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 Robert Marshall
Edward Vernick James Purcell
Richard Frantz Perry Schwartz

Absent: James Cleary Lawrence Koo

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

June 7, 2007

The Board reviewed the minutes of June 7, 2007. On a motion by BM Purcell, second by VP Valenti, the Board unanimously voted to approve the minutes of June 7, 2007 as amended.

June 21, 2007

The Board reviewed the minutes of June 21, 2007. On a motion by BM Purcell, second by BM Vernick, the Board unanimously voted to approve the minutes of June 21, 2007 as amended. BMs Frantz and Valenti abstained.

MASON FORD

The Board reviewed the submissions of the parties and, on a motion by VP Valenti, second by BM Marshall, unanimously voted to issue a written decision granting the motion for summary decision and providing for a public reprimand and attorneys fees of $11,500.00 to be paid immediately or a Certificate of Debt shall be issued.

APPEARANCE BY MARK P. NEISSER

Mr. Neisser appeared before the Board requesting that his license be reinstated since he has fulfilled the terms of the Consent Order. The Board determined that Mr. Neisser has met all of the obligations under the Consent Order.

Accordingly, the Board, on a motion by BM Purcell, second by BM Schwartz, unanimously voted to reinstate Mr. Neisser’s license. VP Valenti and BM Vernick were recused from this matter.

PETITION FOR RULEMAKING - APPEARANCE BY PATRICIA SCHIRPIO, REGULATORY ANALYST

The Board reviewed the recommendations of the Committee as well as a proposed regulation in connection with the Petition for Rulemaking.

The Board, on a motion by BM Purcell, second by BM Valenti, voted to approve the proposed regulation for publication in The Register for informal rulemaking.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Legislation

No report.

Regulations

No report.

Finance

No report.

Joint Committee

No report.

Licensure Promotion

BMs Vernick and Schwartz, along with Executive Director Russo, met with department heads and faculty from Steven’s Institute of Technology on July 25th to discuss licensure promotion.

The Board has requested that staff begin to schedule a meeting with Rutgers University.

Education

No report.

NCEES Representative

BP Angeline spoke about the annual convention recently held in Philadelphia, PA. The highlight of the evening was the Board’s proclamation by Governor Corzine to outgoing NCEES President Louis Raimondi, PE, PLS. Mr. Raimondi was a former Board member and Board President. The Board now has two past presidents of NCEES.

Examinations

No report.

Continuing Education

No report.

Rulemaking Committee

No report.

Applications

The Board has requested a list of all outstanding applications to be presented during the first meeting of every month.

Proposed changes to the application procedures were distributed and will be tabled for discussion until the next meeting.

Reinstatement Applications

No report.

Continuing Education for Reviewing Agencies

The Joint Committee has approved a Notice regarding the site plan rule to be distributed to all municipalities and other state agencies.

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

General Report

Executive Director Russo informed the Board that the meeting regarding the legislation on the licensure of landscape architects will be held by the Director’s Office on September 25th.

Additionally, he stated that steps are being taken to have Eva Adan, Executive Director of the Center for Professional Engineering Education Services, to appear before the Board on October 4th.

He indicated that the West Trenton Fire House in West Trenton, NJ will not be available for the April 2008 examinations. Rather, the Colonial Fire House main ballroom, Hamilton NJ, will serve as the central NJ examination site along with NJIT, Newark, NJ, as the northern location for the April 2008 professional examinations.

Executive Director Russo stated that Betsy Brown, Executive Director NCEES, has retired. Jerry Carter will replace her.

The Board has determined that Professional Credential Services is responsible for, and should handle, security arrangements at the examination sites.

The Board reinstated the professional engineer’s license of Arne Thune.

Incoming Correspondence

Patrick Usoro, Team Chair/ ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission
RE: Accreditation at NJIT
(July 25, 2007)

Mr. Usoro invites one of its Board members to participate in the accreditation at NJIT on October 14-16th.

VP Valenti will advise President Angeline of his availability for this event.

Jack L. Warner, Ph.D. & Steven P. Warner, Ph.D./ TEST, Inc.
RE: Land Surveying Test Development Workshop
(June 19, 2007)

Mr. Warner wrote to the Board to express the interest of TEST, Inc. in providing test development services for its state specific examination.

The Board, on a motion by BM Jones, second by BM Purcell, unanimously voted to table this matter.

Mary Ellen Reilly, Office Manager/ Omland Engineering Assoc., Inc.
RE: Scanning of Documents
(July 9, 2007)

Ms. Reilly wrote to the Board to determine if scanned versions of documents would comply with the Board’s regulations pertaining to original documents.

