Board Meeting Minutes from a Regular Meeting

BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM A REGULAR MEETING

Date: Monday, March 15, 2010 Time: 12:00 pm

Place: 5222 Summa Court, Board Room, Baton Rouge, LA 70809

I. CALL TO ORDER- K. Comer ROLL CALL- S. Edmonds

Board Members present: Ken Comer, Tessa Steinkamp, Buster Gay, Freddie Phillips, Robert Burns, Charles ‘Clayton’ Brister , Greg Bordelon

Others: Sandy Edmonds, Anna Dow.

A quorum was declared.

II.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES from January 25, 2010

MOTION AND SECOND to approve minutes from January 25, 2010: B. Gay, G. Bordelon. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

III.  OLD BUSINESS

1. Approval of Tested Applicants:

1. Mike Guinn

2. Hunter Penick

3. Daniel Moore (pending receipt of bond)

MOTION AND SECOND to approve Mike Guinn, Hunter Penick, and pending receipt of bond-Daniel Moore: B. Gay, G. Bordelon. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

2. Approval of Business Applicants:

1. Bridges Back in Time

MOTION AND SECOND to approve applicant: T. Steinkamp, G. Bordelon. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

3. Approval of reinstatement Applicants:

1.  Norman Grant

MOTION AND SECOND to approve applicant: B. Gay, T. Steinkamp. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

2.  JJ Kane Auctioneers

MOTION AND SECOND to approve applicant: T. Steinkamp, B. Gay. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

3.  Lloyd Henderson

MOTION AND SECOND to approve applicant: B. Gay, G. Bordelon. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

4.  Jason Kunstler

MOTION AND SECOND to approve applicant: G. Bordelon, B. Gay. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

Mr. Phillips entered the meeting

4. Approval of reciprocal applicants:

1. James ‘JV’ Horn

2. Horn Auctions, Inc.

3. Adam Levinsohn

4. East Coast Financial, Inc.

MOTION AND SECOND to approve applicants: G. Bordelon, B. Gay. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

IV. NEW BUSINESS

1. Approval of Financials

MOTION AND SECOND to approve financials: T. Steinkamp, G. Bordelon. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

2. Attorney Report/Investigative Report

MOTION AND SECOND to approve attorney/ investigative report: F. Phillips, B. Gay. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

3. Rules/Regulations revision

MOTION AND SECOND to approve promulgating changes as presented: B. Gay, F. Phillips. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

4. Approved auction school annual renewals

1. Burk Barker School of Real Estate and Appraising

2. North Georgia School of Auctioneering

3. Troy University

4. Texas Auction Academy

5. Mendenhall School of Auctioneering

6. Reppert School of Auctioneering

7. World Wide College of Auctioneering

8. Continental Auctioneers School

9. Florida Auctioneer Academy

10. Nashville Auction School

MOTION AND SECOND to approve auction school providers for 2010: F. Phillips, B. Gay. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

5. Auction Examination revision/ pass-fail rate

MOTION AND SECOND to approve auction examination revision and pass rate of 68%: B. Gay, G. Bordelon. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

6. Communication to licensees through email, agendas/minutes on website- LaTrac.la.gov

MOTION AND SECOND to have webmaster set up broadcast email system and add link to state LaTrac website with agendas and minutes: R. Burns, B. Gay. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

7. Robert Burns- point of personal privilege

8. Chairman’s comments

IV.  NEXT MEETING DATE – May 17, 2010

V.  ADJOURN to hearing

MOTION to adjourn: B. Gay. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

SUBMITTED BY: APPROVED BY:

Sandy Edmonds, Executive Assistant Ken Comer, Chairman