NPBA December 2012 Newsletter

Last month we provided tips on pre-paring for Expo 2013. � e article covered booth format, before and a� er photos, enlisting personnel early, establishing a budget and talking to your vendors for literature and/or � nancial assistance.

When a company puts time and money into a project, there is an expec-tation of a positive return on investment. So it is the same with being an Expo exhibitor. What do you get for your ex-penditure on Expo? Here is a sample of what NPBA does for you to ensure your time at Expo is worthwhile. Advertis-ing for Expo starts months in advance. Reminders and updates appear in the NPBA monthly newsletter, the weekly

Building Bulletin and at our membership networking events.

Save the date advertising occurs in the fall and spring in the Sequim Ga-

zette’s special sections and print advertising begins two weeks out from the event in the Peninsula Daily News. We also run ad campaigns on both KONP and KSQM radio stations prior to Expo. Rack cards are inserted

into the Chamber of Commerce newslet-ters in Sequim, Port Angeles and Forks as well as distributed by local businesses in their monthly statements. A social media campaign on Facebook also runs during the months of February and March and a stand-alone SequimExpo.com website

Mission StatementThe North Peninsula Building Association

represents builders and associates of the building industry. We advocate constant improvement of

building and business practices to provide quality construction in our community.

Vol. 5, Issue 12 www.npba.info 360-452-8160 PO Box 748 • 3430 E. Highway 101, Ste. #1, Port Angeles, WA 98362 December 2012

NPBA Board Members and

Staff wish you a Blessed

Holiday Season!

If you would like to register for Expo, please visit

NPBA.info to download a registration form or give us

a call at 452-8160 to register.

Planning for Expo Part 2

Please be sure to return your NAHB Membership Census that was sent out on Monday, Dec. 3.

� is annual survey is an important tool to help en-sure that the member services that NAHB delivers are timely, on target and geared to build their businesses. Members will be asked about:

• Primary and secondary business activities (for ex-ample, building and remodeling)

• Th e number of people they employ • Th e number of starts this year (for builder mem-

bers) • 2012 revenue You also can choose to answer questions about your

age, education and gender. Your response will be kept strictly con� dential and only totals or averages will be released.

Like any membership organization, it’s very impor-tant that NAHB know and understand the composi-tion and characteristics of the people that it counts as members. Data from the annual census allows NAHB to construct detailed pro� les of particular types of members, shedding light on the composition and characteristics of its membership. Member census re-sults also are critical for broader industry analysis – particularly regarding housing policy issues, for mem-bership marketing e� orts and for member education activities. � e census results will be available in two reports that will be posted on www.nahb.org in the spring.

Members who participate in the census are auto-matically entered to win a $250 American Express gi� card a� er completing their forms. Members who do not wish to participate in the census but still want to enter the drawing to win the gi� card can enter to win by visiting www.nahb.org/CensusContest.

Please be on the lookout for the 2012 NAHB Mem-bership Census – and please take the time to � ll it out!

Fill out your NAHB Membership Census

provides convenient information about the event. � e advertising culminates in the O� cial Program Guide which is produced and distributed by the Sequim Gazette and is delivered to all of the sub-scribers of the Gazette and Peninsula Daily News the week before Expo. All of this advertising and more is done for you, the exhibitor, to ensure success. And it pays you dividends when people attend and visit your booth!

NPBA Board Members and

Staff wish you a Blessed

Holiday Season!

NPBA Board Members and

Staff wish you a Blessed

Holiday Season!

Vol. 5, Issue 12 December 2012

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*First Federal was voted Best Place to Bank and Best Customer Service in 2011 Peninsula Daily News ‘Best of the Peninsula’ poll.

Thank you for voting us Best Place to Bank for 16 years!*

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Clallam PUD - Your Partner in Conservation

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CODE CORNERClallam and Je� erson County, Port Angeles,

Port Townsend, Sequim, Juan de Fuca Chapter of ICC

� e State Building Code changes on a three-year cycle and we are coming to the end of the current three-year term. � e proposed changes will sit through the next legislative session and become e� ec-tive in July. Next year will see many revi-sions in both the building code and the energy code. Stay tuned to this column for an explanation to those changes.

Jan. 10 Board of Directors MeetingJan. 24 General Membership Meeting — Installation of Of� cersFeb. 7 Board of Directors Meeting

Be sure to use the following checklist when hiring your next employee:

Obtain complete employment historyCall prior employers. Ask … “Would

you hire this person again?”Background checks: (Washington State

Patrol, Washington courts, Court Trax, LexisNexis)

Post job o� er physicalPost job o� er drug testingPost job off er hearing exam (licensed

audiologist)For more information about the ROII

Select Program, call us at 452-8160.

