board; Ms. Breaux will now be resuming her responsibilities of the Board. However, Ms. Hampton will still be assessable to Ms. Breaux to make the transition smooth. Mr. Collins then advised the Board that the Division is converting to the Information Age which means that the current structure of the Division will be moving into service teams to increase customer service.

6.0 Public Comment

There was no public comment.

7.0 Next Scheduled Meeting

The next meeting will be held on July 18, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. in Conference Room B, second floor of the Cannon Building, 861 Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, Delaware.

8.0 Adjournment

There being no further business, Mr. Weymouth made a motion, seconded by Ms. Hopkins, to adjourn the meeting at 3:50 p.m. The motion was unanimously carried.

Respectfully submitted,

Nicole M. Breaux

Administrative Specialist II

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