(A) There is hereby created a Building Contractor’s Board of Examiners whose members shall be appointed to 2 year terms by the Mayor, starting with the date of passage of the ordinance codified herein, and shall consist of the Building Commissioner, 1 licensed architect or licensed engineer, 1 licensed building contractor, 1 member of the building trades union, 3 lay members who are Hammond residents, an employee of the Building Department who shall serve as the Board’s secretary and 1 member appointed by the Hammond Common Council Chair of the Building and Zoning Committee. All appointees shall be Hammond residents. Members if present at the meetings shall be compensated for his/her time as per Executive Order 15-32.
(B) Five of the 9 members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
(C) The Board shall adopt rules for the conduct of its business, the consideration of license applications, the holding of examinations, oral and written, the recommendations to the Mayor for suspension and revocation of licenses, and all other matters pertaining to the proper administration of the requirements of this chapter. The Board shall keep written records.
(D) The Board shall be empowered to hear complaints from the general public relative to any violations of the building code or sections of this chapter by licensed contractors or other adverse conditions resulting from work done by a licensed contractor. The Board may take the necessary appropriate action or make necessary recommendations to other municipal departments, agencies or boards of the city government, to correct any adverse conditions resulting from inferior, fraudulent or unworkmanlike work done by any contractor licensed by this subchapter.
(E) (1) From the decision of the Building Contractors’ Board of Examiners on any application for examination, any applicant shall be entitled to appeal to the Common Council, which shall have the right to alter, amend or reverse the decision of the Board and to order a new examination.
(2) Any action upon the part of the Common Council shall be final in the matter.
(Prior Code, § 150.16) (Ord. 3456, passed 5-10-1965; Am. Ord. 9340, passed 3-28-2016)