2022-11 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 25 Electrical Commission, Electrical Contractors and Licensed Electricians

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following: (a) failure of a licensee to comply with the provisions of this Chapter or any reasonable direction of the Building Inspections Division; (b) failures of the licensee to complete permitted jobs in a workmanlike manner; (c)transferring or loaning license to an unlicensed individual, that is, allowing an unlicensed individual to use license to obtain permits or perform work without being employed by the licensee; or (d) other just cause. No electrical contractor having had a license revoked shall again be licensed except after approval by the Commission and with the consent of the City Manager. 9. COMMISSION ESTABLISHED. There is hereby created the Electrical Commission of the City of Decatur, Illinois which shall consist of seven (7) residents of the City to be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council. To the extent practicably possible, the Commission shall include one (1) employee of a licensed electrical contractor,one(1)officer of Local IBEW,one(1)licensed professional engineer, one (1) representative of an electrical utility, one (1) representative of an electrical equipment distributor and the Chief of the Decatur Fire Department or his representative; however, no action or decision of the Commission shall be invalid for failure to have on the Commission, or in attendance at the meeting or hearing whereat the action or decision was taken or made, any person meeting any of the criteria listed herein. Commission members shall serve for a term of three years, said terms to commence the first day of December. Vacancies shall be filled by the Mayor with advice and consent of the Council for the unexpired terms. 10. RULES AND REGULATIONS. The Commission shall meet and elect a Chairperson. The Commission shall meet on a regular basis as necessary to perform its duties.The Commission shall review all new Code changes, jointly with the Building Inspections Manager, prepare revisions to this Chapter 25 (Electrical Commission and Licensed Electrical Contractors) and Chapter 69 (City Electrical Code) (excluding permit fees) and consult with the Building Inspections Manager and Electrical Inspectors. The Commission shall promulgate and adopt such necessary reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with statute,code or ordinance as may be required to carry out the purposes and intent of this Chapter and its duties and responsibilities under the provisions hereof and shall keep a record of such rules and regulations along with the minutes of all its acts and doings. Section 2. That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the provisions hereof to be appropriately set out in the City Code and to cause the same to be published in pamphlet form according to law. PRESENTED, PASSED,APPROVED AND RECORDED this 4th day of April 2022.