April 2010 Alarm and Locksmith Industry Advisory Board Meeting
The meeting was called to order at
at the Oklahoma Department of Health.
Rick brown called the meeting to
order and moved to have the minutes of last
Month’s meeting approved, and they were approved.
Then the board moved to Review of Company applications. There were 11 companies
up for review. Two of
the companies up for review were locksmiths, and they were
Pitstop Pop-A-Lok
(
(Golden, CO) Michael Cameron & Keith Thoene.
Matt Schue addressed the board on
enforcement of web based businesses advertising in
coverage and advising the Companies they must have an
OK license to advertise in
All companies were approved for licenses.
The board then moved into New Issues.
Rick Brown turned the floor over to Charles Hudecek. Charles
addressed the board on which
bills in the Oklahoma Legislature are still being
addressed and those that have been withdrawn.
Then Rick Brown moved to Old Issues, and there were none.
The board moved to Discussion from the General Public.
Mike Nelson addressed the board on sub-contract companies getting
around the OK Licensing
laws. He
passed out a form generated by the OKBFAA to everyone in the room. The form was
on our rules (310:205-3-2) stating, “No individual licensed under this Chapter
shall contract for
his services as an independent contractor without applying for
and being issued a company license
under this Chapter.
No Company shall contract for the independent services of an individual
licensed under this section, or shall work for a
licensed Company without working under the
supervision of a Company Manager.” (or
words to that effect) The main problem
is, we have
salesman & techs. holding
licenses under one Company. and hiring out to do work
for other
Companies using their license card from the Original Company from
whom they are licensed.
Matt Schue said that they will work to
address this issue & have revised all applications for
licenses. Matt also told the board that all questions
on the application must be filled out, and
not left blank. If
they are left blank, the application will not be accepted.
All applicants will be notified of a test date set by the
Health Dept., and the Health Department
will not hold the application until the applicant
is ready to test. If the applicant
cannot make the test
date, their application and their fees will be
returned to the Company, and will have to be resubmitted.
Rick Brown let Mr. Conrady address the
board, and Mr. Conrady asked about photos on out of State
License cards, and if OK was considering photo IDs also. Matt Schue said
that the State was looking
at putting photos on our license cards.
Then there was considerable discussion on tagging of fire sprinkler
systems. The State was looking at
requiring a work order detailing all repairs
done before replacing a red tag with a green tag. There was
a lot of discussion from the board and public on this
issue.
Then Rick Brown and Steve York stated that everyone there should
give a lot of thanks to Charles &
Then Rick Brown said that the next meeting would be on
Then He called for Adjournment.
This report was submitted by :
Dusty Brummitt
Dusty's Lock & Key LLC