268th Regular meeting

                                             December 5th, 2007

                                             Seasons Restaurant

                                               664 Pascack Road

                                         Washington Township, NJ

                                                  (201) 664-6141

 

RESERVATIONS ARE A MUST

Please contact

For ticket information contact President Dan Hagberg or Maureen at  973-838-7995.

A reminder notice will be sent out again prior to the meeting.  Hope to see you there.

 

December Meeting

Holiday Party

Well this year has come and gone and it’s time for the Holiday Party/December Meeting and Installation of Officers.

As explained previously, we are no longer having a separate Installation of Officers/Holiday Party due to lack of interest.  However, we are going to incorporate these items into a regular meeting.

Business will be held to a minimum so that you can spend the rest of the time having fun with your family and friends.

This meeting will be held at Seasons, in Washington Township on December 5th.  The cost for the dinner will be $45.00 (well worth it for the spread put out at Seasons), there will be a cash bar and a DJ.  Tickets must be purchased in advance.

We ask that you show your support and bring your family and friends, it is going to be a great time. 

 

    

October BOANJ Meeting

BOANJ held their regular meeting in October in Byram, NJ. The guest speakers were

Cynthia Wilk, Director of the Department of Community Affairs and Lou Mraw of

Regulatory Affairs.  For those BPMIA members who were unable to attend, several items were discussed:

A revised Energy Bill is being proposed to increase the requirements for NJ A fire prevention code update is being proposed to bring the UFC current with the building code requirements (available on the DCA website) A bill is being proposed by fire prevention to require a sprinkler system retrofit of high rise buildings within 5 years if adopted   The monitoring division will be reinstated on a somewhat smaller scale Conflict of Interest rules will be further defined to only include household members not extended family.  Further language will be added to clarify the definition of a traditional conflict (yourself as a contractor in your own or an adjacent town) the Department will move for license revocation Low voltage fire alarm systems will be discussed at the Code Advisory Board Requirement for prior approval from the DCA for new positions will be changed to notification to the Department within 15 after the acceptance of a position The Roster will be changed somewhat.  The Staffing Report required by Henry Riccobene will be the method of obtaining this information   The issue of violations notices was clarified - a separate violation may be issued for each subcode where a violation exists Provisions for the requirements of shelters in the event of a catastrophe are being discussed and further details will be sent the  OEM Coordinator of the town.

International Code Council

Stephen Jones, Past President of BOANJ, has been elected to the Board of Directors at the ICC.  It has been a difficult process trying to get Steve elected to the Board. 

At the conference in Reno which was held in September, Steve was able to achieve his goal , and the goal of New Jersey, to see on of our own on the Board.

Although he did not make it out of committee, he did win 72% of the votes from the members in attendance.

Congratulations go out to Steve!  We know he’s the best man for the job. 

Legislative News

S17- Mandates all newly elected appointed local officials be enrolled in the Defined Contribution Retirement Program. There are several other provisions that will change current pension policy and affect new hires.

A122- Prohibits public employees from enrolling for health benefits with more than on public entity.

A160- Increase annual compensation for retired PERS members from $15000 aggregate to $15000 per employer. A2720- Recognizes Technical Assistants and appointments.

A1196– Increases annual compensation for retired PERS members form $15,000 to $25,000

S233 - Gives tenure to Fire Official and Inspector after 4 years

Golf Outing

The 11th Annual “Frankie Central” Golf Outing was held earlier this month at Farmstead Golf & Country Club in Lafayette, New Jersey.  It was a huge success despite the change in date.

The day started out a little misty and cool but turned out great and everyone had a great time, as usual. 

A final report on the fund raising will brought to the members once all of the accounting has been completed.

Thank you to everyone who attended or helped to get golfers and special thanks to everyone who volunteered their held, and that of their spouse.

As usual, John Carol Pallotta worked super hard and it showed.  Great day.

 

Meeting Notice Apology

I would like to take this opportunity to

apologize to the members for last months meeting notice or lack thereof.

The notice was emailed to the printer, but it was not received by them and therefore the notice was inadvertently never sent out. 

I understand that many of you rely on this correspondence in order to obtain details regarding the location of the meeting etc. and hope that it did not cause any one too much of an inconvenience.

Future emails will be confirmed for receipt  to avoid this from happening again.

Good and Welfare

Our condolences and sympathy go out to Steve Jones, whose father, George, recently passed away.

In addition, Past President John Josephs passed away recently.  Our thoughts are with his family also during this difficult time.

 

Committees 2007

The following is a list of the committee chairs and members for 2007.  Should you wish to add your name to any of the committees please notify President Hagberg.

Committee              Chairman           Members

By Laws                    Mel Streeter        John Buonanno

Nominating               Ray Dressler       Ernie Sisco / John Pallotta

Elections                   Ralph Maritato     Mel Streeter / Bob Chellini / Larry Scorzelli

Ethics                       Joe Albanese       Ralph Maritato / Russell Kunz / Dan Hagberg

Audit                        Tony Merlino        Sam DePadova

Scholarship              Michelle Wood     Russell Kunz / Ernie Sisco / Mel Streeter

                                Joe Albanese

Awards                    Russell Kunz       Mel Streeter / Dan Hagberg

Education                Bill Fleck             Ron Ferrari

Legislative               Don Porrino         Dan Hagberg

Grievance/Legal                

Membership            Larry Scorzelli     Michelle Wood / Tom Zaconie

Historical                 Ed Feldman         John Josephs

Budget                    Larry Scorzelli     Ray Dressler / Dan Hagberg

Golf Outing              John Pallotta       Joe Mellone / Felix Esposito / Ralph Maritato

                               Michelle Wood / John Buonanno / Russell Kunz / Mel Streeter

Dinner                     Ray Dressler       Michelle Wood / Joe Mellone / Larry Scorzelli

Building Safety        Ralph Maritato     Felix Esposito / Ray Dressler / Joe Mellone

                               Michelle Wood / Mel Streeter / John Candelmo

Trip/Picnic               Bill Fleck             Dan Hagberg / Felix Esposito

Ad Journal              Dan Hagberg       Russell Kunz / Bill Fleck

Good and Welfare            Felix Esposito     John Buonanno

Liason to BOANJ — Ray Dressler / Don Porrino

Liason to Architects — Russ Warnet

Liason to Builders — Lenny Herman

Liason to Eastern States —          Walter Stefannaci

Your 2008 Associations dues are due. Membership application will be available at henext meeting. It is very important that your municipality return the Application with the Voucher. Treasurer Larry Scorzelli reported that many vouchers come hrough without the application. This causes confusion with updating the membership roster.   You will not be eligible to Vote at the upcoming November election if your dues are not paid prior to the start of the September meeting.   Members who have not paid by the September meeting will have their names removed from the mailing list.

For questions on your membership

Please call Treasurer Larry   Scorzelli. (201)652-2826 

Click here to download the 2008 membership application