The Mayor, with the consent of a majority of the Council, shall appoint the Board of Plumbing Examiners. The Board shall consist of four members: the Chairperson of the Board of Health, the Municipal Plumbing Inspector, one journeyman plumber, and one master plumber. All members shall be residents of the municipality and except for the Chairperson of the Board of Health, shall be licensed plumbers. Each member of the Board shall be required to give a bond in the sum of $1,000. The term of office of the Chairperson of the Board and the Plumbing Inspector shall be four years unless removed or reappointed. The term of office of the journeyman plumber and the master plumber shall be for one and two years respectively. At the time of the Board’s first meeting in August of each year, the Board shall organize by selecting from the membership one person to serve as Chairperson. The Plumbing Inspector shall serve as Secretary. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep the full and correct minutes and records of all meetings and to file the same with the Municipal Clerk where they shall be available for public inspection at any reasonable time. The members of the Board shall serve without compensation. The Board shall be funded from time to time by the Governing Body out of the General Fund. The Board shall meet at the times as the Governing Body may designate. Special meetings may be held upon the call of the Chairperson, or any two members of the Board. A majority of the membership shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of doing business. Any person desiring to do any plumbing, or to work at the business of plumbing in the municipality shall make a written application to the Plumbing Board for an examination to test the applicant’s practical and theoretical knowledge of plumbing, house drainage, ventilation, and sanitation. Examinations shall be given within 30 days of the receipt of the application. The Board may then cause the Chairperson and Secretary to execute and deliver to the applicant a license authorizing him or her to do plumbing in the municipality. Licenses so granted will be automatically renewable by the Plumbing Board; provided, the Board shall have the discretion to waive the examination if the Board is satisfied by other evidence that the applicant is competent to do plumbing. If it comes to the attention of the Board that the licensee may not be competent, or entitled to renewal, the Board shall have the power to compel the licensee to take an examination prior to renewal. Any license so granted may be revoked at any time by the Board for good and sufficient cause after a hearing before the Board; provided, that the licensing requirements of this section shall not apply to employees of the water utility acting within the scope of their employment. The Board shall be responsible for making the reports and performing the additional duties as the Governing Body may, from time to time, designate. All actions of the Board shall be subject to the review and supervision of the Governing Body. No member of the Governing Body shall serve as a member of the Plumbing Board. No member of the Plumbing Board shall serve in the capacity of both the Chairperson and Secretary of the Board.
(Neb. RS 18-1901 through 18-1909) (1972 Code, § 2-206)