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ARM Legislative Breakfast Held March 5th
ARM Safety Council Plans First Meeting
Storm Resistant Homes & Buildings Seminar Planned
Two ARM Past Presidents Elected to NRMCA Board
ARM Board of Directors Meeting Scheduled for April 17th
2008 Spring Thaw Seminar Held March 4th
In spite of the weather and hazardous driving conditions, a handful of ARM members attended a Legislative Breakfast on March 5th in St. Paul.
Representative Bernie Lieder (DFL - Crookston), Chair of the House Transportation Committee, was one of the honored speakers. Representative Lieder shared information regarding the passing of the Transportation Bill via the veto override and also reminisced about changes in the legislature over the past 20+ years.
Edward Garvey, the newly appointed Director of the Minnesota Office of Energy Security, spoke to the group on Climate Change Task Force changes. Climate change legislation will impact ARM members in a significant way as the legislature moves toward reducing green house gas emissions by 2020.
In other legislative news, HF3201 was signed into law on Friday, March 7 and the language from last year's vetoed tax bill related to aggregate delivery sales tax was included in this bill.
The first meeting of the newly formed ARM Safety Council will be held Tuesday, April 8th from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm at the Holiday Inn in Maple Grove. Guest speaker will be Andy Smoka, Principal Safety Consultant at Minnesota OSHA. He will be presenting a general overview of the AWAIR program. Fred Corrigan, Executive Director of the Aggregate & Ready Mix Association of Minnesota, will provide a recap of the NSSGA & MSHA 2008 Spring Thaw Seminar.
Cost to attend the meeting will be $25 which will include lunch. For more information, contact the ARM office at 952.707.1250 or e-mail Margaret Mills. Click Here to Download the Meeting Notice
ARM will be working with the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association to bring a seminar titled "Storm Resistant Homes & Buildings" to Minnesota April 9, 2008. Concrete has long been recognized as the material of choice for resisting high winds, flying debris, and storm surge associated with hurricanes and tornadoes. Now attendees of this seminar can learn how concrete building systems can be used to build storm resistant homes and buildings right here in Minnesota. ARM has applied to the State of Minnesota for approval for five hours of CEU's for Building Contractors. The seminar is AIA approved. Contact the ARM office at 952.707.1250 with questions. Click Here for Registration Information
Tim Becken (Cemstone Products Company), ARM President in 1996 and 2003, was recently elected to be the 2008 Secretary/Treasurer of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association's Board of Directors. Norm Jagger (Aggregate Industries), ARM President in 2000 and 2004, was elected to serve on the NRMCA Board of Directors through 2011.
The next ARM Board of Directors meeting will be held April 17 at the Hampton Inn of Eagan. The meeting will begin at 10:30 am. Lunch will be served. Please contact the ARM office at 952.707.1250 or e-mail jcohen@armofmn.com if you plan to attend.
MSHA and the National Stone Sand and Gravel Association presented their annual "Spring Thaw Seminar" on March 4th at the Holiday Inn in St. Cloud to a larger-than-normal crowd. The seminar offered networking opportunities; ideas to improve health, safety and loss control as well as the sharing of success stories for safety and citation reduction. ARM was a sponsor of this event.
The 13th Annual Concrete Open will be held June 3rd at The Legends Club in Prior Lake. Registration will NOT open until the registration forms have been mailed in early April. The event has sold out earlier and earlier every year, so once you receive your registration form, send it in quickly! Contact the ARM office about hole sponsorship opportunities.