A Cut Above - April 2013

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A Cut AboveLake Region Builders Association

April 2013A monthly newsletter serving beCker, ottertAil, normAn, wilkin And mAhnomen Counties

emAil: [email protected]: 218.847.0699visit our websitewww.lakeregionbuilders.com

lake regionbuildersAssociation

president nick green, Green's Plumbing and Heating

pAst president bryan schoenberger, Pike Creek Builders/Modern Living Concepts

viCe president Jason Coley, Don Tietz Construction

seCretAry/treAsurer Francis genereux, Genereux Construction

scott buchholz, Scott Buchholz Construction

mike hough, Hough, Inc.

Jeff petersen, Water Furnace International

Jayson storo, JBS Builders

mike eidenschink, B & M Electric

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Thirty years of excellence30614 sunset road • detroit lakes

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mn lic# Bc-20460621nd lic# 32002

Detroit Lakes, MNHome (218) 846-0079

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“Committed to Quality & Service”• Post Frame Buildings• Residential• New Construction• Remodeling• Garages

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18872 Co Hwy 21 • Detroit LakesTom Kirby, manager

218-847-1133 or 1-888-757-1133

Safety is a Way of Life

OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 18th, 2013 , at LaBarista, on the SE corner of he mall. They will have some great specials – BBQ@ Ribs- $9.95 , Hot Beef Sandwiches - $7.95, Tuscan Chicken Salad sandwich - $7.50, plus the regular menu. They have pop, water, beer and wine available. Our speakers for the evening will be Lowell Bradbury and Dean Hunter: informa-tion will be on what subs – plumbers, heating and floor installers… can and cannot do for wiring. Please RSVP so we don’t have to call everyone. Just drop us an email.

our meeting For the evening, on March 14th , was held at the Detroit Lakes Newspapers. Mary Brenk led the meeting talking about how important marketing your business is, and making sure you advertise consistently to keep your name in front of the public. Mary and the staff did a great job and provided a good buffet. We thank DL Printing/Forum Communications for sponsoring this meeting.

THIS SPACE AVAILABLE!Contact Sharon at 847-0699 for

details!

Heat Pumps • Earthloop Materials Radiant Floor Heat Materials • Electric Boilers

Heat Recovery Ventilators • Fan Coils

Kevin OlsOn 218-367-5196

[email protected] • www.geodirectsupply.comOver 20 years of Geo-Thermal experience

Geosupply, inc.DiReCT

Greetings Everyone, I’d like to thank everyone for

all their help to make our Build-ers’ Show the success it was! If you didn’t help with the show, we’ll press-gang your cooperation next year…. Just kidding, but serious-ly, many people put in many hours to make this happen, and any help would be much appreciated. I went down to the March BAM board meeting, the significant issues are the $35 dollar per member as-sessment to the association itself for the legal ac-tion fund (I voted against it), and NAHB is increas-ing its dues by $16 per member per year for 3 years. We’re still fighting the fire sprinkler issue. I hope everyone has a great season ahead and see you at the next meeting!

Nick Green Green's Plumbing and HeatingPresident, LRBA

builders buZZ

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1040 Randolph Road • Detroit Lakes

218-847-7459www.ModernHeatingAndPlumbing.com

For Your Familys Comfort

Mary Brenk speaking at the March meeting.

Chad Hegg – TCGD winning the Twins tickets from the LRBA drawing box

Brenda updating members at the March meeting.

Staff & members at the newspaper meeting.

Carpet • Hardwood • tile laminate • Vinyl

(866) 739-1177 • SelandS.Com

i-94 exit 61 FerguS FallS

Code oF ethiCsMembers of the Home Builders association subscribe to the following Code of ethics

n Members shall constantly seek to provide better val-ues for the customers they serve.

n Members shall at times share their knowledge with fellow members in the public in the best interest of those they serve.

n Members shall not obtain any business by means of fraudulet statements or by use of implications unwar-ranted by fact or reason-able probability.

n Members shall comply, both in spirit and letter, with rules and regulations prescribed by law and government agencies for health, safety and progress of the community.

n Members shall not perform a cause to be performed at any act which would tend to reflect on or bring into disrepute any party of the industry served by this as-sociation.

“to promote professionalism and to educate members and

consumers on legislative issues, while fostering

cooperative relationships for all stakeholders”

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218-439-6043 • Cell: 218-841-3238Email: [email protected]

12568 E. Pearl Lake Road • Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

BRIARD CONSTRUCTIONNEW CONSTRUCTION • REMODELING • SHINGLING

SIDING • DECKS • ADDITIONS • GARAGES • DOORS • WINDOWS

ViewMYBrenda Eidenschink

March was a busy month for Sharon and I with the Home & Sport Show. We had 64 builder’s /vendors, 17 sport vendors and 198 silent auction items. The attendance for the show was quite good on Saturday with a 725 adults and Sunday was 419 (a little down from

previous years). Overall, though, the weekend was up a couple of hundred people from last year. The Operation Kidsafe Program went well with 295 children fingerprinted. We want to say a special thank you to all of our sponsors of the Kidsafe program. If you see them make sure to say thank you! Sponsors of the Kidsafe program included Arvig, Bell State Bank, Detroit Lakes Shriners, Don Tietz Construction, Detroit Lakes Lions Club, Detroit Lakes Breakfast Rotary Club, Frazee Lions Club, Foltz Builders & Nereson’s. This would not have been possible without these sponsors.

Special thank you to all of our home show committee, Jason Coley, Ed & Linda Jutz, Perry Nodsle and especially Al Clark and Chad Zitzow for chairing this show.

The silent auction ladies did an outstanding job this year; so far collected over $8000. Thank you to Ellie Francis, Linda Jutz , Catie Herman and Tammy Heille for working several hours on phone calling and working that weekend to conduct the auction. We also want to thank all the members who came that weekend to help set up and tear down and work the auction. This show is a group event and takes a lot of man-power. So “Kudo’s” to all involved.

This month’s meeting we will host Lowell Bradbury and Dean Hunter to speak on the topic of what subcontractors (other than electricians) can and cannot do concerning wiring and also maintaining proper clearance away electrical components and warming tile cable.

On to next month, when we will be having our jointly held Spring Picnic and Trap Shoot. Mark Saturday May 4th on your calendars. If you are interested in having a team in the trap shoot, please let us know at the office. More information will follow.

Hope to see you at the meeting on the 18th .

Crane JohnsonLumber Co.

eSTABLiSHeD 1883

620 east Main • Perham, MN 56573phone 218.346.5555 • fax 218.346.9200

GreG NeiseNSALeS MANAGeR

Approaching the halfway mark of session, between the House of Representatives and State Senate, Minnesota Legislators have introduced nearly 3,000 bills. Among them are a series of bills that impact, to varying degrees, the home building and remodel-ing industry. BAM members' lobbying team is actively engaged at the Capitol to make sure that this seemingly never ending supply of "helpful" policy ideas are stopped, advanced, or mitigated.

The month of March brings Policy Committee deadlines and a small degree of relief from the onslaught of proposals and hearings within the Legislature and all the dodging and weaving among interest groups. After committee deadlines we will sprint to the end of session, slated for May 20th, working on big tax and spending bills, floor amendments, and final negotiations on pro-posals that remain "alive". Below is a sampling of the bills BAM is bird-dogging for its members.

Risk Transfer / Anti-Indemnification Bills: These bills are designed to make certain construction contract indemnification and insurance clauses void and unenforceable. The MSA contains a blanket prohibition on these contract provisions, while the design professional bill carves out an exception for engineers and architects.

