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BOARD OF BUILDING CODE APPEALS CITY OF NOItTH OLMSTED MINUTES FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF OCTOBEIZ 19, 2009 120LL CALL The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers. Present: Donna Sabo, Norman Althen, Dan Jarachovic, Robert Lipcsey, BJ Meder Staff: Assistant Law Director Bryan O'Malley, Building Commissioner Dale Mitchell, Clerk of Commissions Donna Rote REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF MINUTES Mr. Jarachovic moved, seconded iby Mr. Althen, to approve the September 17, 2009 minutes. Roll call: Sabo, Althen, Lipcsey, Jarachovic - yes; Meder abstained. Motion approved 4-0. Mrs. Sabo requested the Law Department provide a brief overview of the codes involved with the pending case. Mr. O'Malley reviewed Chapter 1317 of the Codified Ordinances pertaining to Registration and Licensing of Contractors. He discussed state versus local licensing. The State of Ohio's contractor licenses are mainly commercial and supersede local licensing and the city is bound to accept the state contractors license. The city can require a state licensed contractor to register, provide proof of their state license, require they have insurance and workers comp. He advised the board that although the denial referenced proof of insurance was not provided, the applicant since provided the required proof therefore it was no longer an issue to be addressed. NEW BUSINESS • Ronald Claus (RC Services LLC); 5519 Decker Road: Proposal consists of an appeal of the Building Commissioner's ruling dated September 14, 2009 on the denial of the Application for Registration, under the compliance with the codified Ordinance of North Olmsted 1317.04 d, Registration Submittals. Ronald Claus was sworn in. Mr. Claus said he has always been employed by others in the business since 1959. Since he retired past clients contact him requesting he provide service to systems he previously worked. In Apri12009 he started his own business, RC Service LLC, and starting running into problems when he started trying to register with the city. A page from Ohio.gov Department of Commerce website was passed out and Mr. Claus pointed out that the last sentence read "We do not license residential contractors nor do we license general contractors" and he has no intention of performing commercial worlc. He only wants to work for customers who he has done work for in the past for now and wants to be registered so he can pull permits. Because he doesn't have a state license he can not register and he has seen the paperwork and boolcs it talces but they go through a lot of requirements not needed for residential worlc. He is asking the city to register him and a clause could be placed that it is for residential worlc only. If he wanted to do commercial work he would take the test but he doesn't. He has