A. Call to order – President Tim Nelson called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
B. Calling of the Roll of Officers: Tim Nelson, Jodine Adams, Jon Reed, Freeman Abbott, Bruce Smith, Barbara Skelton, Dabney Lewis, Al Farris, Paul Demers, and Joan Kiszely (MMA).
It was determined there was a quorum.
Not Present – Kathy Joiner, Dick Lambert
C. Reading of the Minutes of the previous meeting:
Bruce Smith, made a motion to accept the minutes of the December 11, 2008 Board Meeting; seconded by Jon Reed. All approved.
D. Communications and bills:
Tim Nelson noted that he isn’t getting anything for communications.
Barbara Skelton reported she does not have any outstanding bills. She did pay the bill for $125.00 for web maintenance.
E. Report of Officers and Treasurers report – Barbara Skelton reported
1. Report of the Officers and Treasurer’s Report: Barb Skelton reported on the financials from January 2009 to the present.
Checking Balance: $12,813.35
18 Mo. CD’s: $4,030.20
12 Mo. CD’s: $2,901.18
Petty Cash: $79.52
Savings $992.02
Total Current Balance: $19,764.61
Motion made by Freeman Abbott to approve the Treasurer’s Report as presented; seconded by Paul Demers, all approved.
There was a brief discussion on how checks are not clearing and that members of the board have been waiting months to get their checks cleared. Joan Kiszely reported that MMA has gotten backed up on checks. She reported that are all being processed now.
F. Report of Committees
- Education Committee – Jonathan Reed – no report.
Discussion on where MBOIA goes from here with all the economy issues and budget cuts. It was noted that if there is no training for anyone, how will they keep up with being certified? It was noted that the four membership meetings and training could go towards certification. Jon Reed noted that the town still has certified individuals, but it is the responsibility of the individual to get the training.
It was noted that they should talk to Mark Tebbetts to see if he could take the lead to do some training. Joan Kiszely mentioned that it might be possible that if Mark Tebbetts works with the new Education Manager, Janice Tevanian, we could possibly co-sponsor with MMA to offer some training. It was a consensus of the board that getting Mark Tebbetts would be a possible solution to getting training to those that need to be certified. Lengthy discussion on possible job cuts for Code Enforcers and budget cuts on training.
Motion made by Bruce Smith, seconded by Freeman Abbott, all approved to see if Mark Tebbetts would offer the training, and pay him a percentage of what the training fees would be. It was noted that maybe they should be doing more public awareness. They will sit down with Mark Tebbetts and talk to him about possibly doing webinars. Tim Nelson will talk to Dick Lambert about the public relations issue.
Paul Demers noted there would be a Plumbing & Heating/Cooling training on March 20th at Augusta Civic Center. He also reported that Maine Air Quality training will be offered on March 25th at the Augusta Civic Center. It was the consensus that they get a speaker on Wind Power generators, and they market about possibly getting a speaker to do a one-day workshop on Solar for hot water. Jodine Adams offered to get a speaker on Solar for hot water power for a day course.
- NEBOEA/ESBOF – Paul Demers/Al Farris:
Tim Nelson noted that the Eastern States is having a meeting tomorrow.
- NEBOEA: There is a meeting tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. Paul Demers and Bruce Smith will be attending this meeting and they may request they suspend the program at this time. He doesn’t feel many from Maine will be able to attend.
- Audit Committee – Dick Lambert absent!
- Legislative Committee:
Tim Nelson reported on LD 440. He noted that MMA is going to oppose this bill. There was a brief discussion on LD 440. Motion made by Paul Demers, seconded by Barbara Skelton, all approved to oppose LD 440.
G. Unfinished Business
- MMA Website and Fees of Services: Brief discussion on MMA Website and fees. Motion made by Jon Reed, seconded by Freeman Abbott, all approved to have MMA take on the website services with Dick Lambert to take the lead in working with Jeri Holt at MMA.
- Treasurer Position: Barbara Skelton noted she just had her evaluation and is only able to attend quarterly meetings of MBOIA. She noted she can continue on as Treasurer, but cannot attend board meetings. It was the consensus that Barbara Skelton continue as Treasurer.
- New Members: Motion made by Paul Demers, seconded by Jodine Adams, all approved Jason Marshall – Town of Harpswell as a new member of MBOIA.
H. Adjournment – Freeman Abbott, made a motion to adjourn; seconded by Paul Demers, all approved to adjourn the meeting at 11:35 a.m.
