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

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 James Purcell
Richard Frantz

Absent: Perry Schwartz

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

REVIEW OF MINUTES

May 3, 2007

The Board reviewed the minutes of May 3, 2007 and on a motion by VP Valenti, second by BM Vernick, unanimously approved them as amended.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Legislation

The Board discussed A3855 which abolishes the Landscape Architect Examination and Evaluation Committee. On May 10, 2007 this bill was reported out of the Assembly Regulated Professions and Independent Authorities Committee, with amendments. The Board will provide its comments to Regulatory Analyst Patricia Schirpio.

S2296/A4066 - This bill clarifies the functions of a land surveyor as distinguished from the functions of a licensed professional engineer. On March 8, 2007 the Assembly bill was introduced and referred to the Regulated Professions and Independent Authorities Committee.

Regulations

The Board discussed meeting in July to further discuss this subject matter.

Finance

No report.

Joint Committee

No report.

Licensure Promotion

BMs Vernick and Schwartz, along with Executive Director Russo, met with the engineering deans at Princeton University to discuss licensure promotion. The faculty indicated that one of its concerns in becoming licensed is the requirement regarding three professional engineering references. The Board will further discuss this issue. In the near future a meeting will be scheduled with Stevens Institute of Technology to discuss licensure promotion

Education

No report.

NCEES Representative

No report.

Examinations

No report.

Continuing Education

No report.

Rulemaking Committee

This matter will be discussed at the Board’s June 21st meeting.

Applications

No report.

Reinstatement Applications

The Board reviewed the following reinstatement applications in Executive Session and provided the following:

Joseph Haller - Approved to reinstate.
Branko Terkovich - Additional information needed.

Continuing Education for Reviewing Agencies

No report.

Nominating Committee

No report.

Collusion

The Board, in Executive Session, will request that examinees identified as having score irregularities resulting from the October 2006 examination appear before the Board.

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

General Report

Executive Director Russo informed the Board that PCS is ready to release the scores from the April 2007 examinations. The Board, on a motion by BM Vernick, second by BM Purcell, unanimously approved the release of the scores by PCS upon receipt from NCEES.

He also informed the Board that Board member Edward Vernick is being honored by the New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers for his professional achievements.

The Board advised Executive Director Russo that the following Board members will be in attendance at the annual NCEES meeting: President Angeline, VP Valenti and BMs Vernick & Purcell.

Incoming Correspondence

William J. Seaton, Vice President & Provost/ Thomas Edison State College
RE: ABET Accreditation
(May 16, 2007)

Mr. Seaton wrote to the Board on behalf of Dr. George Pruitt. He explained the steps that Thomas Edison State College has taken to obtain ABET accreditation.

Based on this information, the Board will continue to review applications from Thomas Edison State College students on a case by case basis.

L. Robert Smith, PE, Scott Schurwan/ Alpine Engineered Products
RE: 2013 Northeast Zone Meeting
(May 14, 2007)

Mr. Smith asked the Board if it would like to host the 2013 Northeast Zone meeting.

The Board, on a motion by BM Vernick, second by BM Cleary, unanimously voted to inform Mr. Smith that it is desirous of hosting the 2013 Northeast Zone Meeting.

REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS

The Board, on a motion by BM Vernick, second by VP Valenti, unanimously approved the following applications:

A.I.N. = Additional Information Needed

CERTIFICATES OF AUTHORIZATION

The Board, on a motion by BM Frantz, second by BM Vernick, unanimously voted to approve the following Certificates of Authorization:

B & T Engineering, Inc.
1325 E. 155th St., Suite #202
Tulsa, OK 74120
Application #1258100

Lee Grosser Associates, Inc.
2600 Alexandria Pike
Highland Heights, KY 41076
Application #1266717

Hagerty Environmental, LLC
202 Winding Way
Kennett Square, PA
Application #1269312

Quality Execution, Inc.
1511 Main Street
Mt. Vernon, IN 47620
Application #1269348

Cleary Building Corp.
190 Paoli Street
Verona, WI 53593
Application #1269362

Richard F. Spafford, PE, LLC
210 Cedar Lake Pt.
Forked River, NJ 08731
Application #1270440

Neill and Gunter Inc.
482 Payne Road
Scarborough, ME 04074
Application #1270443

50 States Engineering
140 Phelps Avenue
Cresskill, NJ 07626
Application #1270507

Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall Arch. & Eng. Inc.
605 Third Avenue
New York, NY 101584
Application #1270443

Bureau Veritas North America, Inc.
160 Fieldcrest Avenue
Edison, New Jersey
Application #1270443

PTS Design & Engineering, Inc.
568 Commerce Street
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
Application #1271548

Utili Plan And Design Group
51 Gerard Avenue
Matawan, NJ 07747
Application #1271602

Golden Engineering Group, LLC
16542 West 55th Place
Golden, CO 80403
Application #1271548

Intentionally Left Blank

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Bruce R. Blair, P.L.S., thanked the Board for posting its agenda to its website in a timely manner.

Charles Blumeling, P.E., P.L.S., stated that the Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New York State Boards do not require any references to apply for the fundamentals of engineering examination. He requested that the Board consider changing its own regulation which currently requires the submission of three (3) references (one from a P.E.) to sit for the fundamentals of engineering examination. He also stated that A3855 would highly affect municipal engineers. Lastly, he informed the Board of the passing of Robert Ritsma, PLS.

MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION

On a motion by VP Valenti, second by BM Vernick, the Board 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 Frantz, second by BM Purcell, the Board unanimously voted to adjourn the meeting at 2:00pm.

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