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WASHINGTON COUNTY PLUMBING & HVAC BOARD
MEETING MINUTES January 7th 2019 A&B CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Arnold Eby, Chairman, called the regular monthly meeting of the Washington County Plumbing/HVAC Board to order at 3:00 p.m. on January 7th, 2019 in Conference Room 1 of the Washington County Administrative Annex Building, in Hagerstown, Maryland. Board members present were Arnold Eby, Charlie Semler, Gary Price, Ben Ebersole and William Vantz. Becky Gander, Chief of Permitting, Heather Capezuto, Clerk to Board, Doug Mckay, Plumbing Inspector and Robert Kutchman from the
Health Dept. were also present. MINUTES The minutes for the November 5th, 2018 Plumbing/HVAC Board meeting were accepted as written. NEW BUSINESS 1. PERMITTING & INSPECTION COMMENTS
• Becky Gander advised that Heather Capezuto will be the new Clerk to the
Plumbing Board replacing Tonia Davis. The purpose of rotating the Clerks is to cross train everyone.
• Becky Gander advised Ashley Holloway is the new Director of Plan Review and Permitting replacing Tim Lung who retired. Mr. Holloway was attending another meeting at the time and was unable to introduce himself at this
meeting.
• Becky Gander advised the Board that the code adoption process is starting and Rich Eichelberger who is the code official will be in charge of this process. She stated the actual code adoption of the 2018 codes will probably not be official until January of 2020 with an implementation date in March but that these dates are tentative.
• Becky Gander advised she will be ordering a code book for each board member. 2. HEALTH DEPT. COMMENTS
• Robert Kutchman had no comments to offer for this meeting
3. OPEN DISCUSSION
• Michael Wathen stated he had difficulty processing mechanical permits online. Becky Gander advised that mechanical permits processed online are limited due
to additional documents that typically need to be submitted with a mechanical permit, however, she would look into this matter and see if it can be expanded.
• Doug Mckay reiterated what Becky Gander had advised the board regarding the upcoming 2018 code adoption 4. APPLICANTS THAT WERE ISSUED A PLUMBING OR MECHANICAL LICENSE
• Roland Willard- Master Plumber/Gas Fitter- R.E. Willard Plumbing, Inc.
• Christopher Woodward- Master Plumber/Gas Fitter- Associates Plumbing, Inc.
• Ricky Mellott- Master Plumber/Gas Fitter- Mellott Plumbing
• Sam Allen- On-Site Plumber- Potomac Excavating
• Jeffrey Shriner- Master Mechanical- Airtron
• Aday Galindo- Master Mechanical- Renovations Expert, Inc.
• Brock Porter- Master Mechanical- Lennox National Account Services LLC.
• Craig McCall- Master Mechanical- Sheetz, Inc.
• Hyung Kim- Master Mechanical- K&K Sheet Metal, Inc. 5. CLOSED DISCUSSION
• No closed session
The meeting was adjourned at 3:07 p.m.