ROII Best Practices Tip of the Month

Save the date for our next event:

Jan. 24, 2013 — 6 p.m.NPBA Installation of O� cers

Program: Social Media: What is it and why should you care?

Presented by social media expert Michael Howe

Jose’s Salsa Factory 126 E. Washington St., Sequim

NPBA Builders & Subcontractors,

For more information on this valuable member benefi t, contact the NPBA offi ce at 452-8160 or e-mail [email protected].

Calendar of EventsFeb. 23 Third Annual NPBA Bowling TournamentFeb. 25-27 BIAW Winter BOD Meetings, OlympiaMarch 14 Board of Directors MeetingApril 6-7 Building, Remodeling & Energy Expo

Vol. 5, Issue 12 December 2012

Donna L. Knifsend

DearDonna

� ank you to the following renewing members!

Did you know that the Department of La-bor and Industries and Internal Revenue Service de� nitions of an independent con-tractor are di� erent?

In some cases, a worker who meets IRS requirements for an independent contractor will not meet state requirements and is actu-ally a covered worker. It is a common mis-conception, especially with service and pro-fessional organizations, that if a contractor has a business license, he is an independent contractor. A business license alone does not meet state requirements. Anyone you con-tract with must meet ALL six parts of the test below in order to be exempt. RCW -51.08.180 and RCW 51.08.19-5:

1. Be free of your direction and control.2. Need to pass one of the following three

Adamire Concrete & ExcavationAlex Anderson ConcreteBlake Tile & StoneClallam County PUDD & H EnterprisesD & K PaintingDry Creek Water AssociationEden ExcavatingFerguson Enterprises

First FederalGood Man Sanitation, Inc.Integrity Property DevelopersLBR ConstructionMountain PropaneNTI Engineering & SurveyingOlympic Springs� urman SupplyWAVE Broadband

sub-tests:a. Perform a service which is outside the

course of your business orb. Perform the service away from all your

business locations, including all your job sites or

c. Be responsible, both under the contract and in fact, for the cost of the principal place

Estes Builders employees learn how to reduce their clients heating bills

Realizing that the building industry is con-stantly changing, Mike Lyckman and Larry Loucks of Estes Builders recently received training by longtime trade partner Mark Eveland with Air Flo Heating Company. Air Flo has been working with Estes Build-ers for more than 20 years as their choice for HVAC. Mark taught them e� ective ways to save clients money by using some of the latest advancements in the HVAC industry. Mark demonstrated the bene� ts of a variable speed air handler, heat pump e� ciency in extreme cold weather and the cost and health bene� ts that electronic air � lters provide. With this information, Larry and Mike said they are prepared and excited to pass this important information on to their clients who are look-ing at building a more e� cient home and as a result have lower heating bills as well as a 3-5 year return on their initial investment.

New faces at Angeles Millworks and Hartnagel Building Supply

Hartnagel Building Supply is pleased to an-nounce the return of contractor salesperson Donna Hoyt, who specializes in window and cabinet sales. Donna is very knowledgeable about the rebates o� ered by the City of Port Angeles and Clal-lam County PUD weatheriza-tion programs. Homeowners may be eligible for a rebate of $6 per square foot for replac-ing dra� y, old windows with new energy-e� cient windows. Contact Don-na Hoyt for more info and a free estimate, 8 a.m.-noon Monday-Friday at 417-8381.

Angeles Millwork has hired two new mem-bers of the Contractor Sales team. Please join us in welcoming Paul Eyestone who knows his way around a set of blueprints and has a background in design. Rebecca Wells also has joined the team armed with enthusiasm and hardware store experience.

of business from which the service is per-formed.

3. Need to pass one of the following two sub-tests:

a. Be customarily engaged in their own business to provide the services which are of the same nature as those performed under the contract or

b. Provide a principal place of business that quali� es for an lRS business deduction; the place must be used regularly and exclusively for business purposes.

4. Be required under IRS rules to � le a busi-ness tax return with the IRS.

5. Have an active account and an active uni-fi ed business identifi er number (UBI) with the Department of Revenue.

6. Maintain their own set of books and re-cords showing business income and expens-es.

To contact Donna Knifsend, Esq. PC, call 360-670-9406 or e-mail her at [email protected].

Disclaimer: � e advice given herein is strictly for informational purposes only and does not re� ect advice to the readers. If you have a legal issue, see an attorney for full eval-uation and advice.