Minnesota Subcontractors Association (MSA) Bill HF644 (Atkins – DFL, Inver Grove Heights) / SF561 (Jensen - DFL, Owatonna)

Design Professionals Bill HF446 (Hortman – DFL, Brooklyn Park) / SF388 (Carlson – DFL, Eagan)

Retainage: Subcontractors are pursuing legislation to regu-late the manner in which retainage is held and paid to include retainage held in interest bearing accounts and be paid within 30 days upon substantial completion of work. Retainage – HF952 (Sundun – DFL, Esko) / SF841 (Dahle – DFL, Northfield)

Radon Bills: These bills intend to raise public awareness of radon's potential health impacts. The Minnesota Department of Health's Healthy Homes bill requires good faith disclosures at closing, while "Janet's" law requires radon testing prior to com-pleting residential real estate transactions.

Healthy Homes Radon Disclosure Requirement HF662 (Laine – DFL, Columbia Heights) / SF887 (Marty – DFL, Roseville)

Janet’s Law HF816 (Anderson, P. – R, Starbuck) Street Improvement Districts: Cities continue to look to

the Legislature to grant them authority for new revenue streams. These bills allow cities the ability to create districts within their jurisdictions to capture transportation impact "fees" from new and existing properties to pay for improvements linked to their capital improvement plans.

Street Improvement Districts SF607 (Carlson – DFL, Eagan) / HF745 (Erhardt – DFL, Edina) and

HF931 (Erhardt – DFL, Edina) / SF891 (Dibble – DFL, Min-neapolis)

Non-wage Payments to Construction Workers Reporting to Department of Revenue: Carpenter Union interests are pursuing legislation to require all payments in excess of $600 to be reported to the Department of Revenue. This effort is rooted in the on-

going effort to address "misclassified employees". Non-wage Payments SF863 (Dziezdic – DFL, Minneapolis) /

HF1062 (Anzelc – DFL, Balsam Township) B2B Sales Tax: Governor Dayton's comprehensive tax

reform plan continues to be discussed the the Capitol. Included in the proposal is a overall rate reduction and expansion of sales tax to cover services, although indications from the Governor's office is that construction services are not intended to be included in the proposal. The final bill will not be complete until mid-May 2013.

Governor's Tax Bill HF677 (Lenczewski – DFL, Minneapolis) / SF552 (Skoe – DFL, Clearbrook)

Statute of Repose: This bill extends the period of repose from 12 years to 14 years. Although the repose period is moved out to 14 years, it does not impact the industry's warranty period nor does it change the statute of limitations.

Statute of Repose HF450 (Atkins – DFL, Inver Grove Heights) / SF392 (Latz – DFL, St. Louis Park)

Contractor Recovery Fund: The Department of Labor and Industry's Housekeeping Bill contains a one-word change to the Contractor Recovery Fund. By deleting the word "person" and inserting the word "individual" the Department is intending to deter corporations from tapping into the fund and reserving it for actual homeowners.

DLI Housekeeping Bill HF578 (Isaacson – DFL, Shoreview) / SF656 (Schmit – DFL, Red Wing)

Sprinkler Mandate: A stand-alone bill has been introduced that prohibits sprinkler suppression systems from being man-dated for installation in new single-family construction.

HF499 (Fitzsimmons – R, Albertville) Park Dedication Fee: A bill to allow Hennepin County

Parks Board to collect a park dedication fee has been amended with language to require all park dedication fees to be set through a fair market value standard.

Homeowner's Insurance Coverage / Residential Contract-ing Claims: This bill, pursued by the exterior contractors, requires insurance companies to disclose to homeowners when certain coverages are dropped from their policies, allows homeowners to communicate with contractors, and requires insurance companies to include contractors in payments made on a claim where the contractor is engaged for the work.

HO Insurance Coverage HF930 (Nelson – DFL, Brooklyn Park) / SF722 (Pederson – R, St. Cloud)

Extended Producer Responsibility: This bill requires carpet, paint and battery manufacturers, distributors and retailer to establish "product stewardship programs" for the life-cycle of their products.

EPP HF865 (Sundin – DFL, Esko) / SF639 (Eaton – DFL, Brooklyn Center)

We will keep you updated on these bills and BAM’s progress fighting for our members and the industry throughout session. Look for more information in BAM’s weekly emails.

Radon Awareness ActSenator John Marty (DFL-Minneapolis) and Representa-

tive Carolyn Laine (DFL-Columbia Heights) introduced legisla-tion that would require sellers of homes to disclose information about radon, outlining the gas’s health risks and also encourag-ing buyers to conduct a radon test before closing on or moving into a house. Paul Eger, chief lobbyist for the Minnesota As-sociation of Realtors, said state rules already require sellers to disclose factors that could affect someone living in the home. They include environmental concerns, such as radon, mold, lead paint or asbestos. The bill would require a more-clear dis-closure by the sellers about whether they have ever tested for radon. Read more.

This Just In... A This Week at BAM Special Report Friday March 8, 2013

Today, Governor Dayton announced he will be dropping his proposal to extend the sale tax to business-to-business transactions. Thank you to all of you that came to the BAM Builder Day at the Capitol and talked to your legislators about our concern with the B2B sales tax proposal.

Gov. Mark Dayton said Friday morning, while speaking at the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce in St. Louis Park, he heard a lot of concerns about his proposal to add sales tax to the services business sell each other. Dayton said he will not include the tax plan in the revised budget he will release next week.

BAM will be watching to see what happens next - Monday March 11th the Governor plans to release his revised budget. But for now... there's one more reason to be thankful it's Friday!

Week of March 4, 2013….75 Days or so Done – 75 Days or so To GoYour Mid-Session Report

Approaching the halfway mark of session, between the House of Representatives and State Senate, Minnesota Legis-lators have introduced nearly 3,000 bills. Among them are a series of bills that impact to varying degrees the home build-ing and remodeling industry. BAM members' lobbying team is actively engaged at the Capitol to make sure that this seem-ingly never ending supply of "helpful" policy ideas are stopped, advanced or mitigated.

The month of March brings Policy Committee deadlines and a small degree of relief from the onslaught of proposals and hearings within the Legislature and all the dodging and weav-ing among interest groups. After committee deadlines we will sprint to the end of session, slated for May 20th, working on big tax and spending bills, floor amendments, and final negotia-tions on proposals that remain "alive". Below is a sampling of the bills BAM is bird-dogging for its members.

Risk Transfer / Anti-Indemnification Bills: These bills are designed to make certain construction contract indem-nification and insurance clauses void and unenforceable. The MSA contains a blanket prohibition on these contract provi-sions, while the design professional bill carves out an exception for engineers and architects.


Design Professionals Bill HF446 (Hortman – DFL, Brook-lyn Park) / SF388 (Carlson – DFL, Eagan)

Retainage: Subcontractors are pursuing legislation to regulate the manner in which retainage is held and paid to in-clude retainage held in interest bearing accounts and be paid within 30 days upon substantial completion of work.

Retainage – HF952 (Sundun – DFL, Esko) / SF841 (Dahle – DFL, Northfield)

Radon Bills: These bills intend to raise public awareness of radon's potential health impacts. The Minnesota Depart-

ment of Health's Healthy Homes bill requires good faith disclo-sures at closing, while "Janet's" law requires radon testing prior to completing residential real estate transactions.

Healthy Homes Radon Disclosure Requirement HF662 (Laine – DFL, Columbia Heights) / SF887 (Marty – DFL, Ros-eville)

Janet’s Law HF816 (Anderson, P. – R, Starbuck)Street Improvement Districts: Cities continue to look

to the Legislature to grant them authority for new revenue streams. These bills allow cities the ability to create districts within their jurisdictions to capture transportation impact "fees" from new and existing properties to pay for improve-ments linked to their capital improvement plans.

