Annual Business Meeting | Monday, Sept. 29

ICC Voting Members Elect 2014-2015 Board Officers, Directors

 
The 2014-2015 ICC Board of Directors Officers are (from left): Immediate Past President Stephen D. Jones, CBO, Construction Official for the Township of Millburn and the Borough of Florham Park, N.J.; President Guy Tomberlin, CBO, Branch Chief of Residential/Light Commercial Inspections for the Fairfax County, Va., Department of Public Works and Environmental Services; Vice President Alex "Cash" Olszowy, Building Inspection Supervisor for the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government in Lexington, Ky.; and Georgia State Fire Marshal M. Dwayne Garriss.
 
   
 
New and re-elected ICC Board Directors are (from left): William J. Bechtold, Senior Building Official for Kenton County, Ky.; Richard C. Truitt, Sr., Deputy Code Director for Harford County, Md.; James E. Morganson, Code Enforcement Officer, Fire Marshal and Zoning Administrator for the city of Lake Placid, N.Y.; Jay Elbettar, PE, CBO, Building Official for the city of Mission Viejo, Calif.; Alan Boswell, CBO, MCP, Chief Building Official for the city of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and M. Donny Phipps, CBO, CFM, Director of Inspections and Building Official for Richland County, S.C.  
International Code Council Voting Members elected Board Officers and Directors during the association's Annual Business Meeting at the 2014 Annual Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Guy Tomberlin, CBO, Branch Chief of Residential/Light Commercial Inspections for the Fairfax County, Va., Department of Public Works and Environmental Services, was elected President of the ICC Board. The Certified Building Official has been active in code enforcement since 1985 and works closely with all divisions in the Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services. He also has served on numerous ICC committees and is a Past President of the Virginia Building and Code Officials Association, the Virginia Plumbing and Mechanical Inspectors Association and Region VII Chapters.

Alex "Cash" Olszowy, Building Inspection Supervisor for the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government in Lexington, Ky., was elected Vice President of the ICC Board. Olszowy has served with Lexington Fayette since 2003 and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Code Administrators Association of Kentucky Chapter for the past 12 years.

Georgia State Fire Marshal M. Dwayne Garriss was elected Secretary/Treasurer of the ICC Board. Garriss is currently serving on the ICC Investment, Audit, Budget and cdpACCESS committees and is a past chairman of the Fire Service Governance Committee.

Jay Elbettar, PE, CBO, was re-elected to a three-year term representing Section A on the ICC Board. Elbettar is Building Official for the city of Mission Viejo, Calif.

Richard C. Truitt, Sr. was re-elected to a three-year term representing Section E on the ICC Board. Truitt is Deputy Code Director for Harford County, Md.

William J. Bechtold, James E. Morganson and M. Donny Phipps, CBO, CFM, were elected to at-large positions on the ICC Board. Bechtold is Senior Building Official for Kenton County, Ky.; Morganson is the Code Enforcement Officer, Fire Marshal and Zoning Administrator for the city of Lake Placid, N.Y.; Phipps is Director of Inspections and Building Official for Richland County, S.C.

Alan Boswell, CBO, MCP, was elected to a two-year term on the ICC Board, filling the seat vacated by Garriss' election of Secretary/Treasurer. Boswell is Chief Building Official for the city of Tuscaloosa, Ala.

ICC Board members not standing for election this year are: Immediate Past President Stephen D. Jones, CBO, Construction Official for the Township of Millburn and the Borough of Florham Park, N.J.; Jim H. Brown, CBO, CFPS, Deputy Building Official, Gillette, Wyo.; William R. Bryant, MCP, Code Enforcement Administrator, Anne Arundel County, Md.; Robert Drexler, Fire Marshal, Greece, N.Y.; Gilbert Gonzales, CBO, Chief Building Official, Murray City, Utah; Ron Hoover, MCP, Director, Marion, Iowa, Building Inspection Department and Fire Chief, Alburnett, Iowa; Tina Rakes, Codes Administrator, Baldwin City, Kan.; Lynn Underwood, MCP, Code Official, Norfolk, Va.; and Greg Wheeler, CBO, Chief Building Official, Thornton, Colo.

Voting Members also passed proposed resolutions 2014-1 through 2014-5.
 

 
 
ICC and SRCC sign a Memorandum of Understanding. From left, ICC Chief Executive Officer Dominic Sims, ICC Board of Directors President Stephen D. Jones, SRCC President Ole Pilgard and SRCC Executive Director Eileen Prado.
 
ICC and SRCC to Join Forces to Assure Safety, Effectiveness and Fast Access to Markets for Solar Industry

During Monday's Annual Business Meeting, the Code Council and the Solar Rating & Certification Corporation (SRCC) announced an agreement in principle to join forces and combine resources to help the solar industry and communities meet growing market demands.

International Code Council Board President Stephen D. Jones, CBO; Code Council Chief Executive Officer Dominic Sims, CBO; SRCC President Ole Pilgard; and SRCC Executive Director Eileen Prado announced the agreement for SRCC's merger with the Code Council. Through this arrangement, ICC will support the SRCC brand and build on their technical excellence to support Members and the solar industry.
 

 
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International Code Council Chief Executive Officer Dominic Sims, CBO, gives the Chief Executive Officer's Report.
International Code Council Board of Directors President Stephen D. Jones, CBO, gives the President's Report.
International Code Council Board of Directors Secretary/Treasurer Alex "Cash" Olszowy gives the Secretary/Treasurer's Report.
 
International Code Council Board of Directors Member and Board Resolutions Committee Chair Jay Elbettar, P.E., CBO, reads the proposed Member Resolutions.
International Code Council Board of Directors Member and Board Honorary Members Committee Chair M. Dwayne Garriss presents the list of ICC Honorary Members.
International Code Council Board of Directors Immediate Past President and Board Nominating Committee Chair Ronald E. Piester, AIA, announces the candidates recommended for Board elections.