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MINUTES

BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS

Date: February 11, 2021

Place: Access Using Video Conferencing

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Phone: 1-442-245-7263

PIN: 235 132 259#

Present: David G. Mongan, P.E, Chairman

Karl Rickert, P.E, Vice Chairman

Sallye E. Perrin, P.E.

Steven A. Arndt, Ph.D, P.E.

Pastor Farinas, P.E

H. C. Harclerode, P.E.

Absent: Justin Williams, Esq.

Ruby Courtney, Board Administrator

Others Present: Joseph Cullingford, Executive Director

Carla M. Zamon, Assistant Executive Director

Milena Trust, AAG, Counsel to the Board

Gregory J. Morgan, Commissioner, O & P

Frazier West, Investigator

Tyanna Handy, Office Secretary

Makayla Nelson, LA & LS Board Administrator

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CALL TO ORDER

Vice Chairman Rickert called the meeting to order at 9:39 a.m.

ACTION ON MINUTES

Motion (I) was made by Dr. Arndt, seconded by Ms. Perrin and unanimously carried by the Board to approve the minutes of the January 14, 2021 Board meeting as submitted.

APPLICATIONS APPROVED BY THE BOARD

Motion (II) was made by Mr. Harclerode, seconded by Ms. Perrin, and unanimously carried to deny three applications for the Principles and Practice of Engineering exam for an insufficient amount of engineering work experience, one for an unoffical NCEES degree review and one to uphold the denial of an Exam applicant who appealed the denial of the Board last month for an insufficient amount of engineering work experience and to approve 16 applications for reciprocity, 26 applications for the Principles and Practice of Engineering examination and one application for PE licensure by Transfer Grades. Approvals are as follows:

Applications for PE Licensure by Reciprocity:

Dolha, Kayisavera 57167

Dewitt, Matthew S. 57168

Lineham, Julian J. 57169

Mangalang, Ryan M. 57170

Tesfaye, Yonas K. 57171

Todaro, Corey 57172

Webster, Olin C. 57173

Blair, Elizabeth A. 57174

Lei, Hao-yun 57175

Materek, Britain A. 57176

Chapman, Joseph L. 57177

Augustini, Georgr A. 57178

Hayes, Jeremy T. 57179

Giampietro, Joseph 57180

Pannkuk IV, Everett B. 57181

Bertollo, Michael 57182

Applications for the Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination are as follows:

Ali, Dhargham

Casanova Soto, Juan E.

Demo, Yonas D.

Fariborzi Araght, Kiarsash

Frederick, Christopher R.

Habib, Habibullah

Huang, Nicole L.

Karg, Christopher K.

Khan, Asghar Ali

McCall, Eric S.

Mekuriya, Muluken T.

O’Brien, Patrick E.

Pilachowski, David T.

Royall, Joshua S.

Singh, Pardip

Sadiquian, Benjamin

Saleem, Jamal S.

Sorani, David A.

Talukder, Rupan A.

Toloh, Beheshtah

Torkashvan, Arash

Velasquez, Oscar

White, Valarie

Win, Thant Z.

Woldeyes, Kermelos H.

Yen, Oscar

Application for PE Licensure by Transfer Grades

Emani, Prithvi Nath

EXECUTIVE SESSION

Motion (III) was made by Mr. Harclerode, seconded by Mr. Rickert, and unanimously carried to go into Executive Session at 9:55 a.m. in breakout rooms from the general session. This session was permitted to be closed pursuant to General Provisions Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, §3-305(b) (7).

Motion (IV) was made by Dr. Arndt, seconded by Mr. Harclerode, and unanimously carried to adjourn the Executive Session and reconvene the public meeting at 10:12 a.m.

COMPLAINT COMMITTEE

Mr. Rickert reported on the status of complaints discussed by the Complaint Committee on February 11, 2021.

18-PE-05 Pending Settlement

13-PE-19 Awaiting Action by Permitting Authority

27-PE-19 Trial date March 9, 2021

10-PE-20 Court date December 1, 2020. Respondent was a no show

18-PE-20 Closed

03-PE-21 Investigating

04-PE-21 Awaiting response from respondent

05-PE-21 Suggested to close as a civil case

Motion (V) was made by Ms. Perrin, seconded by Mr. Harclerode, and unanimously carried to accept the recommendations of the Complaint Committee.

NEW BUSINESS

NCEES 2021 Awards Presentation

Mr. Mongan reported that NCEES covered voting issues, that the Civil examination moved up a year, Nina Norris spoke on Marketing & Outreach and the Resolution of Cooperation was reviewed. Mr. Cullingford will do research on what the Resolution of Cooperation involves.

OLD BUSINESS – None

CPC COMMITTEE REPORT

Motion (VI) was made by Mr. Harclerode, seconded by Ms. Perrin, and unanimously carried to approve two CPC provider applications of ASDC Mid-Atlantic Chapter and Kinetic Research Corporation.

REPORT FROM EDUCATION COMMITTEE – None

REPORT FROM ETHICS COMMITTEE

Dr. Arndt sent out a draft of the ethics exam material and reported that he and Mr. Cullingford are working on the voice over. The plan is to have yearly updates to the case studies portion of the exam. Mr. Mongan reminded the Board that reports are due on April 30, 2021.

REPORT FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – None

REPORT FROM BOARD COUNSEL

Ms. Trust advised the Board that Pastor Farinas has been reappointed to the Board. Maryland Society of Surveyors (MSS) completed a successful meeting and decided to allow photogrammetry with permits needed.

An architectural bill will allow certain exemptions under $25K for public and private parrnerships. The legislative session is more focused on COVID related issues and unemployent insurance fraudsters’ gathering of information.

CORRESPONDENCE – None

APPLICATIONS APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY FOR RECIPROCITY

There were a total of 56 applications, supported by NCEES Model Law Engineer records that were administratively approved for licensure.

OTHER BUSINESS

The next Board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 11, 2020.

ADJOURNMENT

Motion (VII) was made by Ms. Perrin, seconded by Mr. Harclerode, and unanimously carried to adjourn the meeting at 10:23 a.m.

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Signed by: David Mongan Date: March 12, 2021

Board Chairman

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