HBA OF KENTUCKY WINTER BOARD
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mmediately on the heals of Housing & Building Day at the Capitol, the 2018 HBAK Winter Board meetings were held February 8th and 9th. Our first day featured a lunch and learn with guest JP Delmore, NAHB Assistant Vice President, Government Affairs gave a presentation concerning what you, as business owners and builders, should know about the new tax laws (a QR code is below to access the presentation on your device). The Codes Committee featured Tim House, Deputy Commissioner of Kentucky’s Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, who updated those on hand regarding changes to the 2015 International Residential Code as well as changes to mandates of the energy code compliance which reverted to the 2009 Energy Code with options for using more recent code updates. The Legislative, Regulatory and PAC meeting followed that afternoon and featured discussion revolving around topics that can be read in our Recap of our Housing & Building Day at the Capitol featured on page 14.
That evening a reception was held to install the HBAK 2018 officers and announce their annual award winners. Winners of the state association membership contest were announced where our own Pat Parshall, Immediate Past Association President, Northwest Title Agency, took home $150 for his efforts in recruiting new members in 2017. Well done Pat!!! Friday began with the Board of Directors meeting. Aside from regular governance matters the Board of Directors welcomed Mark Holloway, Chief Investment Officer, Stockyards Bank, regarding his outlook on the financial possibilities 2018 brings us. Jamella Sullivan, United States Postal Service, Louisville Region, AMS Manager updated those in attendance regarding the USPS’s plans to change all new residential developments over from single box curbside delivery to gang/cluster style boxes. This has been an important issue in Northern Kentucky that we have worked on for months. It would seem that the Louisville USPS office is willing to work out a smoother rollout with their plans than the Cincinnati USPS office has, however, we are still working to resolve our members issues.
l-r: HBAK officers were installed Thursday evening: Kyle Whalen, Lexington, KY, Immediate Past President; Charley Corbett, McDaniels, KY, President Elect/Treasurer; Tom Raver, Vice President/ Secretary, Louisville, KY; Billy Doelker, President, Louisville, KY; Chip Crawford, 2nd Vice President, Lexington, KY; Watson Jones, Associate Vice President, Northern Kentucky
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Northern Kentucky BUILDER
BIA Immediate Past President Bill Cullen, Cullen Brothers, took home a bottle of Makers Mark and supported HIPAC at the same time by exercising his athletic ability by tossing a ring around the bottle
l-r: JoEllen Thompson, Star Building Materials; Cheryl Stegman, Legacy Kitchens; Jim Stegman, Stegman Construction and Watson Jones, BIA Associate President and HBAK Associate Vice President, C.K. Ash Insurance