AUCTIONEER ADVISORY BOARD
Meeting of October 9, 2015
North Campus Building, 1st Floor Public Meeting Room
1106 Clayton Lane - Austin, Texas
Summary of Minutes
Presiding Officer, Jim Sample called the meeting to order at 9:00a.m.
Presiding Officer, Jim Sample moved to agenda item B., Roll Call, Certification of Quorum, and Introductions. Board Members present were Presiding Officer Jim Sample, Norman Seaton, John Swofford, Joel Lemley, and Shelley Weidner. Board Member Douglas Oldmixon was absent. A quorum was seated.
Presiding Officer, Jim Sample moved to agenda item C., Training for Board Members on Open Meetings Act, Public Information Act and Administrative Procedures Act. Deputy General Counsel Della Lindquist presented her training on the Open Meetings Act, Public Information Act and Administrative Procedures Act to the Board Members.
Presiding Officer, Jim Sample moved to Agenda Item D., Approval of minutes – Meeting of August 8, 2014. Board member Norman Seaton, seconded by Shelley Weidner, made a motion to accept the minutesas presented. The motion passed with a unanimous vote in favor.
Presiding Officer, Jim Sample moved to agenda item E., TLDR Video Presentation on Public Comment Process. No video was presented because of no public comments.
Presiding Officer, Jim Sample moved to agenda item F.,Public Comment. There was no public comment at this time.
Presiding Officer, Jim Sample moved to agenda item G., Staff reports:On behalf of Bill Kuntz, Executive Director and Brian Francis, Deputy Executive Director,Director of Compliance, George Ferrie presented the Executive Office Staff Report on the new programs, new advisory boards, and agency new hires; Bill Implementation timeline and FAQ’s and agency re-organization. Russ Taulli presented the Compliance staff report and presented an overview of HB 2481. Kim Whitt, Education Team Leader, provided the Education and Examination report and answered questions from the Board members. Charlotte Melder, Lead Enforcement Prosecutor, provided the statistics and updates for the Enforcement Division and cases of note and informs the Board that a small error was made on the report presented to them. Lisa Houdek, Licensing Team Leader,provided Licensing statistics and program updates and answers questions from the Board.
Board memberDouglas Oldmixon arrives during the Staff Reports at 9:32 a.m. and is welcomed to the meeting.
Presiding Officer, Jim Sample moved to agenda item H.,Discussion and possible recommendation to publish or take other action regarding proposed amendments to 16 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 67, Sections 67.20, 67.21, 67.25, 67.30, 67.65, and 67.80, the proposed repeal of 67.70, and proposed new rules 67.70, 67.71 and 67.72, to implement House Bill 2481, 84th Legislature, relating to the licensing and regulation of auctioneers and associate auctioneers. Della Lindquist presented the proposed amendments to the rules and went through each individual section and answered questions from the Board Members. Board Member Norman Seaton, seconded by Board Member Douglas Oldmixon made a motion to recommend that the proposed amendments to the Auctioneer Rules be published with the Registry. Motion passes unanimously.
Presiding Officer, Jim Sample moved to agenda item I.,Recommendations for agenda items for next meeting. Discussion of internet bidding legalities and transfer of funds.
Presiding Officer, Jim Sample moved to agenda item J., Discussion of date, time, and location of nextBoard meeting. The Board set the next board meeting to Monday, December 14, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.
Presiding Officer, Jim Sample moved to agenda item K., Adjournment. Board Member, Norman Seaton, seconded by Board Member Joel Lemley,made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Themotion passed with a unanimous vote in favor. Presiding Officer Jim Sample adjourned the meeting at 11:12 a.m.
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Jim Sample, Presiding Officer
Auctioneer Advisory Board
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