2009 disciplinary actions, revocations, suspensions

			2009
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Effective Dec. 1, 2007, several changes occurred in the laws and rules regulating the licensing of electricians and the inspection of electrical installations. A few worth noting are:

Pursuant to Minn. Stat. 326B.082, subd. 1, the commissioner may assess a monetary penalty against any person required to have a license or registration under the applicable law.
Pursuant to Minn. Stat. 326B.082, subd. 11 ( c ), if the commissioner revokes a person's license or registration, the person is prohibited from reapplying for the same type of license or registration for a least two years after the effective date of the revocation. As a condition of reapplication, the commissioner may require the person to obtain a bond or comply with additional reasonable conditions the commissioner considers necessary to protect the public.
Pursuant to Minn. Stat. 326B.33, subd. 7, an individual whose personal license has been revoked, shall be required to retake the examination before being issued a new license.

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2009 Enforcement Actions

Ernest L. Kirkpatrick dba E.L.K. Construction Co.
Dexter, MN.
Unlicensed
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
Offering to perform work for which an electrical contractor's license is required.
Notice of Violation
Date of Order: Dec. 23, 2009

Christopher A. George
Osakis, MN
Class A Master Electrician
License Number: AM05694
Statute violated: 326B.36 subd 4, 326B.37, 326B.35, 326B.33 subds 12 and 13
Rule violated: 3800.3500 subp 3, 3801.3800
License censured
Civil Penalty of $5,000, $4,000 stayed
Date of Order: Dec. 29, 2009

Jeffrey J. Cebulla
Clarissa, MN
Class A Journeyman
License Number: AJ13815
Statute violated: 326B.36 subd 4, 326B.37, 326B.35, 326B.33 subds 12 and 13
Rule violated: 3800.3500 subp 3, 3801.3800
License censured
Civil Penalty of $5,000, $4,000 stayed
Date of Order: Dec. 29, 2009

Thomas B. Herrick dba Herrick Irrigation
Austin, MN
Technology System Contractor
License Number: TS02099
Power Limited Technician
License Number: PL03212
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14, 326B.082 11(b)(1)
Performed work for which a technology system contractor's license is required
Failed to pay a civil penalty as ordered by the Commissioner
May not act or hold himself out as a technology system contractor
License(s) are suspended until $1,000 civil penalty is paid
Date of Order: Dec. 10, 2009

Patrick M. Kasper dba Pinnacle Technologies Inc
Oakdale, MN
Technology System Contractor
License Number: TS01752
Power Limited Technician
License Number: PL10975
Rule violated: 3800.3570
Operating business vehicle without required signage
Notice of Violation
Date of Order: Dec. 9, 2009

John A. Kreuzer, Jr. dba Sight, Sound & Body
Canby, MN
Unlicensed TSC
Power Limited Technician
License Number: PL11782
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
Cease and desist from acting or holding himself out as a technology system contractor
License censured
Civil penalty of $10,000, $7,500 stayed
Date of Order: Oct. 15, 2009

James W. Gillespie dba Property Solutions Unlimited
Maple Plain, MN
Unlicensed
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
Offering to perform work for which an electrical contractor's license is required.
Notice of Violation
Date of Order: Sept. 25, 2009

David S. Ingram dba Ingram Remodeling
Excelsior, MN
Unlicensed
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
Cease and Desist from acting or holding himself out as an electrical contractor
Civil penalty of $2,500, $2,000 stayed
Date of Order: Aug. 26, 2009

John K. Dahl dba Dahl Mechanical
Plymouth, MN
Unlicensed
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
Offered to perform work for which an electrical contractor's license is required.
Notice of Violation
Date of Order: Aug. 19, 2009

Trent A. Frey dba TruGreen Irrigation aka True Green Irrigation
Austin, MN
Unlicensed TSC
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
Cease and desist from holding himself out as a technology system contractor
Civil penalty of $5,000, $4,000 stayed
Date of Order: July 31, 2009

Roger D. Onnen dba Tri County Electric
Sacred Heart, MN
Class A Master Electrician
License Number: AM04444
Class A Electrical Contractor
License Number: CA01845
Statute violated: 326B.36 subd 4, 326B.35, 326B.37 subds 7(b) and 8, 326B.082, subds 11(b)(1) and 11(b)(9)
Rule violated: 1315.0200
License(s) are revoked
Date of Order: July 30, 2009

Kun R. Robert dba Tech-1 Services
Red Wing, MN
Unlicensed TSC
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
Cease and desist from holding himself out as a technology system contractor
Hire properly licensed electrical contractor to file REIs and review compliance of NEC
Civil penalty of $5,000, $3,000 stayed
Date of Order: July 23, 2009

Mark C. Brown and Tamara R. Brown dba Reach Communications
Hamel, MN
Power Limited Technician
License Number: PL11205
Technology System Contractor
License Number: TS02078
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
License(s) censured
Civil penalty of $5,000, $4,000 stayed
Date of Order: July 17, 2009

Jeffrey E. Wehking dba Wehking Electric, Inc.
Morris, MN
Licensed Class A Master Electrician
License Number: AM07846
Licensed Class A Electrical Contractor
License Number: CA04737
Statute violated: 326B.36 subd 4 and 326B.35
License(s) censured with a civil penalty of $5,000, $3,000 stayed
Date of Order: June 29, 2009

