OKLAHOMA STATE BOARD OF LICENSURE FOR
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS
Meeting Location: 220 NE 28th Street Oklahoma City, OK
Thursday, April 18, 2024 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 18, 2024 9:00 a.m.
Pledge of Allegiance
♦ Approval of February 15, 2024 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
2023-075 Carey P. Lege, PLS 1899 / Atwell, LLC CA 6036
2023-081 Justin Hall, PE 27542 / Hall Engineering Group, LTD
2023-121 Hosrow Aframian, PE, SE 16643 Formal Notice of Charges
2024-005 Pavan Sundaresh Manepalli, TL 968 / MPK Structural Engineering LLC dba MPK and Associates LLC CA 9331
2024-011 Jeff Beets / American Roofing and Construction, LLC Formal Notice of Charges
♦ Proposed Letters of Caution
♦ Current Case List
♦ Administrative Fines
♦ Discussion and possible action concerning reports and recommendations made by the Complaint Review Committee:
Discussion and possible action regarding the following agenda items
♦ Review of the Principal Assistant Salaried Position and Consideration of Filling the Surveying Programs and Compliance Manager Salaried Position
Executive Session Proposed for each of the above employment salaried positions pursuant to 25 O.S. Supp. 2018, Section 307(B)(1).
1. Vote to convene in Executive Session
2. Executive Session Discussion.
3. Announce return from Executive Session.
4. Vote on motions
♦ Review of the following professional service contracts for FY25
Board Attorney
Surveyor Investigators
♦ Legislative Report
HB 3253 Osburn (Includes both Architect Board and PELS Revisions)
SB 1603 Haste (Construction exemption) - Proposed Policy
♦ Subsurface Utility Engineering - when is an engineer or surveyor required
Subcommittee Report - Proposed Policy
♦ Scholarship Report
Proposed Scholarship Recipients
♦ Outreach Report
OSLS State Meeting - March 8, 2024 - Roundtable Discussion - Report
OSEA State Meeting - April 16, 2024 - Report
OSPE State Meeting - June 13, 2024
Sherrie Dyer, Outreach and Communications Strategist Report
Other Outreach
♦ Financial Report
1. Financial Statements, Reconciliations and Claims Paid:
February 2024 March 2024
♦ A/E Joint Committee Meeting Report
♦ Surveying Committee Report
- Oklahoma Law and Surveying Exam
- Professional Land Surveyor Continuing Education and Audit Committee
· Request for boards to send in a letter if they think they will have a need at some point for a PS Mapping Science Exam
♦ Professional Engineer Committee Report
- Oklahoma Law and Engineering Exam
- Professional Engineer Continuing Education and Audit Committee
♦ NCEES Information and Reports
Funded Delegates Annual Meeting
Summary of Southern Zone Meeting Activities
♦ Building Report
♦ Consideration of PE Application 40395 Clayton Lucas and CA Application 9514/PE Gemini Engineering Group, LLC
♦ 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. SE Grandfathering Applications A and SE Grandfathering Applications B
g. 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 Oklahoma P.E.'s applying for the S.E. designation by way of education and experience (Application A)
6. Application and Exam Report
7. Initial PE Applications to be rejected
♦ Next Board Meeting: June 20, 2024
Certificate Presentation Ceremony: July 20, 2024 - Oklahoma History Center - 4:00 p.m.
♦ Public Comment (limited to 3 minutes per person)
♦ New business which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to posting of meeting agenda, per 25 O.S., § 311(A)(10)
Motion to adjourn.