Pictured, from left, are President
Bailey, Dupler, Helsinger, Holland, Weiland and NCOBOA
President Paul Blanchette.
International Code Council CEO Rick Weiland, President Wally
Bailey, Board member Bill Dupler, Government Relations Regional
Manager John Payne, Vice President of Chapter Relations Laura
Scott and more than 500 Ohio code officials braved frigid
temperatures to attend the Ohio Building Officials Association
(OBOA) 17th Annual Joint Conference. Besides a record-breaking
attendance, the conference featured more than 130 hours of
continuing education. Held at the Saw Mill Creek Resort in
Huron, Ohio, February 4-6, the conference is attended each
year by all the local Code Council Ohio chapters.
Hosted on a rotating basis by one local chapter, the host
chapter this year was the North Central Ohio Building Officials
Association (NCOBOA). While there, President Bailey addressed
the assembly and participated in its National News Conference.
Dupler installed the new OBOA Board of Directors at the Monday
evening banquet, which included President Bill McErlane, Vice
President Bruce Wholf, Secretary Philip Seyboldt, Treasurer
Michael Rudey and Past President Rick Helsinger. Weiland presented
the first printing of the new 2007 Ohio Building Code, Ohio
Plumbing Code and Ohio Mechanical Code to Gerald O. Holland,
Chairman for the State of Ohio Board of Building Standards.
In addition, Diana Westfall, Secretary in the Council's Ohio
Field Office, staffed a booth during the conference.
Southwestern Ohio Building Officials Association's Annual
Banquet
Code Council Government Relations Regional
Manager John Payne attended the Southwestern Ohio Building
Officials Association Annual Banquet on December 8,
2006, which was held at the Receptions Banquet Hall
in the City of Fairfield, Ohio. Pictured here is John
(right) swearing in new President Michael Spry (left).
Officers not pictured are Vice President Gordon King,
Secretary Charles Crawford, Treasurer Lorenzo Adam and
Past President John Hester.
CAAK's Robert Blanton Retires
Robert
Blanton, a Code Administrators Association of Kentucky
(CAAK) chapter member for nearly 30 years, retired from the
City of Winchester on February 28 after 32 years of service.
Blanton was the city's Director of Development Services. A
CAAK member since 1978, he has served on the chapter's Board
for more than two decades and is now a life director. Read
the full story written about Blanton in The Winchester
Sun newspaper.
Ohio Permit Technicians Seek ICC Chapter Status
Pictured here, from left, are the
ladies that worked to start the committee: Sandy Liedtke,
Linda Reigle and Mary Sampsel from the City of Marysville
and Irene Metheney and Margie Badurina from the City
of Grove City.
Permit technicians in central Ohio have a new goal-to eventually
form their own organization and apply for ICC chapter status!
A group of ambitious technicians from around the area have
made great strides in beginning to form the Central Ohio Permit
Technicians, who are now working as a committee under the
Central Ohio Code Officials Association (COCOA). The
group had its first meeting in the Code Council's Ohio Field
Office on January 18. They discussed what they would like
to accomplish, various networking opportunities, how to obtain
ICC Permit Technician certification, challenges they face
in their jobs and reviewed results of a recent e-mail survey.
Vice President of Chapter Relations Laura Scott gave a short
presentation on how to deal with difficult people. Three subcommittees
have been formed, which include Education, Membership and
Code Consistency. While the group looks forward to one day
operating on its own, they are enjoying the mentoring that
COCOA, a long-standing and successful ICC chapter, are able
to provide them.
Robert
Blanton, a Code Administrators Association of Kentucky
(CAAK) chapter member for nearly 30 years, retired from the
City of Winchester on February 28 after 32 years of service.
Blanton was the city's Director of Development Services. A
CAAK member since 1978, he has served on the chapter's Board
for more than two decades and is now a life director. 