Jeffrey S. Hoffman dba Masters Painting & Repair
McGregor, MN
Unlicensed
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
Cease and Desist from acting or holding himself out as an electrical contractor
$2,500 civil penalty stayed
Date of Order: June 26, 2009

APX Alarm Security Solutions, Inc.
Provo, UT
Licensed Technology System Contractor
License Number: TS02034
Statute Violated: 326B.082 subd 11(b)(2), subd 11(b)(8), 326B.33 subd 12, 13, 14
Rule violated: 3800.3540 subp 3a
APX and its PLT must comply with all applicable licensing requirements, shall cease and desist if responsible individual (PLT) fails to renew personal license, ensure that all individuals are properly registered, ensure that all independent contractors are properly licensed as TSCs, comply with all local, municipal and state statutes, rules, ordinances, laws and orders, not perform a new installation until the "three-day right to cancel" time frame has passed.
Civil penalty of $25,000
Date of Order: June 19, 2009

LeRoy R. Horner dba Lawn Irrigation and Landscape Experts
Deerwood, MN
Unlicensed TSC
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
Cease and desist from holding themselves out as an electrical contractor or technology system contractor
Civil penalty of $5,000, $4,000 stayed
Date of Order: May 29, 2009

Allen L. Denny dba Denny's Landscaping/Lawn Care
Brainerd, MN
Licensed Power Limited Technician
License Number: PL11537
Licensed Technology System Contractor
License Number: TS02082
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
License(s) censured
$5,000 civil penalty stayed
Date of Order: May 26, 2009

Joel Wollum dba Emerald Lawn Care, LLC
Waite Park, MN
Unlicensed TSC
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
Cease and desist from holding themselves out as an electrical contractor or technology system contractor
Civil penalty of $5,000, stayed for five years
Date of Order: May 1, 2009

Herbert E. Roy dba Roy Electric
Mahnomen, MN
Licensed Class A Master Electrician
License Number: AM03371
Licensed Class A Electrical Contractor
License Number: CA01577
Statute violated: 326.244 subd 2, 326.243. 325.2441 subd 1, 7, 8, 326.242 subd 9(e)
Rule violated: 1315.0200, 3800.3680
License(s) revoked with a civil penalty of $10,000
Date of Order: April 2, 2009

Brent J. Woolhouse dba B & J Sprinklers et al
Milaca, MN
Licensed Power Limited Technician
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
Cease and desist from acting or holding himself out as a technology system contractor
Civil penalty of $1,000
Date of Order: April 1, 2009

Brett J. Alfords
Elk River, MN
Unlicensed
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
Offered to perform work for which an electrical contractor's license is required.
Notice of Violation
Date of Order: March 16, 2009

Thomas M. Elsenpeter dba University Electric, Inc.
Unlicensed
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14 and 326B.36 subd 4
University will not perform electrical installations unless University holds a valid contractor's license and has a designated responsible master electrician.
Civil penalty of $5,000, $3,500 stayed
Date of Order: March 5, 2009

Igo Mikhailenko & Dina Mikhailenko dba oDa Midwest Ltd.
Minnetonka, MN
Unlicensed
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
$2,000 civil penalty stayed
Date of Order: March 2, 2009

Steven James Fink dba S. Fink Inc.
Minnetonka, MN
Unlicensed
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
$2,000 civil penalty stayed
Date of Order: Feb. 26, 2009

The J Edison Group, LLC
Hudson, WI
Unlicensed TSC
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
Civil penalty of $1,000
Date of Order: Feb. 24, 2009

Albert Terry Burckhardt dba Terry's Electronics & TV
Tyler, MN
Unlicensed TSC
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
Cease and Desist from acting or holding himself out as a technology system contractor
Civil penalty of $5,000, $4,000 stayed
Date of Order: Feb. 18, 2009

Schmitz Electric Co.
Adams, MN
Class A Electrical Contractor License lapsed
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 14
$2,000 civil penalty stayed
Date of Order: Feb. 17, 2009

LuminAir Innovations, Inc. and Clay Steffens
Oakdale, MN
Unlicensed
Statute violated: 326B.33 subds 12(a), 14, 17(a) & 326B.36 subd 4(a)
Cease and Desist from acting or holding itself out as an electrical contractor until it secures a designated responsible master electrician and holds a valid contractor license.
Upon securing a valid contractor license, file all past due inspection forms with the state and municipalities, within 90 days of date of order.
Civil penalty of $10,000, $7,500 stayed
Date of Order: Feb 11, 2009

Miller Electric Inc.
Hastings, MN
Licensed Class A Electrical Contractor
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 12(c)
Notice of violation wherein contractor employed an unlicensed individual to perform electrical work and failed to maintain records establishing that individual complied with the registration requirements of 326B.33 subd 12(a).
Date of Order: Feb. 4, 2009

Jason D. O'Leary
Cottage Grove, MN
Unlicensed not registered
Statute violated: 326B.33 subd 12(a) and 13
Performed electrical work as an unlicensed individual without registering with the Department
Civil penalty of $500, $250 stayed
Date of Order: Feb. 4, 2009