County Seeks Volunteers for Contractor Competency Board

September 5, 2022

The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners is seeking Escambia County residents interested in volunteering to serve on the Escambia County Contractor Competency Board (CCB). Four applicants will be appointed for service beginning in November 2022.

The duties of the CCB include accepting contractor applications, administering contractor examinations, and issuing and recording Certificates of Competency and renewals; making an annual report; investigating complaints against contractors; and presiding over contractor disciplinary proceedings. CCB members serve a three-year term and meet the first Wednesday morning of every month for approximately two hours. Members receive $50 per meeting as compensation for their services.

CCB members are appointed from certain representative segments of citizens and professions, including contractors, design professionals, business persons, and lay persons. The Board of County Commissioners is currently seeking  a lay consumer member.

A lay consumer member shall not at the time of appointment be, and shall have never previously been, a member or practitioner of a profession regulated by the board or a member of any closely related profession. The term “member of any closely related profession” includes but is not limited to carpenters, painters, certified building inspectors, commercial construction supervisors, interior designers/decorators, fencers, landscapers, building material suppliers, and construction quality managers.

Escambia County residents interested in serving on the CCB are asked to submit a resume and cover letter to Jennifer Hampton, Director’s Aide, Building Services Department, 3363 West Park Place, Pensacola, Florida, 32505 or jahampton@myescambia.com by the close of business on Friday, September 16, 2022.

Comments

5 Responses to “County Seeks Volunteers for Contractor Competency Board”

  1. Bewildered on September 6th, 2022 9:51 am

    John Doe : Planned, because material , labor shortages and high prices slow the WORLD economy – people will not voluntarily cut back using resources and make do with less. Who came up with this plan and is monitoring subtle enforcement of the Green Deal – I don’t know. It’s not America – we are only a player that joined the team

  2. John Doe on September 6th, 2022 9:09 am

    @Bewildered, who exactly *planned* this supposed material and labor shortage?

  3. watch them closer on September 5th, 2022 6:03 pm

    It’s not just enough to have a competency board. The current inspection process has become a matter if who you know and have done favors for in the past to get approved. Electrical inspectors spend zero time actually looking at the work, plumbing inspectors just saying “oh he’s always done good work so I really don’t need to look very much” and actual building inspectors getting favors from builders instead of doing what they’re paid to do. Competency? How about clean the whole house(literally) and require even seasoned builders and repair businesses to recertify under more strict rules instead of just being “trusted”? The good old boy system is as bad with builders as it is with the current “popular” road repair business that seems to magically get most of the work.

  4. Bewildered on September 5th, 2022 6:00 pm

    With this planned labor and material shortage right now contractors and customers alike are jumping hurdles. whoever will volunteer to oversee complaints will have their hands full. When longtime established contractors don’t or can’t completely finish a job (not enough workers, no parts, no subcontractors?) they forfeit the final payment of their contract. the loss of thousands upon thousands of dollars will force many out of business sooner or later.

  5. Ensley Miss on September 5th, 2022 1:27 pm

    Good luck with that. With the comment from District 3 commissioner about firing everybody, who would want that position.

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