Street Improvement Districts SF607 (Carlson – DFL, Ea-gan) / HF745 (Erhardt – DFL, Edina) and

HF931 (Erhardt – DFL, Edina) / SF891 (Dibble – DFL, Minneapolis)

Non-wage Payments to Construction Workers Re-porting to Department of Revenue: Carpenter Union in-terests are pursuing legislation to require all payments in excess of $600 to be reported to the Department of Revenue. This effort is rooted in the on-going effort to address "misclassified employees".

Non-wage Payments SF863 (Dziezdic – DFL, Minneapo-lis) / HF1062 (Anzelc – DFL, Balsam Township)

B2B Sales Tax: Governor Dayton's comprehensive tax reform plan continues to be discussed the the Capitol. Included in the proposal is a overall rate reduction and expansion of sales tax to cover services, although indications from the Governor's office is that construction services are not intended to be in-cluded in the proposal. The final bill will not be complete until mid-May 2013.

Governor's Tax Bill HF677 (Lenczewski – DFL, Minneapo-lis) / SF552 (Skoe – DFL, Clearbrook)

Statute of Repose: This bill extends the period of repose from 12 years to 14 years. Although the repose period is moved out to 14 years, it does not impact the industry's warranty pe-riod nor does it change the statute of limitations.


Contractor Recovery Fund: The Department of Labor and Industry's Housekeeping Bill contains a one-word change to the Contractor Recovery Fund. By deleting the word "person" and inserting the word "individual" the Department is intend-ing to deter corporations from tapping into the fund and re-serving it for actual homeowners.


Sprinkler Mandate: A stand-alone bill has been intro-duced that prohibits sprinkler suppression systems from being mandated for installation in new single-family construction.

HF499 (Fitzsimmons – R, Albertville)Park Dedication Fee: A bill to allow Hennepin County

Parks Board to collect a park dedication fee has been amend-ed with language to require all park dedication fees to be set through a fair market value standard.

Homeowner's Insurance Coverage / Residential Contracting Claims: This bill, pursued by the exterior con-tractors, requires insurance companies to disclose to home-owners when certain coverages are dropped from their policies, allows homeowners to communicate with contractors, and re-quires insurance companies to include contractors in payments made on a claim where the contractor is engaged for the work.


Extended Producer Responsibility: This bill requires carpet, paint and battery manufacturers, distributors and retail-er to establish "product stewardship programs" for the life-cycle of their products.


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BuIlDERS & REMoDElERSAhmAnn ConstruCtion Wayne Ahmann phone: 218-935-2622

Al ClArk ConstruCtion Al Clark phone: 218-849-4489 email: [email protected]

Anderson ConstruCtors David Anderson phone: 218-532-7429 email: [email protected]

BriArd ConstruCtion Hunter Briard phone: 218-439-6043 email: [email protected]

Cogger ConstruCtion Rick Cogger phone: 218-849-7459 email: [email protected]

Crowell ConstruCtion Tom Crowell phone: 218-847-1931 email: [email protected]

do- right ConstruCtion of the lAkes Jim Herman phone: 218-234-1095 email: [email protected]

don tietz ConstruCtion Don Tietz/J. Coley phone: 218-439-6271 email: [email protected]

dynAmiC homes Arlen Johnson phone: 218-847-2611 web: dynamichomes.com

foltz Builders David Foltz phone: 218-847-3281 email: [email protected] web: foltzbuildings.com

frAnCis ConstruCtion of detroit lAkes David Francis phone: 218-847-4054 email: [email protected]

frAnCis genereux ConstruCtion Francis Genereux 218-849-8808 email: [email protected]

g & r hill ConstruCtion Gene & Randy Hill phone: 218-847-5947 email: [email protected]

gAry heitkAmp ConstruCtion Gary Heitkamp phone: 218-847-9452 email: [email protected]

heritAge homes, llC Tyrone Leslie phone: 701-281-7184 email: [email protected]

hemmelgArn Builders, inC. James Hemmelgarn phone: 218-346-2377 fax 218-346-3242 email: [email protected]

JBs Builders, llC Jayson Storo phone: 218-232-0472 & 218-495-2005 email: [email protected] web: [email protected]

keith frAnCis & son’s ConstruCtion, llC phone: 218-556-9711 email: jfrancis@mahnomen.

k12.mn.us

klinton BArthel ConstruCtion, inC. phone: 218-841-2087 fax: 218-844-5461 email: [email protected]

nodsle ConstruCtion Perry Nodsle phone: 218-847-7603 email: [email protected]

pAul dAvis restorAtion & remodeling Jeff Boehm phone: 218-847-1800 email: [email protected] web: pdremodel.com

mArk stone ConstruCtion Co. Mark Stone 414 Bryant Ave. SW Wadena, MN 56482 phone:218-639-5059 email: mark-camille

@mstoneconst.com

modern living ConCepts Bryan Schoenberger phone: 218-841-2006 email: [email protected] web: pikecreekbuilders.com

sCott BuChholz ConstruCtion Scott Buchholz phone: 218-864-9947 fax: 218-864-5046 email: scottbuchholzconst

@arvig.netweb: www.scottbuchholz

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woytAssek Custom homes Warren Woytassek phone: 218-844-4661 ASSoCIAtE MEMBERS AmerigAs propAne Tom Kirby phone: 218-847-1133 email: [email protected] web: amerigas.com

Anderson Brothers ConstruCtion Co. Scott Mudgett P O Box 668 Brainerd, MN Phone: 218-820-9935 email: [email protected] web: www.andersonbrothers.com

Andy frAnCis lAndsCAping ConstruCtion Andy Francis 12352 Shorewood Beach Rd phone : 218-439-3320 email: [email protected]

Apex eleCtriC & lighting Marty Ekren phone: 218-847-5244 email: [email protected]

Arvig seCurity serviCe Jill Mack phone 218-844-8518 email: [email protected]

At eAse doCk & lift John Drewes

phone: 218-849-5212 email: [email protected]

B & m eleCtriC, inC. Mike Eidenschink phone: 218-847-1946 email: [email protected] web: www.bmelectricdl.com

Bell stAte BAnk & trust Julia Okeson phone: 218-844-3000 email: jokeson@ statebanks.com web: statebanks.com

Budget Blinds Melody Kruckenberg phone: 218-844-7052 email: [email protected] web: www.budgetblinds.com

ClAssiC ConCrete ContrACtors Dan Baker phone: 218-849-4744

CormorAnt reAlty Jim Kaiser phone: 218-530-0023 email: [email protected] web: CormorantRealty.com

CrAne Johnson lumBer Greg Neisen phone: 218-346-5555 email: [email protected]

Cullens home Center Dan Zierden phone: 218-998-5070

Custom windows Joe Honrud phone: 218-758-3888 email: [email protected]

dl overheAd door serviCes Tim Lamb phone: 218-847-2129 email: [email protected] web: detroitlakes

overheaddoor.com

elsner well drilling Kelly Elsner phone: 218-844-8400 email: [email protected] web: elsnerwelldrilling.com

esser plumBing & htg. - Aire serv Kelly Fingalson phone: 218-841-8849 email: [email protected] web: www.esserplumbingandheating.com

g-foAm Michael Griffin phone: 218-841-3999 email: [email protected]

kinetiCo- the wAter doCtors Local Contact - Scott Danielson phone: 218-844-7873 email: [email protected] web: kinetic.com

foltz drywAll, inC. Nate Foltz phone: 218-844-8837 email: [email protected]

gemstone mAsonry Todd Rodeman phone: 218-334-3274 email: [email protected] web: gemstonemasonryinc.com

geo direCt supply, inC Kevin Olson phone: 218-367-5196 email: [email protected] web: www.geodirectsupply.com-goodin CompAny Jonna Esser phone: 218-847-9211 Web: goodinco.com

greens plumBing & heAting Mark Green/Nick Green phone: 218-847-7542 email: [email protected] web: greensplumbing andheating.com

hough inC. Mike Hough phone: 218-847-7391 email: [email protected]

i’ll tile & stone Troy Fingalson phone: 218-847-0335 email: [email protected] web: www.illtileandstone.com

