Alarm and Locksmith Industry Advisory Board meeting for September
on
Room #806 Oklahoma Department of
The meeting was called to order at
Bob Carol entered late. James Perry
and Paul Juneau were not present.
Rick called for approval of last month’s minutes, and they were approved.
Rick moved right into approval of new applicants for Licensure.
A lengthy discussion was held about Companies doing work on Indian
land. It was stated that the
Indian lands are exempt from our State Laws & Regulations,
unless the Tribes agree to hold the
contractors to the local laws & regulations!
The board then moved on to the review of new applications.
All were approved on the agenda,
except one, that being the approval of Tulsa Mobile Locksmith(
was present at the meeting and was called before the board. Matt Schue went over the legal aspects
of Mr. Briskin leaving the current
bit of discussion and questions from the board, His application
was placed on hold for 30 to 90 days.
Rick moved to discussion & possible action concerning
rule changes. Drake McDonald &
Matt Schue
had a long discussion about having a Manager present in the
State for out-of-State Companies.
The Board is working on rule changes that will require managers of
out-of-state companies to be present
and come before the board prior to approval of licenses in
our State.
The next item was input and discussion from the general public.
Matt spoke up and said that the changes to the State’s web site
would be done this month. There
were
concerns that Locksmiths were not listed on the web site.
Matt assured the board & public that it would be
corrected.
A great deal of discussion was held about Police Departments
unlocking cars! Matt said his
staff was
looking into this issue!
The question was put to Matt Schue by Dusty Brummitt about
the State doing more on letting the Locksmiths
know about legal action being taken on the illegal locksmith
companies and scammer locksmith companies.
Matt said that due to on-going legal actions and
investigations, he was limited as to what he could tell the public,
but he wanted to let the public and board know that 4 of the very
large scammer companies are gone from
drastically.
Matt was asked by Charles H. about the court
dates and dates of remote video court dates, and they are as follows:
On October 8th & 14th, a court will be held for
Barbers, Locksmiths, and Alarm Co’s. at the Department of Health
room #806, and any Locksmiths or Alarm Companies involved will be
required to be present at the Department
of Health for those proceedings.
On Nov. 11 at the OK Department of Health room #806, there will be
a court concerning large fines/ disciplinary
action against Alarm & Locksmith
large violations.
Rick said the next meeting will be on Oct.7,2009 in room
#806 at the OK Department of Health, and called for
adjournment of the meeting.
Report submitted by ,
Dusty Brummitt