Free publicity opportunityFeature article submissions are now being accepted from members for publication in

our monthly NPBA newsletter. Introduce your company, sta� , services or special news in a well-written, editorial article geared toward consumers, of up to 500 words. Be sure to sup-ply a high-quality color photo, company logo and contact information. Submissions will be considered based on newsworthiness and relevance to the building industry. E-mail your story, photo and logo to [email protected] or call 452-8160 for more information.

NPBA Members in the News!

Vol. 5, Issue 12 December 2012

2012 OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President: Rick Gross, Estes Builders LLC1st Vice President: Garret DelaBarre DelaBarre Construction2nd Vice President: Bill Feeley, Feeley Construction Inc.Treasurer: Julie Myers, First FederalSecretary: Donna Knifsend Lawsuit Prevention & MgmtImmediate Past President: Tracy Gudgel Zenovic & AssociatesState Directors: Annie O’Rourke, Drafting Solutions Scott Schwagler, J & J Construction Garret DelaBarre, DelaBarre Construction Mark SmithBuilder Directors: Alex Anderson, Alex Anderson Concrete Larry Hanna, L.P. Hanna Construction Bill Feeley, Feeley Construction Inc. Greg McCarry, Westerra HomesAssociate Directors: Kelly Raymond Dan Donovan, Allform Welding Inc. Roger Wheeler, RJ ServicesLife Director: Bill Roberds, Excel Utility Construction Inc.Executive Offi cer: FaLeana Wech

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For the last 34 years, Jayson has focused on raising and leveling buildings, adding foundations and basements, plus repairing and remodeling. “If a house is out of level, I enjoy making it flat again,” Jayson says. “It’s better to make sure it’s level before adding onto it, otherwise there can be problems,” he adds. A hands-on kind of guy, Jayson prefers having a small crew so that he can “keep his thumb on things.”

Jayson typically stays busy through the winter when the rains come since he has the excavating equipment needed to get into yards and around existing homes to build curtain drains for water drainage.

“I started shopping at Angeles Millwork when Bob Eshom owned it and have been shopping there and at Hartnagel Building Supply ever since. I always seem to need weird things. You can’t always slap T-111 siding on a building. I try to match the look of the original materials. They’ll find it and order it for me. Plus they know me and everybody is happy there. It’s a good way to start the day,” says Jayson.

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As most of you probably know, the De-partment of Ecology just imposed a rule for WRIA 18 East, basically covering Clallam County east of Morse Creek.

� is rule would forbid any new well us-age without buying mitigation credits from a water bank. � e cost can be in the thousands of dollars per well, depending on how much water you want to use and for what. In large parts of the a� ected area, the rule provides no assurance that any credits for outdoor water use will be available at all.

If you already are living in a house but are not yet watering a garden or using water for livestock, beginning to do so would consti-tute a “new use” that would require purchas-ing mitigation credits. If you already have a permitted and drilled well, perhaps on a lot you bought for a future retirement home, but are not yet using it, you will have to buy miti-gation credits. � e rule also will require mil-lions to be spent installing water meters on all new wells and millions more on monitoring them.

� ose who will be a� ected include those owning property in WRIA 18 West (up to west of the Elwha River), where the WRIA 18 East rule will likely serve as a template when a similar rule is imposed there in the near fu-ture, and those who own property not direct-ly a� ected by the rule whose property taxes will increase to make up for the decrease in assessed value and property taxes of “water have not” properties a� ected by the rule.

� ere are several serious problems with the rule. Arguably, it exceeds Ecology’s statu-tory authority by being triggered by required minimum instream � ows that far exceed av-erage historical stream � ows, rather than just protecting existing stream � ows as state law contemplates.

� e early dra� of the Cost Bene� t Analysis was heavily criticized during the comment period. Ecology has released � nal documents that the agency believes to have addressed many of the criticisms. � ese documents are being reviewed to determine if the concerns have been adequately addressed.

Ecology received almost 1,000 comments on the rule, over 90 percent of them opposed, including those from the Board of County Commissioners, the Sequim City Council, the Director of Community Development and the PUD.

Commissioner Jim McEntire was able to negotiate with Ecology that they will provide up to $1,000 per building permit application toward mitigation credits until June next year. A� er that, continuation of this funding will be at the mercy of the state Legislature.

A number of property owners and business organizations are preparing to take Ecology to court to protect property rights and our local economy and have the rule declared invalid. Such a challenge, however, will only occur if it can be funded from citizens’ contributions.

If you might be willing to contribute to the costs of a challenge to the rule, please con-tact Greg McCarry at [email protected] or 360-509-0633. If you can indicate an amount or range (non-binding at this stage) you might be willing to contribute, that would be helpful, but we would like to hear from you in any event.

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