Jutz exCAvAting Ed Jutz phone: 218-334-5692

kAhle plumBing & heAting Dave Kahle phone: 218-847-1008

lAke region eleCtriC Co-op Dan Husted phone: 218-863-1171 email:[email protected]

lAneys, inC. Chad Harstad phone: 218-847-1309

lAvelle CompAny Tim Roble phone: 218-849-7876

mAlstrom eleCtriC Brad Malstrom phone: 218-847-3132 email: info@malstrom electricinc.com web: malstromelectricinc.com

menArds Steve Novak phone: 218-846-9885

midwest BAnk Stephen Daggett & Denise Fredrickson phone: 218-847-4771 Email: denise.fredrickson @midwestbank.net web: midwestbank.net

midwest minnesotA Community development John King phone: 218-847-3191 email: [email protected] web: mmcdc.com

modern heAting & plumBing Rick Michaelson phone: 218-847-7459 email: [email protected] web: modernheating

andplumbing.com

north Country kitChens Ed Lillis phone: 218-847-1022 email: [email protected] web: northcountrykitchens.net

olson pool & spAs Steve Olson phone: 218-483-3541 email: steve@olsonpools andspas.com web: olsonpoolsandspas.com

pAinters plus of dl Shane Heille phone: 218-847-5295 email: [email protected]

pellA windows & doors Wayne Reichling phone: 701-281-1390 email: [email protected] web: pella.com

pro Build Curtis Thom phone: 218-847-2688 email: [email protected] web: probuild.com

pro systems Corp Mike Brodsho phone: 218-847-9277 web: psys.com

sChiller insurAnCe Ross Gailfus phone: 218-847-5696 email: rgailfus@warner andcompany.com web: schillerins.com

selAnd’s ABBey flooring Center Richard Seland phone: 218-739-1177 email:[email protected] web: www.selands.com

stenerson lumBer of detroit lAkes Joel Nelson phone: 218-847-2188

stenerson lumBer of fergus fAlls Mike Diekman phone: 218-739-4481 email: mdiekman@ stenersonlumber.com web: stenersonlumber.com

twin City gArAge door Jeff Swenson phone: 701-281-4759 email: [email protected] web: tcgdwf.com

tweeton refrigerAtion & heAting Dan Tweeton/Scott McKenzie phone 218-847-7537 email: [email protected]

western produCts, inC. Katy Krehlik/Designer phone: 701-280-5994 email: katyk@ westernproducts.com web: westernproducts.com

wAter furnACe internAtionAl Jeff Petersen phone: 877-533-0026 email: jeff.petersen@

waterfurnace.comweb: www.waterfurnace.com

zAyiC ConCrete John Brehm phone: 218-844-2200 email: [email protected] web: zayicconcrete.com

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY

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you will get out of your membership what you put in!

* Join An event Committee* Attend monthly meetings* Attend All of our events

The only way we will grow is if you ask someone to be a part of our association. Tell them about our meetings, the networking, monetary benefits and why you are a member.

N.A.T.E. (North American Technical Excellence) certification/testing was held at MN State in March. N.A.T.E. testing represents real-world, working knowledge of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems. Modern Heating and Plumbing had four technicians pass licensing/testing.

With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) set to begin enforcing new, more stringent fall protection regulations on March 15, NAHB is working diligently to ensure that builders are fully aware of the updated policy and know how to comply with the new rules in order to eliminate workplace hazards, boost worker safety and avoid costly fines.

Since September 2011, contractors have been required to comply fully with the Compliance Guidance for Residential Construction. However, at NAHB’s urging, OSHA implemented a phase-in period to provide home builders with more time to learn about the rule and get compliance assistance from OSHA. During this period, the federal agency’s temporary enforcement measures allowed for penalty reductions and lengthened abatement times if a contractor was inspected.

The phase-in period has been extended twice since the Compliance Guidance went into effect, and it is unlikely that OSHA will extend it again.

What does this mean for builders and their subcontractors? Roofing contractors must use guardrails, personal fall arrest

systems (harnesses and lanyards), or safety nets on all roofs with

slopes exceeding 4-in-12 when working six feet or more above a lower level.

All other trade contractors must use guardrails or personal fall arrest systems (harnesses and lanyards), or safety nets when the height from one elevation to another is greater than six feet, unless employers can demonstrate that it isn’t feasible to use those fall protection systems or using the systems creates a greater hazard. In those cases, contractors must develop a fall protection plan that utilizes alternative fall protection measures.

All fall protection plans must be in writing and be site specific. However, the written plan developed for repeated use for a particular style/model home will be considered site specific.

The use of fall protection plans is limited to residential construction, and the home must be constructed using traditional wood frame construction materials and methods -- although the limited use of structural steel in a predominantly wood-framed home, such as a steel I-beam to help support wood framing, does not disqualify a structure from being considered residential construction.

NAHB strongly believes that the current fall protection standard can be improved and should be amended to acknowledge the unique

nature of residential construction. In a Dec. 10 letter and petition to OSHA officials, NAHB asked

the agency to reopen the rulemaking and try again to create a rule that applies to home building, rather than continuing to impose a one-size-fits-all approach that is better suited to commercial contracting.

NAHB has provided its members an array of resources — including a sample fall protection plan, a residential fall protection fact sheet and an OSHA fall protection webinar replay — to help builders with this transition at www.nahb.org/fallprotection.

OSHA has also recently posted Spanish versions of its residential fall protection fact sheets online.

Federal vs. State ProgramsComplicating the situation for some members, not all states

follow the federal OSHA programs. Many builders/members are operating in approved state plans and will need to check with their local administrators for further information on the fall protection standards applicable in their states.

More safety resources can be found on NAHB’s website at nahb.org/safety.

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builders perFormAnCe guidelines Are reQuired in minnesotA. Minnesota builders must by law include a set of performance guidelines with their current contract for customers. Guidelines are available to LRBA members through the Builders Association of Minnesota. BAM members spent many hours to creating and refining this documentto provide the best possible product for builders. To see the statute mandating the inclusion of Building Performance Guidelines, visit www.revisor.mn.gov.

August 1, 2013: Current permit expires. deAdline For re-issuing updAted permit.Below is an overview of the permit process with links to more information. According to the MPCA's website dedicated to the Construction Stormwater General Permit:The MPCA issues the Construction Stormwater General Permit to protect water resources from contaminants in runoff from construction sites. The general permit requires controls for construction stormwater runoff. In most cases, construction site owners and operators may apply for coverage under the general permit, meaning they agree to comply with the conditions set in the general permit.The current permit expires on August 1, 2013. Because federal rules have changed since the last permit was issued in 2008, the MPCA must update the general permit to comply with these federal changes. Based on research and experience, the federal government continues to make changes to ensure that adequate best management practices are in place.While the primary changes concern federal rules, the MPCA is also revising the permit to clarify existing language, better align with the municipal stormwater program, address defects, and incorporate changes needed to enhance compliance with the permit.Also, the agency will require that permit applications be submitted electronically to achieve greater efficiency.For more information visit: http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/water/water-types-and-programs/stormwater/construction-stormwater/index.html

nEED A nuMBER?National Association of Home Builders 800-368-5242

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Last week BAM held its first Board Meeting of 2013. I want to thank each BAM Director for stepping up and being a part of this year's association leadership. To see the Board Members from your local visit: www.bamn.org/about/bam-board-of-directors.

One of the most important decisions made by the Board last week was to approve - by unanimous voice vote - a Legal Action Fund assessment for 2013 in the amount of $35. BAM's core focus is three-fold - the legislative arena, the regulatory arena, and the third battleground is the courts. The legal battles that face the industry are immense and it is important to have the ability to fight to protect the industry.

