REGULAR CALLED MEETING ELECTRIC BOARD Wednesday October 15, 2025 @ 10:00 AM- In Person/Web Ex PERMITTING DEVELOPMENT CENTER/ 1st FLOOR, CONF RM 1401-1402 6310 WILHELMINA DELCO DR AUSTIN, TEXAS Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely by telephone. Speakers may only register to speak on an item once either in-person or remotely and will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. Registration no later than noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation. To register, contact rick.arzola@austintexas.gov. CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: Gabe Flores- Vice Chair (Fuentes); Delwin Goss (Velasquez); David Johnson- Chair (Madison), Victoria Shope (R.Alter), Joseph Hernandez (Laine), Deschaine, David (Siegel); VACANT(Duchen); Michael Grant (Qadri); Joel Cochren(Page); Rogelio Wallace (Vela) Kenny King(Watson) AGENDA CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 10 speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. APPROVAL OF MINUTES- 1. Approve the minutes of the Electrical Board Regular Called Meeting from August 20, 2025 DISCUSSION 2. Discussion with Austin Energy on any Austin Energy Criteria manual update or changes. 3. Discussion with Austin Energy on adding inspection process to the Electrical permit for customer inspection request. 4. Discussion on Commercial Plan Review update; Submittals, on time ratio and staffing. 5. Discussion on Building and Trade Contractor Service update; permit application process, turnaround times and staffing. 6. Discussion on Commercial and Residential Inspection update on staff vacancies and timely inspections. 7. Report from the workgroup on the National Electrical Code ordinance update DISCUSSION on ACTION 8. Approve the 2026 Electrical Board Schedule. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call Rick Arzola at Development Services Department, Building Inspections, at (512) 974-2417, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711.
ELECTRICAL BOARD REGULAR CALLED MEETING APPROVED MINUTES 15 OCTOBER 2025 The ELECTRICAL BOARD convened in a REGULAR CALLED meeting on 15 OCTOBER 2025, at 6310 WILHELMINA DELCO DR. in Austin, Texas. Chair JOHNSON called the ELECTRICAL BOARD Meeting to order at 10:05 a.m. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Chairman: Johnson, Deshaine, Goss, Grant, Hernandez, King, Shope and Wallace Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: None attended remotely PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Russell Mulling registered to speak but elected not to speak APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1 The minutes from the meeting of August 20, 2025 were approved on Grant motion, Goss second on a 8-0 vote. Board member Cochren and Vice Chair Flores were absent DISCUSSION ITEMS 2. Austin Energy Criteria Manual update- Robert Ruiz provided that early December or early January, the criteria manual would be released. It is currently in the AE Standards division being worked on. The projection is to eliminate some verbiage so that contractors can be more aligned with the NEC. 3. Austin Energy Inspection Process on Electrical Permits- Robert Ruiz with Austin Energy provided that the Austin Energy processes have been implemented and is currently in a test environment. This will allow contractors to use the AB+C portal and the inspection IVR phone line to request CT inspections, spot and conduit inspections and also modular metering without emailing AE for requests of these inspections. 4. Discussion: Plan Review updates- Commercial plan review staff James Epperson provided a comparison to the board of fiscal year 24 and 25 of electrical review. In 2024, plan review overlooked 3606 reviews with a 98% on time and fiscal year 25, 3473 reviews 1 were performed with a 96% on time ratio. This was completed with 3 electrical reviewers with one vacancy. 5. Discussion on Building and Trade Contractors service (BTCS) update on staff and workload- Manager Maria Jaramillo provided that the building and trade contractor services lost 3 site and sub inspectors who were assisting with the BTCS with permitting processes. Currently in a hiring freeze, staff is offering overtime work for those wanting to work overtime. Currently in the process of hiring 3 temporary employees as interviewing of these positions are ongoing. Will be receiving assistance from an Austin Code staff in the coming days for additional help. 6. Update on Commercial and Residential Inspections- Residential supervisor Aaron Finney updated that residential inspection is sitting at 98.5 percent on time with …
