From The International Code Council
ICC Members Elect 2012-2013 Board Officers, Directors; Proposed Bylaw Amendment Approved for Mail Ballot

International Code Council Members elected Board Officers and Directors during Tuesday’s Annual Business Meeting at the 2012 Annual Conference in Portland. Ronald E. Piester, AIA, Director of the New York Department of State Division of Code Enforcement and Administration, was elected President. Stephen D. Jones, C.B.O., Construction Official for Millburn Township and the Borough of Florham Park, New Jersey, was elected Vice President. Guy Tomberlin, Code Specialist for the Fairfax County, Virginia, Land Development Services, was elected Secretary/Treasurer.

  Board of Directors Newly Elected Officers
 
The 2012-13 officers of the ICC Board of Directors are (from left): William D. Dupler, President; Guy Tomberlin, Secretary/Treasurer-elect; Stephen D. Jones, Vice President-elect; and Ronald E. Piester, President-elect.

Ron Hoover, Director of Building Inspection for Marion, Iowa, and Fire Chief for Alburnett, Iowa, was re-elected to represent Section B on the Board, which is a three-year term. Tina Rakes, Codes Administrator for Baldwin County, Kansas, was re-elected to represent Section D on the Board, which also is a three-year term.

William R. Bryant of Maryland and Greg Wheeler of Colorado were elected to at-large positions on the Board, which are both three-year terms. Bryant is Code Enforcement Administrator for the Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Inspections, and Wheeler is Chief Building Official for the city of Thornton, Colorado.

Jim Brown, Deputy Building Official for the city of Gillette, Wyoming, was elected to a one-year term on the Board, filling the vacant seat created by Tomberlin’s election as Secretary/Treasurer.

  Board of Directors Newly Elected Officers
 
From left, Bill Bryant, Ron Hoover, Tina Rakes, Jim Brown and Greg Wheeler were elected to the 2012-13 ICC Board of Directors during the Annual Business Meeting at the 2012 Annual Conference in Portland, Ore.

Voting Members approved proposed Bylaw Amendment 2012-1, which is intended to require that the Board of Directors articulate a position on all proposed bylaw amendments. The amendment will now go to all Governmental Member Representatives and Honorary Members for a mail ballot, and require a two-thirds vote of those voting in the mail ballot to become part of the Bylaws. For more information, click here.

Proposed Member Resolutions 1-5 also were approved by Voting Members. Member Resolution 6 was approved with an amendment to one word in the last sentence: “Continue to promote energy efficiency as a policy tool for a more solid secure future.” Proposed Member Resolution 7 was disapproved.