This is an especially important year because of the sprinkler mandate currently in the pending Minnesota version of the International Residential Code with a 4,500 square foot trigger. This mandate is not needed because new homes are the safest, sprinkler systems are expensive to install with a range of $4,000 to $16,000 per home price tag (the range including a municipal or well water system), and ultimately the installation of an indoor fire sprinkler system should be a homeowner choice - not a government mandate.

Fighting the mandate through the state's established code adoption process has led us to the next step of forcing an administrative law judge hearing on the matter. BAM's Legal Action Fund has approved hiring Joe Springer, an attorney from Fredrikson & Byron. BAM has also retained the services of Karen Linner, BAM's former Director of Codes and Research, and Steve Orlowski, an expert from NAHB.

The BAM Legal Action Fund has a near perfect record in the cases it has fought. Most recently the LAC won the City of St. Paul case, which stopped the City from overriding the state building code with its egress window policy. If the issue had not been fought by the industry, the City of St. Paul would have successfully overridden the state building code and set a precedent for other cities to force builders to comply with egress window requirements above and beyond the code through policy or ordinance. It is a significant win for the industry.

In addition to the City of St. Paul case, the BAM Legal Action Fund has successfully addressed other statewide legal issues including: zoning ordinance, plat approval, takings claims, TID charges and special assessments, 60-day rule, eminent domain, water intrusion, and construction defects. One of the industry's first collective fights was on over-collection of building permit fees that our local association (WCBA) has used numerous times when the city has tried to raise building permit fee’s. This lawsuit, spearheaded by the original legal action fund (The "Fat Fifty") and argued by Joe Springer for the industry challenged the amount of fees collected by the City of Shakopee. As a result of the litigation, the parties entered into a detailed consent decree that resulted in the City reducing building permit fees for residential properties by between 69 and 91 percent. The consent decree contains requirements for all cities to provide greater transparency when setting fees. Copies of those cases and other legal resources, such as white papers and form contracts, can be downloaded from the BAM members-only website at www.bamn.org/legislation.

It's important to have a Legal Action Fund with a viable war chest and in a position to fight for the industry in a timely manner. Because of the importance of a statewide legal fund, the Legal Action Committee has discussed and intends to put together a long-term funding plan to present to the BAM Board of Directors later this year. As discussed at the Board meeting, possible options include funding out of a combination of dues, fundraisers, partial assessments and or combination of all three. If you have any suggestions and or comments on how you would like to see it funded please let us know. Finally, we know this mid-year assessment puts a burden on budgeting cycles and want to have the 2014 proposal done this fall to alleviate the local association budget concerns for 2014.

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DLI has built a one-stop “Local Code Lookup” – online at http://workplace.doli.state.mn.us/jurisdiction – to help contractors and homeowners find local code requirements and code inspectors in one place. The online search tool helps users find which code authority has local jurisdiction for permits, plan review and inspection in the areas of boilers, building codes, electrical, elevators, high-pressure piping, plumbing or other Minnesota construction codes and licensing disciplines.

Left: Jason Coley receiving a sweatshirt for his umpteen years on the board of directors.Right: Brenda eidenschink giving Jack Berenz a check for $1137.00 for the Becker County Food Pantry, from $1.00 of each admission.

Right: Marga Ybarra, MYY Design winning for Best Designed boothCenter: Jeff Boehm, Paul Davis Rest. & Rem/Dream it for Best Overall booth.Not pictured is A Spice Above for Most Sales effective booth Left: John Drewes, At ease Dock & Lift, Most Sales effective, Sport Show Not pictured on the Sports Show side – J & K Marine Best Overall BoothArtistic Taxidermy – Best Designed booth.

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GM Business Choice Program†, Choose one great option for each eligible you purchase or lease. Details at gmfleet.com/nahb.

* Offer valid toward the purchase or lease of eligible 2012, 2013 and 2014 model year gm passenger cars, vans, suvs and trucks. Excludes the Chevrolet Caprice, Captiva Sport, Volt and Cadillac models. Not available with some other offers. Not valid on prior purchases. Program subject to change without notice. See dealer for details. Take delivery by 1/3/14. To qualify, vehicles must be used in day-to-day

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builders perFormAnCe guidelines Are reQuired in minnesotA. Minnesota builders must by law include a set of performance guidelines with their current contract for customers. Guidelines are available to LRBA members through the Builders Association of Minnesota. BAM members spent many hours to creating and refining this documentto provide the best possible product for builders. To see the statute mandating the inclusion of Building Performance Guidelines, visit www.revisor.mn.gov.

August 1, 2013: Current permit expires. deAdline For re-issuing updAted permit.Below is an overview of the permit process with links to more information. According to the MPCA's website dedicated to the Construction Stormwater General Permit:The MPCA issues the Construction Stormwater General Permit to protect water resources from contaminants in runoff from construction sites. The general permit requires controls for construction stormwater runoff. In most cases, construction site owners and operators may apply for coverage under the general permit, meaning they agree to comply with the conditions set in the general permit.The current permit expires on August 1, 2013. Because federal rules have changed since the last permit was issued in 2008, the MPCA must update the general permit to comply with these federal changes. Based on research and experience, the federal government continues to make changes to ensure that adequate best management practices are in place.While the primary changes concern federal rules, the MPCA is also revising the permit to clarify existing language, better align with the municipal stormwater program, address defects, and incorporate changes needed to enhance compliance with the permit.Also, the agency will require that permit applications be submitted electronically to achieve greater efficiency.For more information visit: http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/water/water-types-and-programs/stormwater/construction-stormwater/index.html

nEED A nuMBER?National Association of Home Builders 800-368-5242

Builders Association of Minnesota 800-654-7783

Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry 651-284-5005

Stormwater Permiting Information 218-529-6253

Codes & Standards 651-284-5065

Last week BAM held its first Board Meeting of 2013. I want to thank each BAM Director for stepping up and being a part of this year's association leadership. To see the Board Members from your local visit: www.bamn.org/about/bam-board-of-directors.

One of the most important decisions made by the Board last week was to approve - by unanimous voice vote - a Legal Action Fund assessment for 2013 in the amount of $35. BAM's core focus is three-fold - the legislative arena, the regulatory arena, and the third battleground is the courts. The legal battles that face the industry are immense and it is important to have the ability to fight to protect the industry.

This is an especially important year because of the sprinkler mandate currently in the pending Minnesota version of the International Residential Code with a 4,500 square foot trigger. This mandate is not needed because new homes are the safest, sprinkler systems are expensive to install with a range of $4,000 to $16,000 per home price tag (the range including a municipal or well water system), and ultimately the installation of an indoor fire sprinkler system should be a homeowner choice - not a government mandate.

Fighting the mandate through the state's established code adoption process has led us to the next step of forcing an administrative law judge hearing on the matter. BAM's Legal Action Fund has approved hiring Joe Springer, an attorney from Fredrikson & Byron. BAM has also retained the services of Karen Linner, BAM's former Director of Codes and Research, and Steve Orlowski, an expert from NAHB.

The BAM Legal Action Fund has a near perfect record in the cases it has fought. Most recently the LAC won the City of St. Paul case, which stopped the City from overriding the state building code with its egress window policy. If the issue had not been fought by the industry, the City of St. Paul would have successfully overridden the state building code and set a precedent for other cities to force builders to comply with egress window requirements above and beyond the code through policy or ordinance. It is a significant win for the industry.

