September 2016

KAMC Newsletter

Board of Directors

David Tretter , President

Brian Tharpe, Vice President

Guy Speck

Secretary/Treasurer

Stephen Strong

Member at Large

Bill Gibson

Director District 1

Bill Woodard

Director District 2

Chris Eichberger

Director District 3

Charlie Prather

Director District 4

Jeff Hinkley

Director District 5

Mike Quinlan

Director District 6

Dean Muse

Director District 7

Randy Vanhook

Director District 8

Mike Teasley

Director District 9

Doug Minix

Director District 10

Terry Centers

Director District 11

Greg Nicholas

Industry Liaison

Linda Klein

Alliance

Volume 1, Issue 3

It’s official—the ribbon has been cut and we are open!!!

KAMC Foundation Building Mechanical Sciences School

featuring fast track HVAC and Plumbing. HVAC classes

start Tuesday, September 13, and Plumbing classes start

Monday, September 19 so there is still time to enroll! Con-

tact the Association’s office for more details. See more pic-

tures from the ribbon cutting ceremony on the next page!

L to RL Dane Muse, David Hutchinson, Mark Breunig, David Tretter, Denise

Guelda, Lynn Faulkner, Mark Senninger, James Hardin, Chrissy Jones, Joe Han-

cock, Tim House

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Thank you for coming out and

supporting the Foundation’s School!

Members, It has been a busy few months! I was honored last month to be awarded the Emerging Leader Award from the Kentucky Society of Association Executives.

I then had the privilege of attend training for forklift, backhoe and earth moving equipment and I am now a certified trainer. So if you are in need of training, please let me know. As always I am here to help you and your company! Lynn Faulkner Executive Director lynn@kyamc.com

Do You Have All Your Continuing Education Hours? Fall is now upon us and so are the fall KAMC continuing education classes! If you still need hours for your license, or a class to meet your AGC safety requirement (deadline October 31), we have a number of different courses around the State. Please see the dates below and contact me to register: September 26/27, 2016 – KAMC Office, Frankfort (2 nights, 4 hours each)

October 4, 2016 – Louisville Winnelson, Louisville, 8 hours

October 5, 2016 – Brock McVey, Bowling Green, 8 hours

October 11, 2016 – Corken, Florence (HVAC ONLY), 8 hours

October 18, 2016 – Brock McVey, Corbin, 8 hours

October 20, 2016 – Brock McVey, Prestonsburg, 8 hours

Also, if you are interested in having quarterly continuing education classes onsite at your offices, contact me and I would love to try and work some-thing out with you! Have a great fall everyone! Amanda Valdivieso Office Manager amanda.@kyamc.com

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Legislative Update by Erv Klein

not additional regulation,

but rather, consolidated

regulation. Right now so

many different organiza-

tions have regulatory

authority that a cross

connection program

would actually reduce

regulation. Please talk to

your legislator about

sponsoring this bill for us.

The other issue that I

have been asked to ad-

dress is to oppose the

expansion of HVAC per-

mitting and inspections.

This is not something we

need to present as a bill,

but only oppose it if one

is filed. At the present

time I do not see it as

likely.

So, we need two spon-

sors, one for the 811

program and one for the

cross connection pro-

gram. I will be happy to

meet with anyone and

their legislator to discuss

either or both of these

bills. Please work on

these with me.

Erv Klein

502-727-8030

erv@kyamc.com

We are coming up fast

on our next legislative

session, and there are

issues we want to ad-

dress.

First, I have had several

meetings with other

trade groups, as well as

union representatives, to

discuss our need to work

together on the issue of

sales tax on services. So

far, all the groups I have

approached agree that

we need to work togeth-

er across union/non-

union lines as well as

trade associations repre-

senting various trades, to

make sure that:

1. We are heard on this

issue;

2. If a sales tax is pro-

posed on services we

have input to the legisla-

ture so that the legisla-

tors know how this im-

pacts our business;

3. If a tax is imposed,

there are policing mecha-

nisms to insure that non-

licensed individuals do

not gain additional com-

petitive advantages over

licensed individuals.

This is an ongoing issue

and I will continue to put

together a coalition of

groups to work on this. If

you are aware of a trade

association or industry

that should be included in

this please let me know.

There are two proposals

I have been asked by our

board to work on for the

upcoming session. So far,

I do not have sponsors

for potential bills. We get

much more cooperation

when a legislator is asked

by one of his/her constit-

uents to sponsor a bill. I

need your help in coming

up with sponsors.

The first is the under-

ground protection issue.

This is to protect the

contractor from unscru-

pulous utilities that re-

fuse to participate in the

811 program, but want

to hold the excavator

liable if their under-

ground utility is damaged.

Please talk to your legis-

lator about sponsoring

legislation to put a stop

to this practice.

The next is the cross

connection program. I

still have not gotten a

good read on where the

Department of Housing

Buildings and Construc-

tion stands on this. I

know they are opposed

to any additional govern-

mental regulation of busi-

nesses. I am selling this

on the concept that it is

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“Every man owes some of his time to the upbuild-

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Member Spotlight—

Linda and Erv Klein welcomed their newest grandson - Connor, who is the son of Susan and Jonathan.

Silver Partners

Association of Master

Plumbers of Northern

Kentucky

KAMC Summer Conference

Summer conference was a great success!

Thanks to Tom Lowder, Sioux Chief; Troy

Smith and Greg Nicols, Brock McVey;

Jerimie Peavler, Noel Clayton Heating &

Cooling; Floyd Schanz, HBC; Bill Gibson

and the competitors!

KAMC Summer Conference

If you have any pictures you would like to share, please send them to

info@kyamc.com or post them on our Facebook page.

Bronze Partners

Upcoming Events

Lunch and Learn with the Department of Housing:, topics will include code changes, electronic plan review, license renewals, continuing ed-ucations, permitting, inspection requests and inspector offices. Plan to attend one of these in your area! Lunch is provided, please RSVP for head count!

September 14, 2016 – Brock McVey, Lexington September 16, 2016 – NKY Area Development District, Florence September 22, 2016 – Louisville Winnelson, Louisville September 28, 2016 – Warren Co. Public Library, Bowling Green

December 8th– Partners Appreciation Dinner

Belterra Casino & Resort

February 9-11, 2017 KAMC Convention

The Brown Hotel, Louisville

142 Consumer Lane

Frankfort KY 40601

KAMC is the only state-wide association

that exists solely to represent the PHC

Industry

Kentucky Association of

Master Contractors

Phone: 502-352-2575

E-mail: info@kyamc.com