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Residents and tradespeople urge council to delay plan to combine trades boards, cite code and exam concerns
Summary
Public commenters opposed item 28 — a proposal to combine local trade boards — and asked the council to pull the ordinance for a work session, arguing that plumbing exams and code choices (UPC vs. IPC/International) affect public safety.
Public commenters and licensed tradespeople urged the St. Joseph City Council to delay consideration of a proposed ordinance that would combine several trade boards into a single trades board of appeals.
At the public microphone, Mike Beal of 13 Summerhill Drive, St. Joseph told the council he was speaking against item 28 and asked the council to pull the item and hold a work session so trades, examiners and staff could address technical questions.…
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