There is hereby created an Electrical Board which shall consist of the Code Enforcement Officer of the City of Norwich or his duly appointed representative who shall be an ex officio member of the Board; one Alderman of the City of Norwich who shall be an ex officio member; the Secretary of the Board shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall be an ex officio member; three electrical contractors who are employing or master electricians engaged in the business of the installation of electrical equipment and who have held, for a period of 10 years, an unexpired, unsuspended, unrevoked master electrician's license; and one concerned citizen of the City of Norwich having a general knowledge of the trade. Each duly appointed member of the Board, including ex officio members, shall have equal voice in all matters coming before the Board.
Each of the Board members shall be appointed by the Mayor. Each member, other than ex officio members, shall be appointed for three-year terms, one of which shall expire on December 31 of each year.
Employment of one member of the Board by another member of the Board for as long as two consecutive calendar months shall automatically disqualify the employed member for as long as he is so employed, and his successor shall thereupon be appointed by the Mayor to serve the remainder of his appointed term.
The Electrical Board shall have the power to make and promulgate its own rules governing its meetings and proceedings, including selection of a Chairman, subject to the provisions of this chapter. Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. Four affirmative votes shall be necessary to carry any business of the Board.
The Secretary of the Board shall keep a record of all examinations held and of all applicants examined and the results thereof, together with any other records as the Board may direct. The records of the names of all applicants and the number, date, and the results of all examinations taken by each applicant shall be kept permanently. Other records or papers may be destroyed pursuant to the provisions of the New York State Education Law.
It shall be the duty of the Electrical Board to determine, by examination, the qualifications of each applicant for the particular grade of license for which he has applied. The configuration of answers shall be as required by the testing agency or as dictated by the examination format.
All examinations for licenses shall be supplied and graded by an impartial testing agency, as agreed on and approved by the Electrical Board.
The Board of Electricians shall cause the examination to be graded by the testing agency of record. A minimum grade of 70% shall be required as a passing grade. Upon certification and the payment of a fee herein prescribed, and evidence of insurance where required, the applicant shall be issued a license of the grade he has been certified, which license shall be signed by a minimum of four members of the Electrical Board.
The applicant shall be permitted to take up to four examinations for which (s)he was approved within one year from the date the application for examination was approved by the Electrical Board.
The master electrician's examination and the journeyman electrician's examination shall be based on the National Electrical Code generally; and any additional technical electrical questions shall be comprehensive in nature, except that the journeyman electrician's examination shall be less difficult than the master electrician's examination.
The Electrical Board shall notify any applicant of his grade within 30 days after the date of the examination.