Elected Officials Night ‘07

Tri SupplyJeldwen

Tri-Supply and Jeldwen teamed up to bring us the 17th Annual Home-PAC Elected Officials BBQ, which was once again catered by Janelle Mikeska Kasberg and the good folks of Cyclone Corral BBQ.  Due to the expectation of a huge crowd, this year’s event was moved closer to home along Highway 53 and was held at Seaton Star Hall.

The move proved to be inspired because the turnout was incredible.  It is estimated that the crowd included more than 300 of the finest folks in Bell County.  Once again this included public officials from every rank and a great number of our members who were there to thank them for their public service. 

All in attendance were treated to the most exciting economic report I’ve ever seen presented—and I’ve seen a number of them.  Dr. Elliot Eisenberg, senior economist from NAHB, not only presented an excellent review of the impact of housing on our local economy, he did it in a way that was comparable to watching a tennis match, as he ran back and forth from one side of the audience to the other to make sure nobody in the audience missed a point that he made.  The information Elliot provided was fantastic and TABA Home-PAC thanks him very much for all he did.

For those that missed the presentation, John Howe of Omega Builders (Thanks John!) and I did our best job to video it.  I’ll be having some digital copies made in the near future and will make them available to all who would like a copy.

Once again, I’m extremely grateful to our Master of Ceremonies Marty Janczak.  Marty has been our MC dating back to before I signed on with TABA and the event wouldn’t be the same for me if he didn’t lead it.  Thanks very much Marty for the excellent job you do in this role.

I’d also like to thank the following folks, without whom the event wouldn’t have been near as successful:

  • TABA President Mike Pilkington, who provided opening remarks and assisted in set-up and take-down
  • Jack Jones of Jones & Harrell, P.C., who led our invocation
  • John Kiella of Kiella Homes, who once again oversaw set-up and take-down and was the first to arrive and the last to leave
  • Bruce Walker of Lengefeld Lumber Company, who assisted in set-up, greeting officials and take down
  • Pat Patterson of Patco Construction, who assisted with set up
  • Daniel Mersiovsky of DMerz Domain Services, who assisted in set up and provided technical support
  • Tony Gallagher of Heart of Texas Landscape, who assisted with set up
  • Jared Bryan, who assisted with set up
  • John Paysse of Paysse Properties, who assisted in greeting officials
  • Jim Howe of Omega Home Builders, who assisted in set up and take down
  • Debbie Swift of Kiella Homes, who assisted in greeting members and was our event photographer
  • Cheryl Copeland, TABA EO, who once again assisted with all aspects of the program!

Special thanks to each and every one of you, we appreciate your great support!!!  And thanks again to Tri-Supply and Jeldwen for their continued support of this organization.

Code Council Work Drawing to a Close

Temple Building Board of Appeals Reviews Code

Phillip Snyder and the Code Council have worked with Richard Therriault and the City of Temple to get the 2006 Building Code with amendments approved by the Building Board of Appeals.  This work was completed in late October and the Board unanimously recommended the revised Code to the City Council for consideration.

This means that it is likely that by the beginning of 2008 our building community will be operating under the most up-to-date code available.  Most of the changes between the 2003 Code and the 2006 Code were made for purposes of clarification, but the changes that are substantive in nature should be explained.  These will include items such as window sill heights, removable panels on whirlpool bathtubs, updates on residential fire sprinklers (will not be required), etc.

TABA is tentatively planning to host a ‘Code Review’ for our members during the first quarter of ’08 after the Fire Code has met approval.  It is being considered separately.

For their work on this project, great thanks goes out to Phillip Snyder and the TABA Code Council which included: Pat Patterson, Mike Pilkington, Dean Winkler, Ben Mauldin, Kevin Harmon, Brandon Tarnow, Gary Freytag, Joel Amos, Lowell Coates, Robbie Johnson, Charles Rabroker, Bruce Walker and John Howe .

CRIME ALERT
Builders, it is time for you to start taking extra precautions around the job site.  Make sure you bolt down everything or at a minimum don't leave it unattended.  We've been hearing a variety of reports lately.  Copper continues to be a target, but we are hearing of thieves becoming even more brazen--stealing everything from lumber materials, to batteries, to HVAC units.

Be on the lookout and don't take the security of your site for granted!!!

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