In addition to the City of St. Paul case, the BAM Legal Action Fund has successfully addressed other statewide legal issues including: zoning ordinance, plat approval, takings claims, TID charges and special assessments, 60-day rule, eminent domain, water intrusion, and construction defects. One of the industry's first collective fights was on over-collection of building permit fees that our local association (WCBA) has used numerous times when the city has tried to raise building permit fee’s. This lawsuit, spearheaded by the original legal action fund (The "Fat Fifty") and argued by Joe Springer for the industry challenged the amount of fees collected by the City of Shakopee. As a result of the litigation, the parties entered into a detailed consent decree that resulted in the City reducing building permit fees for residential properties by between 69 and 91 percent. The consent decree contains requirements for all cities to provide greater transparency when setting fees. Copies of those cases and other legal resources, such as white papers and form contracts, can be downloaded from the BAM members-only website at www.bamn.org/legislation.

It's important to have a Legal Action Fund with a viable war chest and in a position to fight for the industry in a timely manner. Because of the importance of a statewide legal fund, the Legal Action Committee has discussed and intends to put together a long-term funding plan to present to the BAM Board of Directors later this year. As discussed at the Board meeting, possible options include funding out of a combination of dues, fundraisers, partial assessments and or combination of all three. If you have any suggestions and or comments on how you would like to see it funded please let us know. Finally, we know this mid-year assessment puts a burden on budgeting cycles and want to have the 2014 proposal done this fall to alleviate the local association budget concerns for 2014.

A messAge From the president, ChAd kompelien, on bAm's legAl ACtion Fund

Find Code reQuirements And Code inspeCtors online

DLI has built a one-stop “Local Code Lookup” – online at http://workplace.doli.state.mn.us/jurisdiction – to help contractors and homeowners find local code requirements and code inspectors in one place. The online search tool helps users find which code authority has local jurisdiction for permits, plan review and inspection in the areas of boilers, building codes, electrical, elevators, high-pressure piping, plumbing or other Minnesota construction codes and licensing disciplines.

Left: Jason Coley receiving a sweatshirt for his umpteen years on the board of directors.Right: Brenda eidenschink giving Jack Berenz a check for $1137.00 for the Becker County Food Pantry, from $1.00 of each admission.

Right: Marga Ybarra, MYY Design winning for Best Designed boothCenter: Jeff Boehm, Paul Davis Rest. & Rem/Dream it for Best Overall booth.Not pictured is A Spice Above for Most Sales effective booth Left: John Drewes, At ease Dock & Lift, Most Sales effective, Sport Show Not pictured on the Sports Show side – J & K Marine Best Overall BoothArtistic Taxidermy – Best Designed booth.

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stenerson lumBer of detroit lAkes Joel Nelson phone: 218-847-2188

stenerson lumBer of fergus fAlls Mike Diekman phone: 218-739-4481 email: mdiekman@ stenersonlumber.com web: stenersonlumber.com

twin City gArAge door Jeff Swenson phone: 701-281-4759 email: [email protected] web: tcgdwf.com

tweeton refrigerAtion & heAting Dan Tweeton/Scott McKenzie phone 218-847-7537 email: [email protected]

western produCts, inC. Katy Krehlik/Designer phone: 701-280-5994 email: katyk@ westernproducts.com web: westernproducts.com

wAter furnACe internAtionAl Jeff Petersen phone: 877-533-0026 email: jeff.petersen@

waterfurnace.comweb: www.waterfurnace.com

zAyiC ConCrete John Brehm phone: 218-844-2200 email: [email protected] web: zayicconcrete.com

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY

getting involved

is key!!

you will get out of your membership what you put in!

* Join An event Committee* Attend monthly meetings* Attend All of our events

The only way we will grow is if you ask someone to be a part of our association. Tell them about our meetings, the networking, monetary benefits and why you are a member.

N.A.T.E. (North American Technical Excellence) certification/testing was held at MN State in March. N.A.T.E. testing represents real-world, working knowledge of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems. Modern Heating and Plumbing had four technicians pass licensing/testing.

With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) set to begin enforcing new, more stringent fall protection regulations on March 15, NAHB is working diligently to ensure that builders are fully aware of the updated policy and know how to comply with the new rules in order to eliminate workplace hazards, boost worker safety and avoid costly fines.

Since September 2011, contractors have been required to comply fully with the Compliance Guidance for Residential Construction. However, at NAHB’s urging, OSHA implemented a phase-in period to provide home builders with more time to learn about the rule and get compliance assistance from OSHA. During this period, the federal agency’s temporary enforcement measures allowed for penalty reductions and lengthened abatement times if a contractor was inspected.

The phase-in period has been extended twice since the Compliance Guidance went into effect, and it is unlikely that OSHA will extend it again.

What does this mean for builders and their subcontractors? Roofing contractors must use guardrails, personal fall arrest

systems (harnesses and lanyards), or safety nets on all roofs with

slopes exceeding 4-in-12 when working six feet or more above a lower level.

All other trade contractors must use guardrails or personal fall arrest systems (harnesses and lanyards), or safety nets when the height from one elevation to another is greater than six feet, unless employers can demonstrate that it isn’t feasible to use those fall protection systems or using the systems creates a greater hazard. In those cases, contractors must develop a fall protection plan that utilizes alternative fall protection measures.

All fall protection plans must be in writing and be site specific. However, the written plan developed for repeated use for a particular style/model home will be considered site specific.

The use of fall protection plans is limited to residential construction, and the home must be constructed using traditional wood frame construction materials and methods -- although the limited use of structural steel in a predominantly wood-framed home, such as a steel I-beam to help support wood framing, does not disqualify a structure from being considered residential construction.

NAHB strongly believes that the current fall protection standard can be improved and should be amended to acknowledge the unique

nature of residential construction. In a Dec. 10 letter and petition to OSHA officials, NAHB asked

the agency to reopen the rulemaking and try again to create a rule that applies to home building, rather than continuing to impose a one-size-fits-all approach that is better suited to commercial contracting.

NAHB has provided its members an array of resources — including a sample fall protection plan, a residential fall protection fact sheet and an OSHA fall protection webinar replay — to help builders with this transition at www.nahb.org/fallprotection.

OSHA has also recently posted Spanish versions of its residential fall protection fact sheets online.

Federal vs. State ProgramsComplicating the situation for some members, not all states

follow the federal OSHA programs. Many builders/members are operating in approved state plans and will need to check with their local administrators for further information on the fall protection standards applicable in their states.

More safety resources can be found on NAHB’s website at nahb.org/safety.

will you be reAdy iF oshA visits on mArCh 16?

Code oF ethiCsMembers of the Home Builders association subscribe to the following Code of ethics

n Members shall constantly seek to provide better val-ues for the customers they serve.

n Members shall at times share their knowledge with fellow members in the public in the best interest of those they serve.

n Members shall not obtain any business by means of fraudulet statements or by use of implications unwar-ranted by fact or reason-able probability.

n Members shall comply, both in spirit and letter, with rules and regulations prescribed by law and government agencies for health, safety and progress of the community.

n Members shall not perform a cause to be performed at any act which would tend to reflect on or bring into disrepute any party of the industry served by this as-sociation.

“to promote professionalism and to educate members and

consumers on legislative issues, while fostering

cooperative relationships for all stakeholders”

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218-439-6043 • Cell: 218-841-3238Email: [email protected]

12568 E. Pearl Lake Road • Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

BRIARD CONSTRUCTIONNEW CONSTRUCTION • REMODELING • SHINGLING

SIDING • DECKS • ADDITIONS • GARAGES • DOORS • WINDOWS

ViewMYBrenda Eidenschink

March was a busy month for Sharon and I with the Home & Sport Show. We had 64 builder’s /vendors, 17 sport vendors and 198 silent auction items. The attendance for the show was quite good on Saturday with a 725 adults and Sunday was 419 (a little down from

previous years). Overall, though, the weekend was up a couple of hundred people from last year. The Operation Kidsafe Program went well with 295 children fingerprinted. We want to say a special thank you to all of our sponsors of the Kidsafe program. If you see them make sure to say thank you! Sponsors of the Kidsafe program included Arvig, Bell State Bank, Detroit Lakes Shriners, Don Tietz Construction, Detroit Lakes Lions Club, Detroit Lakes Breakfast Rotary Club, Frazee Lions Club, Foltz Builders & Nereson’s. This would not have been possible without these sponsors.

