MINUTES NOT VERBATIM
SANTA ROSA COUNTY BUILDING CODE
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS MEETING
MINUTES
JULY 9, 2003
The regular meeting of the Santa Rosa County Building Code Board of Adjustments and Appeals was held July 9, 2003, at 3:00 p.m. in the Conference room of the Santa Rosa County Building Inspection Department located at 6051 Old Bagdad Highway, Room 202, Milton, FL 32583. Board members present were Mr. Charles “Pete” Southerland, Chairman; Mr. Larry Hall, Vice-Chairman; Mr. Frank Harold, Mr. Jeff Ates, and Mr. Danny Holt.
Building Inspection Department staff in attendance was Mr. John T. “Tim” Tolbert, Building Official; Mr. Skip Tompkins, Field Superintendent; Mrs. Rhonda Royals, Building Department Coordinator; and Ms. Amy Allen, Permit Analyst.
Mr. Tom Dannheisser, County Attorney was also in attendance for the meeting.
Mr. Southerland, Chairman; called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
Mr. Southerland introduced Mr. Tim Tolbert as the newly appointed Building Official to the Board.
Approval of Agenda:
There was one addition to the agenda. Angie Jones with Locklin and Jones Attorneys was present to represent Mr. James G. McCranie for a reinstatement of Mr. McCranie’s contractor’s license. Mr. Harold made a motion to approve the agenda. Mr. Holt seconded the motion. The motion carried with an unanimous vote.
Approval of Minutes:
Mr. Harold made a motion to approve the minutes from the June 11, 2003 meeting. Mr. Hall seconded the motion. The motion carried with an unanimous vote.
Next Meeting:
The next regularly scheduled meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 3:00 p.m.
David Hannah VS Raymond Noel d/b/a Reve Development
Mrs. Royals gave a brief update on the case. Mrs. Royals has spoken with both attorneys involved in the case. Both parties have signed an agreement. Mr. Hannah will withdraw his complaint at the time of the closing. The closing is expected to take place in the next few weeks. Mrs. Royals asked the Board to continue the case to next month’s meeting. Mr. Harold made a motion to continue the case until next month. Mr. Hall seconded the motion. The motion carried with an unanimous vote.
New Business
Mr. James G. McCranie
Mrs. Royals briefly explained the case to the Board. The Building Department received a complaint in 2001 from Ms. Amanda Unterbrink regarding a roof that Mr. McCranie d/b/a Reliant Contractors had installed on her newly constructed home. Reliant Contractors went out of business shortly after this complaint was filed. As a result to the complaint filed by Ms. Unterbrink, the Board posed a five year revocation of Mr. McCranie’s license. Mrs. Jones and Mr. McCranie came back before the Board. At that time the Board rescinded the previous decision and reduced the revocation down to two years. That revocation expired in April of 2003. A condition to the revocation was that Mr. McCranie would have to take and pass the Experior exam. Mrs. Jones was in attendance at the meeting to ask the Board to have Mr. McCranie’s license reinstated without him having to take the exam.
Mrs. Angie Jones with Locklin and Jones was present to discuss Mr. McCranie’s case. Mr. James Greg McCranie was the owner of Reliant Builders before the company went out of business. Mrs. Jones explained that Mr. McCranie believes his knowledge of the building trade comes from his experience. Mr. McCranie understands that when he is building he will have to comply with all of the codes and requirements. Mr. McCranie wants his license back and would like to begin building; however, he does not want to take the Experior exam.
The Board and Mrs. Jones discussed the decision the Board had previously made. Mrs. Royals read the initial Final Order and the second Final Order issued by the Board. Mr. Hall and Mr. Dannheisser discussed the conditions of the Final Order.
Mr. Holt discussed Mr. McCranie’s ability to build houses. Mr. Southerland pointed out that the Board had rescinded the initial revocation of five years down to two years.
Mr. Holt made a motion to have Mr. McCranie’s license reinstated. The motion died for a lack of a second.
The Board decided that no action would be taken at this time.
Mr. Harold made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Mr. Ates seconded the motion. The motion carried with an unanimous vote.
Mr. Southerland adjourned the meeting at 3:29 p.m.
Approved this ______ day of __________________ 2003.
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Charles “Pete” Southerland
Chairman
Prepared by Amy Allen, Permit Analyst I
Santa Rosa County Building Inspection Department