Item B6
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: March 16.2005
Division:
Growth Management
Bulk Item: Yes
No -1L
Department: Building Department
Staff Contact Person:_Joseph Paskalik_
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Presentation of Years of Service Award for 15 years of service to
Walter Jenkins, Assistant Building Official, Marathon, Growth Management Division.
ITEM BACKGROUND: See attached.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: N/A
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Present Plaque.
TOTAL COST:
N/A
BUDGETED: Yes N/A No
COST TO COUNTY:
N/A
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes N! A
No
AMOUNT PER MONTH_ Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty N/ A
Risk Management _
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DOCUMENTATION:
Included X
Not Rcquired_
DISPOSITION:
AGENDA ITEM #
Revised 2/05
WALTER JENKINS, A NATIVE FLORIDIAN AND A MONROE
COUNTY RESIDENT FOR OVER 40 YEARS, HAS A LONG
EXTENSIVE RECORD OF PARTICIPATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY.
IN JANUARY, 1965 WALTER APPLIED AND RECEIVED HIS
"APPRENTICE ELECTRICIAN" CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY
FROM MONROE COUNTY.
IN MAY 1966 HE PASSED HIS ELECTRICAL JOURNEYMAN EXAM
AND UPGRADED FROM APPRENTICE ELECTRICIAN TO
JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN.
WALTER TOOK THE "MASTER ELECTRICAL" EXAM AND
RECEIVED ANOTHER UPGRADE TO "MASTER ELECTRICIAN" IN
DECEMBER 1971,
WALTER CONTINUED TO OPERATE HIS OWN ELECTRICAL
COMPANY, JENKINS ELECTRIC, UNTIL HE TOOK A POSITION
WITH MONROE COUNTY ON DECEMBER 11, 1989.
WALTER CAME TO MONROE COUNTY BUILDING DEPARTMENT
WITH MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS OWNER OPERATOR OF
HIS OWN ELECTRICAL BUSINESS. HE COMPLETED
CERTIFICATION AS ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR THRU SOUTHERN
BUILDING CODE CONGRESS INTERNATIONAL. WALTER
CONTINUED TO EDUCATE HIMSELF IN THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY THROUGH COURSES WITH SOUTHERN BUILDING
CODE CONGRESS INTERNATIONAL RECEIVING CERTIFICATES
AS:
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR
MECHANICAL INSPECTOR
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
CONCRETE & MASONRY CONSTRUCTION & INSPECTOR
WALTER HOLDS THE FOLLOWING LICENSES WITH THE FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL REGULATION:
RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR
COMMERCIAL ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
BUILDING INSPECTOR
MECHANICAL INSPECTOR
WALTER CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AND ACHIEVED FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
CERTIFICATION AS "BUILDING OFFICIAL" ON JANUARY 15, 2002.
A REVIEW OF WALTER'S PERSONNEL AND CONSTRUCTION
FILES REVEALS A LONG RECORD OF NURMOUS EXEMPLARY
COMMENTS.
WALTER HAS BEEN AN ASSET TO THE CONSTURCION INDUSTRY
AND TO THE RESIDENTS OF MONROE COUNTY. HE HAS
ALWAYS CONDUCTED HIMSELF IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER.
WALTER JENKINS IS DEPENDABLE, HONEST, CONSCIENTIOUS
AND TRUSTWORTHY.
IT IS THE CONSENSUS OF HIS COLLEAGUES TO APPLAUD HIS 15
YEARS OF SERVICE TO MONROE COUNTY AND LOOK FORWARD
TO FIFTEEN MORE.