Special thank you to all of our home show committee, Jason Coley, Ed & Linda Jutz, Perry Nodsle and especially Al Clark and Chad Zitzow for chairing this show.

The silent auction ladies did an outstanding job this year; so far collected over $8000. Thank you to Ellie Francis, Linda Jutz , Catie Herman and Tammy Heille for working several hours on phone calling and working that weekend to conduct the auction. We also want to thank all the members who came that weekend to help set up and tear down and work the auction. This show is a group event and takes a lot of man-power. So “Kudo’s” to all involved.

This month’s meeting we will host Lowell Bradbury and Dean Hunter to speak on the topic of what subcontractors (other than electricians) can and cannot do concerning wiring and also maintaining proper clearance away electrical components and warming tile cable.

On to next month, when we will be having our jointly held Spring Picnic and Trap Shoot. Mark Saturday May 4th on your calendars. If you are interested in having a team in the trap shoot, please let us know at the office. More information will follow.

Hope to see you at the meeting on the 18th .

Crane JohnsonLumber Co.

eSTABLiSHeD 1883

620 east Main • Perham, MN 56573phone 218.346.5555 • fax 218.346.9200

GreG NeiseNSALeS MANAGeR

Approaching the halfway mark of session, between the House of Representatives and State Senate, Minnesota Legislators have introduced nearly 3,000 bills. Among them are a series of bills that impact, to varying degrees, the home building and remodel-ing industry. BAM members' lobbying team is actively engaged at the Capitol to make sure that this seemingly never ending supply of "helpful" policy ideas are stopped, advanced, or mitigated.

The month of March brings Policy Committee deadlines and a small degree of relief from the onslaught of proposals and hearings within the Legislature and all the dodging and weaving among interest groups. After committee deadlines we will sprint to the end of session, slated for May 20th, working on big tax and spending bills, floor amendments, and final negotiations on pro-posals that remain "alive". Below is a sampling of the bills BAM is bird-dogging for its members.

Risk Transfer / Anti-Indemnification Bills: These bills are designed to make certain construction contract indemnification and insurance clauses void and unenforceable. The MSA contains a blanket prohibition on these contract provisions, while the design professional bill carves out an exception for engineers and architects.


Design Professionals Bill HF446 (Hortman – DFL, Brooklyn Park) / SF388 (Carlson – DFL, Eagan)

Retainage: Subcontractors are pursuing legislation to regu-late the manner in which retainage is held and paid to include retainage held in interest bearing accounts and be paid within 30 days upon substantial completion of work. Retainage – HF952 (Sundun – DFL, Esko) / SF841 (Dahle – DFL, Northfield)

Radon Bills: These bills intend to raise public awareness of radon's potential health impacts. The Minnesota Department of Health's Healthy Homes bill requires good faith disclosures at closing, while "Janet's" law requires radon testing prior to com-pleting residential real estate transactions.

Healthy Homes Radon Disclosure Requirement HF662 (Laine – DFL, Columbia Heights) / SF887 (Marty – DFL, Roseville)

Janet’s Law HF816 (Anderson, P. – R, Starbuck) Street Improvement Districts: Cities continue to look to

the Legislature to grant them authority for new revenue streams. These bills allow cities the ability to create districts within their jurisdictions to capture transportation impact "fees" from new and existing properties to pay for improvements linked to their capital improvement plans.

Street Improvement Districts SF607 (Carlson – DFL, Eagan) / HF745 (Erhardt – DFL, Edina) and

HF931 (Erhardt – DFL, Edina) / SF891 (Dibble – DFL, Min-neapolis)

Non-wage Payments to Construction Workers Reporting to Department of Revenue: Carpenter Union interests are pursuing legislation to require all payments in excess of $600 to be reported to the Department of Revenue. This effort is rooted in the on-

going effort to address "misclassified employees". Non-wage Payments SF863 (Dziezdic – DFL, Minneapolis) /

HF1062 (Anzelc – DFL, Balsam Township) B2B Sales Tax: Governor Dayton's comprehensive tax

reform plan continues to be discussed the the Capitol. Included in the proposal is a overall rate reduction and expansion of sales tax to cover services, although indications from the Governor's office is that construction services are not intended to be included in the proposal. The final bill will not be complete until mid-May 2013.

Governor's Tax Bill HF677 (Lenczewski – DFL, Minneapolis) / SF552 (Skoe – DFL, Clearbrook)

Statute of Repose: This bill extends the period of repose from 12 years to 14 years. Although the repose period is moved out to 14 years, it does not impact the industry's warranty period nor does it change the statute of limitations.


Contractor Recovery Fund: The Department of Labor and Industry's Housekeeping Bill contains a one-word change to the Contractor Recovery Fund. By deleting the word "person" and inserting the word "individual" the Department is intending to deter corporations from tapping into the fund and reserving it for actual homeowners.


Sprinkler Mandate: A stand-alone bill has been introduced that prohibits sprinkler suppression systems from being man-dated for installation in new single-family construction.

HF499 (Fitzsimmons – R, Albertville) Park Dedication Fee: A bill to allow Hennepin County

Parks Board to collect a park dedication fee has been amended with language to require all park dedication fees to be set through a fair market value standard.

Homeowner's Insurance Coverage / Residential Contract-ing Claims: This bill, pursued by the exterior contractors, requires insurance companies to disclose to homeowners when certain coverages are dropped from their policies, allows homeowners to communicate with contractors, and requires insurance companies to include contractors in payments made on a claim where the contractor is engaged for the work.


Extended Producer Responsibility: This bill requires carpet, paint and battery manufacturers, distributors and retailer to establish "product stewardship programs" for the life-cycle of their products.


We will keep you updated on these bills and BAM’s progress fighting for our members and the industry throughout session. Look for more information in BAM’s weekly emails.

Radon Awareness ActSenator John Marty (DFL-Minneapolis) and Representa-

tive Carolyn Laine (DFL-Columbia Heights) introduced legisla-tion that would require sellers of homes to disclose information about radon, outlining the gas’s health risks and also encourag-ing buyers to conduct a radon test before closing on or moving into a house. Paul Eger, chief lobbyist for the Minnesota As-sociation of Realtors, said state rules already require sellers to disclose factors that could affect someone living in the home. They include environmental concerns, such as radon, mold, lead paint or asbestos. The bill would require a more-clear dis-closure by the sellers about whether they have ever tested for radon. Read more.

This Just In... A This Week at BAM Special Report Friday March 8, 2013

Today, Governor Dayton announced he will be dropping his proposal to extend the sale tax to business-to-business transactions. Thank you to all of you that came to the BAM Builder Day at the Capitol and talked to your legislators about our concern with the B2B sales tax proposal.

Gov. Mark Dayton said Friday morning, while speaking at the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce in St. Louis Park, he heard a lot of concerns about his proposal to add sales tax to the services business sell each other. Dayton said he will not include the tax plan in the revised budget he will release next week.

BAM will be watching to see what happens next - Monday March 11th the Governor plans to release his revised budget. But for now... there's one more reason to be thankful it's Friday!

Week of March 4, 2013….75 Days or so Done – 75 Days or so To GoYour Mid-Session Report

Approaching the halfway mark of session, between the House of Representatives and State Senate, Minnesota Legis-lators have introduced nearly 3,000 bills. Among them are a series of bills that impact to varying degrees the home build-ing and remodeling industry. BAM members' lobbying team is actively engaged at the Capitol to make sure that this seem-ingly never ending supply of "helpful" policy ideas are stopped, advanced or mitigated.

