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Welcome… The Board of Directors of the Georgia Association of Code Enforcement is excited to present this new website for your use as a vital tool in your work as Code Enforcement Officers. This site has been developed to help you stay up to date on what is happening with your organization as well as networking with your peers in the work force. Networking is vital to stay current with things that affect our duties. Please utilize this valuable tool and make suggestions if you have any.
. The GACE Spring Conference 2009 is just around the corner. We’ll meet April 14-17 at the beautiful Columbus Ironworks in Columbus, Georgia. Because we are all feeling the effects of the budget crunch, you’ll be pleased to see that we’ve been able to fulfill our goal of lowering the registration fee.
. The committees of GACE have been working hard to streamline GACE as we move into another decade of training Code Enforcement Officers throughout Georgia. The Certification Committee, along with Carl Vinson Institute of Government (CVIOG), has made significant changes to the curriculum by lowering the elective hour requirement from 12 hours to nine hours and raising Level II to 21 hours of elective credit.
. The LJR Committee has worked hard negotiating with Georgia legislators, GMA, and ACCG on the following proposed legislation, which we hope to have passed during the 2009 legislative session:
. 1) definition of the code official
. 2) obstruction and hindering a code official in the line of duty is a crime
. 3) code enforcement training board to certify the GACE curriculum
. The committees are working together to promote Code Enforcement Day at the Capitol.
. I encourage each of you to visit the GACE website often, where you will find information on membership, legislation, forms, and a forum for GACE members to network with one another. Even though the strains on budgets are evident throughout the state, our goal is to maintain a secured level of training and networking that benefits the profession of code enforcement.
. I look forward to seeing you at the spring conference, where we will honor those who are graduating and celebrate our common goals of educational growth and promotion of our expertise in the code enforcement profession.
. Have a safe and blessed trip to Columbus for the 2009 Spring Conference. Yours sincerely, Angel Gray 2008-2009 GACE President
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. Thank you for participating in this great organization. There is great potential for GACE and together it can be achieved. Thank you… Your 08-09 Board of Directors
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