A delegation of International Code Council Board, Government
Relations Advisory Committee, Chapter leaders and staff headed
to Capitol Hill during Building Safety Week 2007 to promote
a new Council proposal. The Community Building Code Administration
Grant Program would provide federal grants to building departments
to enhance their code enforcement capabilities. This year’s
annual Capitol Hill Day included more than 130 meetings with
Congressional offices.
International Code Council Board President
Wally Bailey (left) and COO Dominic Sims (right) meet
with Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., to discuss the Code Council’s
proposed Building Code Administration Grant Program.
Bailey is the Director of Development and Construction
for the City of Fort Smith. Congressman Ross, who serves
Arkansas’s Fourth District, sits on the House Science
and Technology Committee.
Rep. Russ Carnahan (left), D-Mo., greets
Government Relations Advisory Member George Wiggins
and Board member Ed Berkel. A constituent of Congressman
Carnahan in Missouri’s Third District, Berkel is the
Fire Marshal for the Mehlville (Mo.) Fire Protection
District. Wiggins is Building Code Enforcement Officer
for the City of Winter Park, Fla.
Emphasizing a point, Code Council Board
member Doug Murdock explains to Lauren Semeniuk, professional
staff in the office of Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., how
many departments that are under funded would benefit
from the Council’s proposed grant program. Murdock is
Building Official for Gainesville, Fla.
Code Council Board members Jimmy Brothers
(left) and Ron Piester and Board Vice President Steve
Shapiro meet with Alabama Congressman Bud Cramer’s Legislative
Assistant Julie Barkemeyer. Brothers, a constituent,
is Building Director for the City of Decatur. Piester
is Director, Division of Code Enforcement and Administration
for the New York State Department of State. Shapiro
is Director of Codes Compliance for the City of Hampton,
Va.
Board Secretary/Treasurer Adolf Zubia
presents Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico with an International
Code Council medallion and Wildfire Preparedness Kit.
Zubia is Fire Chief for the City of Las Cruces.
Code Council CEO Rick Weiland (left)
and Board member Ron Lynn (right) meet with Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid, D- Nev., to discuss the proposed
Community Building Code Administration Grant Program.
Lynn is Building Official for Clark County, Nev.
Code Council CEO Rick Weiland (left),
Government Relations Advisory Committee member and Tennessee
constituent Betts Nixon and Board President Wally Bailey
(right) discuss the proposed Community Building Code
Administration Grant Program with Chairman of the House
Science and Technology Committee Rep. Bart Gordon, D-Tenn.,
Nixon is Director of Buildings and Codes for the City
of Murfreesboro and Bailey is Director of Development
and Construction for the City of Fort Smith, Ark.
Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., listens while
Code Council Board member Greg Johnson explains how
the proposed Building Code Administration Grant could
help fund expenditures such as computers, vehicles,
training and professional certification. Johnson is
Building Inspector for the City of Saint Paul, Minn.