The month of March brings Policy Committee deadlines and a small degree of relief from the onslaught of proposals and hearings within the Legislature and all the dodging and weav-ing among interest groups. After committee deadlines we will sprint to the end of session, slated for May 20th, working on big tax and spending bills, floor amendments, and final negotia-tions on proposals that remain "alive". Below is a sampling of the bills BAM is bird-dogging for its members.

Risk Transfer / Anti-Indemnification Bills: These bills are designed to make certain construction contract indem-nification and insurance clauses void and unenforceable. The MSA contains a blanket prohibition on these contract provi-sions, while the design professional bill carves out an exception for engineers and architects.


Design Professionals Bill HF446 (Hortman – DFL, Brook-lyn Park) / SF388 (Carlson – DFL, Eagan)

Retainage: Subcontractors are pursuing legislation to regulate the manner in which retainage is held and paid to in-clude retainage held in interest bearing accounts and be paid within 30 days upon substantial completion of work.

Retainage – HF952 (Sundun – DFL, Esko) / SF841 (Dahle – DFL, Northfield)

Radon Bills: These bills intend to raise public awareness of radon's potential health impacts. The Minnesota Depart-

ment of Health's Healthy Homes bill requires good faith disclo-sures at closing, while "Janet's" law requires radon testing prior to completing residential real estate transactions.

Healthy Homes Radon Disclosure Requirement HF662 (Laine – DFL, Columbia Heights) / SF887 (Marty – DFL, Ros-eville)

Janet’s Law HF816 (Anderson, P. – R, Starbuck)Street Improvement Districts: Cities continue to look

to the Legislature to grant them authority for new revenue streams. These bills allow cities the ability to create districts within their jurisdictions to capture transportation impact "fees" from new and existing properties to pay for improve-ments linked to their capital improvement plans.

Street Improvement Districts SF607 (Carlson – DFL, Ea-gan) / HF745 (Erhardt – DFL, Edina) and

HF931 (Erhardt – DFL, Edina) / SF891 (Dibble – DFL, Minneapolis)

Non-wage Payments to Construction Workers Re-porting to Department of Revenue: Carpenter Union in-terests are pursuing legislation to require all payments in excess of $600 to be reported to the Department of Revenue. This effort is rooted in the on-going effort to address "misclassified employees".

Non-wage Payments SF863 (Dziezdic – DFL, Minneapo-lis) / HF1062 (Anzelc – DFL, Balsam Township)

B2B Sales Tax: Governor Dayton's comprehensive tax reform plan continues to be discussed the the Capitol. Included in the proposal is a overall rate reduction and expansion of sales tax to cover services, although indications from the Governor's office is that construction services are not intended to be in-cluded in the proposal. The final bill will not be complete until mid-May 2013.

Governor's Tax Bill HF677 (Lenczewski – DFL, Minneapo-lis) / SF552 (Skoe – DFL, Clearbrook)

Statute of Repose: This bill extends the period of repose from 12 years to 14 years. Although the repose period is moved out to 14 years, it does not impact the industry's warranty pe-riod nor does it change the statute of limitations.


Contractor Recovery Fund: The Department of Labor and Industry's Housekeeping Bill contains a one-word change to the Contractor Recovery Fund. By deleting the word "person" and inserting the word "individual" the Department is intend-ing to deter corporations from tapping into the fund and re-serving it for actual homeowners.


Sprinkler Mandate: A stand-alone bill has been intro-duced that prohibits sprinkler suppression systems from being mandated for installation in new single-family construction.

HF499 (Fitzsimmons – R, Albertville)Park Dedication Fee: A bill to allow Hennepin County

Parks Board to collect a park dedication fee has been amend-ed with language to require all park dedication fees to be set through a fair market value standard.

Homeowner's Insurance Coverage / Residential Contracting Claims: This bill, pursued by the exterior con-tractors, requires insurance companies to disclose to home-owners when certain coverages are dropped from their policies, allows homeowners to communicate with contractors, and re-quires insurance companies to include contractors in payments made on a claim where the contractor is engaged for the work.


Extended Producer Responsibility: This bill requires carpet, paint and battery manufacturers, distributors and retail-er to establish "product stewardship programs" for the life-cycle of their products.


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A Cut AboveLake Region Builders Association

April 2013A monthly newsletter serving beCker, ottertAil, normAn, wilkin And mAhnomen Counties

emAil: [email protected]: 218.847.0699visit our websitewww.lakeregionbuilders.com

lake regionbuildersAssociation

president nick green, Green's Plumbing and Heating

pAst president bryan schoenberger, Pike Creek Builders/Modern Living Concepts

viCe president Jason Coley, Don Tietz Construction

seCretAry/treAsurer Francis genereux, Genereux Construction

scott buchholz, Scott Buchholz Construction

mike hough, Hough, Inc.

Jeff petersen, Water Furnace International

Jayson storo, JBS Builders

mike eidenschink, B & M Electric

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“The name built on quality” 439-6271

Thirty years of excellence30614 sunset road • detroit lakes

218-847-1946

Residential • new Homes & Remodelinglicensed & Bonded • electRical contRacting

mn lic# Bc-20460621nd lic# 32002

Detroit Lakes, MNHome (218) 846-0079

Cell (218) 849-4489

“Committed to Quality & Service”• Post Frame Buildings• Residential• New Construction• Remodeling• Garages

• Doors & Windows• Decks• Siding• Light

Commercial

18872 Co Hwy 21 • Detroit LakesTom Kirby, manager

218-847-1133 or 1-888-757-1133

Safety is a Way of Life

OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 18th, 2013 , at LaBarista, on the SE corner of he mall. They will have some great specials – BBQ@ Ribs- $9.95 , Hot Beef Sandwiches - $7.95, Tuscan Chicken Salad sandwich - $7.50, plus the regular menu. They have pop, water, beer and wine available. Our speakers for the evening will be Lowell Bradbury and Dean Hunter: informa-tion will be on what subs – plumbers, heating and floor installers… can and cannot do for wiring. Please RSVP so we don’t have to call everyone. Just drop us an email.

our meeting For the evening, on March 14th , was held at the Detroit Lakes Newspapers. Mary Brenk led the meeting talking about how important marketing your business is, and making sure you advertise consistently to keep your name in front of the public. Mary and the staff did a great job and provided a good buffet. We thank DL Printing/Forum Communications for sponsoring this meeting.


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Heat Pumps • Earthloop Materials Radiant Floor Heat Materials • Electric Boilers

Heat Recovery Ventilators • Fan Coils

Kevin OlsOn 218-367-5196

[email protected] • www.geodirectsupply.comOver 20 years of Geo-Thermal experience

Geosupply, inc.DiReCT

Greetings Everyone, I’d like to thank everyone for

all their help to make our Build-ers’ Show the success it was! If you didn’t help with the show, we’ll press-gang your cooperation next year…. Just kidding, but serious-ly, many people put in many hours to make this happen, and any help would be much appreciated. I went down to the March BAM board meeting, the significant issues are the $35 dollar per member as-sessment to the association itself for the legal ac-tion fund (I voted against it), and NAHB is increas-ing its dues by $16 per member per year for 3 years. We’re still fighting the fire sprinkler issue. I hope everyone has a great season ahead and see you at the next meeting!

Nick Green Green's Plumbing and HeatingPresident, LRBA

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1040 Randolph Road • Detroit Lakes

218-847-7459www.ModernHeatingAndPlumbing.com

For Your Familys Comfort

Mary Brenk speaking at the March meeting.

Chad Hegg – TCGD winning the Twins tickets from the LRBA drawing box

Brenda updating members at the March meeting.

Staff & members at the newspaper meeting.

Carpet • Hardwood • tile laminate • Vinyl

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