CALL TO ORDER

The meeting of the Home Inspection Advisory Committee was called to order by Chairman Michael Fitzpatrick at 10:00 a.m. in the Monmouth Conference Room, seventh floor, 124 Halsey Street, Newark, New Jersey. All parties were duly notified of the time, date and place and all pertinent material had been provided.

SUNSHINE LAW ANNOUNCEMENT

Joseph Grabowy read the statement required by Chapter 231, Laws of 1975, known as the Open Public Meetings Act, and announced that notice of the meeting was prepared in the office of the Committee and mailed to the Secretary of State, the Star Ledger, the Courier Post, the Bergen Record and the Atlantic City Press.

ROLL CALL

CMs present:

Michael Fitzpatrick
Michael Del Greco
Daniel Casper

CMs Absent: None

Others present: Arthur Russo, Executive Director, Olga E. Bradford, Deputy Attorney General, staff members Joseph Grabowy, Lynn Craddock, and five members of the public.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

November 13, 2007
December 12, 2007

The Committee, on a motion by CM Casper, seconded by Vice-Chairman Del Greco, unanimously voted to approve the referenced minutes as amended.

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Executive Director Russo stated that the revised home inspector regulations were approved by the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land

Surveyors at their December 20, 2007 meeting. The updated regulations will be published in the NJ Register within four to six months.

ED Russo provided the Committee with the following licensing statistics as of December 4, 2007:

Total Licensed Home Inspectors 679

Total Expired Home Inspectors 56

Total Inactive Home Inspectors 71

Total Pending/Incomplete Home Inspector Applications 118*

* Includes application files deemed incomplete, abandoned, and those approved but never activated since the licensure fees were never remitted to the Committee office.

Mr. Russo stated that he is still awaiting a determination from Acting Director Larry DeMarzo and the Division of Law regarding its policy on abandoned applications for licensure.

Incoming Correspondence

NONE

Outgoing Correspondence

NONE

REVIEW OF HOME INSPECTION APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSURE

On a motion by Vice-Chairman Del Greco, seconded by BM Casper, the Committee concluded that additional information was needed from the following applicants for licensure:

Application # Name
1263582 John Lisznaski
1306724 Joseph Monaco
1310446 Neil Kipnis
1308647 Peter Fizer

REVIEW OF CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES

On a motion by Vice-Chairman Del Greco, seconded by CM Casper, the Committee unanimously voted to approve the following continuing education courses with the corresponding number of professional development hours (pdh):

PUBLIC COMMENTS

NONE

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

NONE

MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION

On a motion by Vice-Chairman Chair Del Greco, seconded by CM Casper, the Committee unanimously voted to enter into Executive Session.

RETURN TO PUBLIC

On a motion contained in the Executive Session minutes, the Committee re-entered into Public Session to adjourn.

ADJOURNMENT

On a motion by Vice-Chairman Del Greco, seconded by CM Casper, the Committee voted to adjourn the meeting at 3:45PM.

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