OKLAHOMA STATE BOARD OF LICENSURE FOR
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS
Meeting Location: 220 NE 28th Street Oklahoma City, OK
Thursday, April 7, 2022 9:00 a.m.
AGENDA
Call meeting to order - declare quorum present.
“The State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors are meeting pursuant to letter notice issued by the Executive Director on the instruction of the Chair. Written notice of the meeting was filed with the Secretary of State and the Agenda posted outside the Board Offices twenty-four hours prior to the meeting setting forth thereon the date, time, place and business for the meeting.”
Thursday, April 7, 2022 9:00 a.m.
Pledge of Allegiance
♦ Approval of February 17, 2022 Board Minutes
Enforcement
(Consent orders may be presented in lieu of a scheduled hearing)
Executive Session Proposed for each of the attached cases pursuant to 25 O.S. Supp. 2018, Section 307(B)(8).
1. Vote to convene in Executive Session
2. Executive Session Discussion.
3. Announce return from Executive Session.
4. Vote on motions
2021-068 Blew Land Surveying, dba Blew & Associates, Inc., CA 5387 / Buckley D. Blew, PLS 1681
2021-070 Sherrill Associates, Inc., CA 6780 / Gregory S. McVicar, PLS 1828
2021-086 EDC Management Corp., CA 8807 / Kenneth L. Pepowski, PE 32920 / Robert J. Jurmu, PE 32903
2021-102 LJA Surveying, Inc., CA 8395 / Clinton Edward McAdams
2021-104 Shiver-Megert & Associates, LLP, CA 8852
2022-003 Abrahamson & Associates / George W. Abrahamson Consent
2022-006 Reza Sadeghbeigi, PE 31905 / RMS Engineering, Inc., CA 8366 (Inactive)
♦ Current Case List
♦ Administrative Fines Spreadsheet
♦ Discussion and possible action concerning reports and recommendations made by the Complaint Review Committee
Thursday, April 7, 2022 9:00 a.m.
Discussion and possible action regarding the following agenda items
1:30 p.m. ODOT requesting direction regarding transitioning from paper plans to digital models in the OpenRoads/OpenBridges environment and how the DOT, OTA, and our consultants properly submit signed and sealedmodels going forward.
Texas PE Board’s response for digital model policy https://pels.texas.gov/nm/EAOR50_response.pdf
Utah DOT’s certification for digital delivery https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sb14ICVaJY7Jk_HuoiSv7ww7YPw_cOJr/view
♦ Executive Director Report
♦ Outreach Report
♦ Financial Report
1. Financial Statement February, 2022
2. Claims and P-Card Purchases - February, 2022
♦ Professionally Engineering the Future Scholarship Report
Scholarship Recipients - Request for approval
♦ A/E Joint Committee Meeting Report
♦ Comprehensive Review and Proposed Revisions of Administrative Rules Title 245:2 and 245:15
♦ David Hernandez request to add an additional area of competence
Request to add structural w/o SE with supporting documentation and original application
♦ Surveying Committee Report
- Oklahoma Law and Surveying Exam
- Proposed Corner Record Audit Review Committee
- Professional Land Surveyor Continuing Education and Audit Committee
♦ Professional Engineer Committee Report
- Oklahoma Law and Engineering Exam
- Professional Engineer Continuing Education and Audit Committee
♦ NCEES Information and Reports
- Oklahoma 2022 NCEES Southern Zone Meeting Committee Report
- NCEES 2022 Annual Meeting Funded Delegate Notification Memo and Meeting Summary
♦ Building Report
♦ Legislative Report
♦ Consideration of FY 23 Professional Service Contracts
Robert Manchester, IV - Board Attorney
R.G. Leifheit, PLS - Land Surveyor Investigator
♦ Board general discussion regarding professional engineering or surveying topics
♦ Consent Agenda - Application Action Items (Pursuant to OAC 245:15-3-4)
1. Request for Board ratification of the following based up approval by the Executive Director and the Board's designee in between board meetings:
a. PE Applications (including MLE PE's, PE-SE's, Re-licensure, and other qualifying PE applications)
b. CA Applications
b. Temporary License Applications
c. Engineer Intern Certifications
d. Land Surveyor Intern Certifications
e. Amended Certificate of Authorization Applications
f. Name Change Applications
2. Board consideration of applications reviewed and approved by the Executive Director and the Board's designee for initial licensure, who have now passed the PE examination and obtained all requisite experience (these applicants applied to take the PE examination prior to obtaining all requisite experience).
3. Board consideration of applications reviewed and approved by the Executive Director and the Board's designee for admission to the P.S. and/or O.L.S. examination and, when the examination(s) are successfully passed, granted initial P.L.S. licensure.
4. Board consideration of applications reviewed and approved by the Executive Director and the Board's designee for admission to the P.S. and/or O.L.S. examination and, when the examination(s) are successfully passed, granted comity P.L.S. licensure.
5. Board consideration of P.E., S.E. Designation Applications reviewed and approved by the Board's designee:
a. Board consideration of Oklahoma P.E.'s applying for the S.E. designation by way of education and experience
b. Board consideration of Oklahoma P.E.'s applying for the S.E. designation by way of examination
6. Application and Exam Report
7. Initial PE Applications to be rejected
♦ Next Board Meeting: June 9-10, 2022
♦ Public Comment (limited to 3 minutes per person)
♦ New Business –
Motion to adjourn.
