CALL TO ORDER

The meeting of the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors was called to order by President Michael T. Angeline at 9:00 a.m. at 124 Halsey Street, 3rd Floor Union Conference Room, Newark, New Jersey. All parties were duly notified of the time, date and place, with all pertinent material being provided.

SUNSHINE LAW ANNOUNCEMENT

Board President Angeline read the statement required by Chapter 231, Laws of 1975 known as the Open Public Meetings Act, and announced that notice of this meeting was prepared in the office of the Board and mailed to the Secretary of State, the Newark Star Ledger, Trenton Times, the Camden Courier Post, Bergen Record, and the Atlantic City Press.

Present: Michael Angeline Barry Jones
James Valenti Lawrence Koo
Edward Vernick Robert Marshall
James Cleary Perry Schwartz

Absent: James Purcell and Richard Frantz

Others: Arthur Russo, Executive Director, Michelle Albertson, Deputy Attorney General, Joseph Grabowy, Assistant to the Executive Director, staff members Martha Richardson and Yolanda Winston, and one member of the public.

REVIEW OF MINUTES

December 20, 2007
January 17, 2008
February 7, 2008

The Board reviewed the minutes of January 17, 2008 and on a motion by BM Marshall, second by BM Schwartz, unanimously voted to approve the minutes as amended.

The Board, on a motion by BM Jones, second by BM Schwartz, voted to table the minutes of December 20, 2007 and February 7, 2008, since they were not part of the agenda package.

APPEARANCE BY MARGARITA SIANOU, DIRECTOR OF EVALUATIONS, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WORLD EDUCATION SERVICES

Ms. Sianou appeared before the Board to discuss the education evaluation services provided by World Education Services. The Board, on a motion by BM Vernick, second by BM Schwartz, voted not to include World Education Services on its approved list .

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

General Report

ED Russo stated that the Board received a letter of thanks from Josef Silny & Associates, Inc.

ED Russo spoke about an invitation received from the Young Members of the American Society of Civil Engineers requesting the Board to attend their upcoming meeting in South Jersey.

ED Russo announced as a reminder that the April 2008 central examination site has been changed to Hamilton, NJ.

Incoming Correspondence

Paul D. La Pierre, PE, PLS
Re: Signing and Sealing Plans
February 1, 2008

Mr. La Pierre requests the proper procedure to re-issue engineering plans, surveys, legal descriptions or reports.

After reviewing this matter, the Board, on a motion by BM Schwartz, second by BM Jones, voted to refer Mr. La Pierre to its regulations, specifically, N.J.A.C. 13:40-8.1, N.J.A.C. 13:40-8.2; N.J. A.C. 13:40-3.4 and N.J. A.C. 13:40-9.1.

Laura Kepner
Re: Ethics Question
January 29, 2008

Ms. Kepner requests clarification of an article published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) regarding a case study on ethics.

The Board, on a motion by BM Vernick, second by BM Jones, voted to inform Ms. Kepner that any person utilizing the designation of "Professional Engineer" or its derivative New Jersey must be a licensed professional engineer.

Bernard R. Berson, PE, LS, NSPE President
Re: Request for NCEES to Develop a PE Exam for Software Engineering
January 2, 2008

Mr. Berson requests that the Board support the development of a PE exam for software engineering.

After reviewing this matter, the Board, on a motion by BM Schwartz, second by BM Marshall, voted to support the development by NCEES of a software engineering examination. However, the Board takes no position with regard to the other issues raised in the correspondence. VP Valenti and BM Koo opposed the motion.

REINSTATEMENT APPLICATION

David L. Peden

The Board, on a motion by BM Marshall, second by BM Schwartz, voted to request that Mr. Peden provide more detail of his engineering experience as it relates to his current position.

David Reichman

The Board, on a motion by BM Cleary, second by BM Marshall, voted to approve Mr. Reichman’s application for reinstatement.

REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS

The Board, on a motion by BM Vernick, second by BM Marshall, voted unanimously to approve the following applications:

NAME APPLICATION # TYPE DECISION

Y.WANG 1264174 COMITY GRANT
T.HANNA 1300341 LS TAKE FLS/PLS
S. KENNY 1289353 PE/EXAM TAKE P
J. GALIANO 1264116 LS TAKE PLS
H. TRIPATHI 1260611 PE/EXAM TAKE P
J. WEED 1297804 LS GRANT
J. DE LA CRUZ 1307647 EIT GRANT
A. HAVERSANG 1305686 EIT GRANT
A. SCHWARTZ 1308859 EIT GRANT

The Board, on a motion by BM Vernick, second by BM Marshall, voted unanimously to request additional information on the following applications:

NAME APPLICATION # TYPE DECISION

S.BOUGACHA 1286091 COMITY AIN
A. ASLAM 1270119 COMITY AIN
R. LEE 1264192 COMITY AIN
F. LASSITER 1275927 COMITY AIN
D. MCGROARTY 1289313 COMITY AIN
P. SHETH 1249074 PE/EXAM AIN
R. MILO 1296456 PE/EXAM AIN
P. HUGHES 1300934 PE/EXAM AIN
C. VALES 1270417 PE/EXAM AIN
R. HARRIS 1264060 LS AIN
M. ADETUYI 1308858 EIT AIN

A.I.N. = Additional Information Needed

CERTIFICATES OF AUTHORIZATION

On a motion by BM Vernick, second by BM Schwartz, the Board voted to approve the following Certificates of Authorization:

HUGHES ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, INC.
340 West Grand Avenue
Montvale, NJ 07645
Application # 1313854

ATLANTECH ENGINEERING, LLC
353 Rushfoil Drive
Williamstown, NJ 08094
Application #1315540

CHESMONT ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.
619 Jeffers Circle
Exton, PA 19341
Application # 1315542

Intentionally Left Blank

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Charles Blumeling, PE, PLS spoke about the telecommunications exemption regulation.

MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION

The Board, on a motion by VP Valenti, second by BM Vernick, unanimously voted to enter into Executive Session to review disciplinary matters.

RETURN TO PUBLIC

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

ADJOURNMENT

On motion by BM Jones, second by BM Vernick, the Board unanimously voted to adjourn the meeting at 1:00pm.

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