The Board will advise Ms Reilly that the procedure regarding retention of records is a business decision, but that she must comply with N.J.A.C. 13:40-3.4.

Michael P. Johnson, PE, Municipal Engineer/ The City of East Orange
RE: Clarification of Notice Regarding Preparation of Topographic Surveys and Existing Conditions Depicted on Site Plans
(August 9, 2007)

Mr. Johnson wrote to the Board for clarification of the above.

The Board will refer Mr. Johnson to N.J.A.C. 13:40-7.3. Additionally, it will inform him that the notice was meant to clarify the topograhic issues between professional engineers and professional land surveyors and that the Site Plan Rule also pertains to other professionals as well.

Larry Brock, PE
RE: Building Design Services Act
(August 10, 2007)

Mr. Brock wrote to the Board requesting its interpretation as to whether a professional engineer can sign and seal plans pertaining to canopies for a gas station.

The Board, on a motion by VP Valenti, second by BM Vernick, unanimously voted to refer this matter to the Joint Committee.

Kenneth Warren, President/ Educational Perspectives
RE: Evaluation Service
(July 25, 2007)

Mr. Warren provided the Board with promotional information relative to the type of evaluation service that is performed by Educational Perspectives.

The Board has requested that Mr. Warren appear to provide a presentation.

Additionally, it has requested staff to determine, from surrounding states, which evaluation service providers they utilize for foreign degrees.

REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS

The Board, on a motion by BM Marshall, second by BM Purcell, 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 Schwartz, unanimously voted to approve the following Certificates of Authorization:

THE EQUITY ENGINEERING GROUP, INC.
20600 Chagrin Blvd., Ste. 1200
Shaker Heights, OH 44122
Application # 1270975

VIBRATION PRODUCTS, INC.
60 Dutch Hill Road, Ste. 2
Orangeburg, NY 10962
Application # 1282141

LAND RESOURCE SOLUTIONS, LLC
1274 N. Church Street
Moorestown, NJ 08057
Application # 1282185

SHIRK & O’DONOVAN CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC.
370 East Wilson Bridge Road
Worthington, OH 43085
Application # 1283285

STAINLESS, LLC
1140 Welsh Road, Ste. 250
North Wales, PA 19454
Application # 1283328

R A CONSULTANTS, LLC
136 Aristotle Way
Cranbury, NJ 08512
Application # 1284827

X- NTH, INC.
2601 Westhall Lane
Maitland, FL 32751
Application # 1284835

ATWELL - HICKS, LLC
500 Avis Drive, Ste. 100
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Application # 1286878

HENNEMAN ENGINEERS, INC.
1605 S. State Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Application # 1286882

CONCORD FACILITY SERVICES, INC.
520 South Burnt Mill Road
Voorhees, NJ 08043
Application # 1286886

MIDDOUGH ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES OF NJ, LLC
1901 E. 13th Street
Cleveland, OH 44114
Application # 1286895

BULLSEYE SURVEYING, LLC
268 Madison Avenue
Saddle Brook, NJ 07663
Application # 1288724

COASTAL PLANNING AND ENGINEERING SERVICES, LLC
32 Wlodarczyk Place
Parlin, NJ 08859
Application # 1288749

TEKSOLV, INC.
100 Lake Drive, Ste. 20
Newark, DE 19702
Application # 1289302

EWI ENGINEERS & CONSULTANTS, INC.
240 Grand Central Parkway
Bayville, NJ 08721
Application # 1288349

BARR ENGINEERING COMPANY
4700 West 77th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55435
Application # 1287369

LB & W DESIGN ASSOCIATES, INC.
1176 N. Irving Street, Ste. 200
Allentown, PA 18109
Application # 1287375

STADELMAN ASSOCIATES, INC.
931 Portage Trail
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221
Application # 1286878

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Charles Blumeling, P.E., P.L.S.

Mr. Blumeling informed the Board that the position of the Garden State Land Surveyor’s Alliance is that only licensed professional land surveyors can perform land surveying services.

Rajee Alexander, application #1264198

Mr. Alexander informed the Board that he has submitted his application for consideration as a professional engineer by comity. The Board’s records indicate that his application was complete as of August 28, 2007. The applicant stated that he feels that the review has taken too long.

The Board informed Mr. Alexander that it did not meet during the month of August and this is the first meeting since the break. It stated that his application will be reviewed shortly.

Yousef Tai, application #1093259

Mr. Tai informed the Board that he has submitted an application for review. However, he was required to submit an evaluation of his undergraduate degree. He submitted his information to ECEI prior to it discontinuing its services. He stated that it is difficult for him to obtain original records from his country.

The Board informed Mr. Tai that it will take into consideration what has already been provided and will further review his application.

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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