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Escambia County board finds contractor violated license rule, imposes $500 fine and forwards recommendation to state board
Summary
The Escambia County Contractor Competency Board found that a contractor exceeded the scope of his residential license by arranging commercial metal roofing, voted to find a violation of code section 18-37(d)(9)(b), imposed a $500 fine and forwarded a recommendation of no further action to the Construction Industry Licensing Board.
The Escambia County Contractor Competency Board on June 3 found that a contractor violated the county code by contracting beyond the scope of his residential license and imposed a $500 fine.
County staff presented an administrative complaint against Dustin Vaughn (Your Local Construction of the Emerald Coast Inc.; complaint number 26015COM) alleging he submitted a formal proposal and completed work for a commercial building (a metal roof) that was outside the scope of his residential license. Staff and the county attorney recorded that two pages of the administrative complaint were initially missing from service; after a short recess the respondent reviewed the full documents and waived the imperfect service, proceeding without giving sworn testimony on counsel’s advice.
Christy Hankins of the county attorney’s office advised the board that the relevant code provision is section 18-37(d)(9)(b) (contracting beyond the scope allowed by license). The board accepted evidence and testimony from the prior probable-cause hearing and from the investigator who summarized permitting, proposals, and the contractor’s interaction with the Santa Rosa Island Authority and a subcontracting roofing contractor.
Board members discussed whether mitigating circumstances existed that would allow them to depart from the $500 guideline fine. Some members noted the authority that solicited the bid had asked for proposals and that a licensed roofing subcontractor ultimately pulled the permit and performed the roof work, which the board considered as possible mitigating context. After deliberation the board voted to find a violation of section 18-37(d)(9)(b), and then voted to impose the guideline $500 fine (Mary Jordan recused from the matter). The board also voted to forward a recommendation to the Construction Industry Licensing Board (CILB) recommending no further action beyond the local fine.
The action leaves the local fine in place; staff will prepare the disciplinary record and forward the board’s recommendation to the state board as recorded.
