State Board of Home Inspectors public meetings in 2021

State Board of Home Inspectors

This meeting notice is purely procedural; no substantive agenda items are listed in the provided text. The board is convening as scheduled, but the actual agenda is annexed separately and not included here.

The Board adopted the 2022 fiscal year budget and extended a public relations plan. It issued fines and educational requirements to three home inspectors for reporting and privacy violations. The Board also approved two new infield trainers and set the 2022 meeting schedule.

• Approved 2022 Public Relations Plan budgeted at 24,500.00 (7-0)
• Found Respondent Smart guilty of three reporting violations; ordered $738.92 total fine and seminar attendance (5-0, 5-0, 5-0)
• Found Respondent Dinkel guilty of disclosing personal information without consent; ordered $271.34 total fine (6-0)
• Found Respondent Metoyer guilty of failing to document window inspection reasons; ordered $321.97 total fine and seminar attendance (6-0)
• Dismissed complaint Peltier v. Nash due to complainant absence
• Approved David Aloisio and Louis Schaff as Infield Trainers
• Voted 6-1 to not hear proposed changes to rules and standards from Joe Cook
• Unanimously adopted 2022 fiscal year budget and renewed legal contracts for Albert Nicaud and Allen Graves

State Board of Home Inspectors

The Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors is convening a meeting on October 15, 2021. The provided agenda contains only the meeting notice and no specific items for discussion or decision. This appears to be a procedural meeting with no substantive agenda items listed.

• No substantive items listed in the agenda

The Board dismissed a complaint against Bill Harris and found John McLaughlin guilty of failing to inspect all readily accessible windows. The Board also approved five new Infield Trainer providers and agreed to continue reviewing background checks for convicted felons on a case-by-case basis.

• Approved previous quarterly board meeting minutes
• Dismissed complaint C-21-004 (Wood v. Harris) for no probable cause (6-0)
• Tabled complaint C-20-005 (Foto v. Dinkel)
• Found respondent in C-20-006 (Soileau v. McLaughlin) not guilty of violating LAC46XL.309A.7 (6-0)
• Found respondent in C-20-006 (Soileau v. McLaughlin) guilty of violating LAC46XL.325A.5 (5-1)
• Found respondent in C-20-006 (Soileau v. McLaughlin) not guilty of violating LAC46XL.501B.10 (6-0)
• Ordered respondent in C-20-006 to pay $173.46 in administrative costs
• Approved Infield Trainer applications for Bertrand Hasselbeck, TJ Johnston, Jason Pepitone, Elmer Morrow, and Amelia Yates

State Board of Home Inspectors

The Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors is convening a meeting on June 4, 2021. The agenda was not provided, so the meeting likely covers only routine administrative matters.

The Board passed rules prohibiting the resale of inspection reports and set a 365-day expiration for background checks. It also approved the live-streaming of meetings for viewing only and dismissed five complaints.

• Banned reselling of home inspection reports (4-2)
• Set background check expiration to 365 days after issue date (6-0)
• Approved live-streaming of meetings for viewing only (3-2, 1 abstention)
• Denied request to count live streaming as classroom continuing education (3-3)
• Approved applications for Infield Trainers Shawn Bernard, Carlton Jones, Kyle Juban, and Kenny Spinosa
• Dismissed complaints C-21-001, C-21-002, C-21-003, C-21-004, and C-20-007
• Referred third-party inspector accountability to the PSA committee
• Combined Education and Laws and Rules Committees

State Board of Home Inspectors

The Louisiana State Board of Home Inspectors will review four complaints against licensed inspectors, consider applications for education providers, and discuss ending the COVID-related renewal extension. The meeting also includes a presentation on re-inspections and a vote on previous meeting minutes.

• Complaint C-20-014: Saylor v. Ferraro LHI#11080
• Complaint C-20-004: Burroughs/Badeaux v. Morrow LHI#10807
• Complaint C-20-005: Burroughs/Badeaux v. Pickett LHI#10978
• Complaint C-20-015: Bourgeois v. Lochard LHI#11032 (no probable cause)
• Discussion on ending the COVID extension for license renewals

The Board issued fines and disciplinary actions in multiple ethics and practice cases. It also approved several education providers and ended a COVID-19 continuing education extension. A licensing decision for one applicant was deferred until their parole is completed.

• Fined Respondent Ferraro $1,173.38 for violating ethics rules by reselling a previous report (4-0)
• Dismissed complaint against Respondent Morrow (4-0)
• Fined Respondent Pickett $188.40 and required seminar attendance for practice violations (4-0)
• Dismissed complaint Bourgeois v. Lochard due to no probable cause
• Deferred licensing decision for Kenneth Jackson until parole completion (5-1)
• Approved 7 education providers, including Infield Trainers and CE providers
• Ended COVID-19 CE renewal extension effective June 4, 2021
• Deferred definition of 're-inspection' to the laws and rules committee