Minutes from the Annual Membership Meeting

January 14th- 2013

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AGENDA:

Type of Meeting: Annual Membership Meeting and Election of Officers and Board of Directors at the Ohio  CENTS Show

Call to Order by President

ORDER OF BUSINESS

I. Attendees  -Roll Call – Secretary

1. John Newlin
2. Justin Heil
3. Jeffrey Heil
4. Chris Corney
5. Steve Cambell
6. Adam Marrette
7. Drew Schwamburger
8. Joe Boff
9. Aaron Knepp
10. Silas Jagger
11. Dave Matthews
12. Tom Johnson
13. Mike DeFranco
14. Renzo DeFranco
15. Patrick Ferrell
16. Chris Foster
17. Jeff Mgebroff
18. Chris Dolle
19. Scott Knowles
20. Mike Mastrodonato
21. Joe Twardzik
22. Larry Fisher

II. Review and Approval of Minutes from previous meeting

III. Treasurers Report – Justin Heil, (New and Renewing Members, Invoicing)

IV. OUPS – John Newlin Up date on Sub. H.B. 458 passed by the legislature and signed by the Governor

*Requires an excavator, contractor, or utility that uses a protection service to obtain training in the protection of underground utility facilities, but specifies that the individual is deemed to have training if the individual is a member of a protection service or association that provides training.

*Eliminates a requirement that a protection service must notify the excavator of the names of each limited basis participant with underground facilities in the municipal corporation or township and county of the proposed excavation site.

*Requires, except in certain circumstances, excavators to define and premark the approximate location of a proposed excavation site before notifying a protection service about the proposed excavation and makes modifications to notification requirements.

V. Election of Officers 2113

President: JC Wheaton (Centerville Landscape and Irrigation Inc.)
Vice President: Justin Heil (O-Heil Irrigation Co.)
Treasurer: John Dolle (Rainscapes Irrigation Services)
Secretary: John Newlin (Quality Services)

Board of Directors
Scott Knowles (Wolf Creek Co.)
Dave Matthews (Simmons Landscape & Irrigation Inc.)
Renzo DeFranco (Irrigation Pro)
Steve Campbell (Essential Landscaping & Irrigation, LLC)
Tim Owen (John Deere Landscaping)

VI. Adjournment

Meeting Notes

Date : January 23, 2012

LOCATION: CENTS Show, Columbus, Ohio

 AGENDA

1. Approved Minutes from last meeting.

2. Treasure Report: Justin Heil (approved)

3. Update from the Irrigation Association: Chad Forcey

4. Election of officers for 2012

- President: John B. Dolle

- Vice President: JC Wheaton

- Treasurer: Justin Heil

- Secretary: John Newlin

5. Strategic Plan: For officers and board members is February 20th 2012 at the OTF building on the Ohio State Campus.

6. New Business: Every Member of the OIA will receive an annual Certificate of Membership.

Ohio Western Reserve Cemetery Entryway

7. The OIA will be participating in the annual Ohio National Cemetery volunteer

effort to work on projects that the National Cemetery in Rittman Ohio needs.

This effort will be a joint effort with other green industry associations. John

Newlin will do an audit of the irrigation at the Cemetery the spring of 2012.

Further Details will be forth coming.

8. Meeting Adjourned