Make sure that you don’t miss next weeks meeting. Guest speaker Ms. Nancy Hauter from OSHA will be speaking on some very important OSHA related topics. We thank Ms. Hauter for taking time out of here busy schedule to present.

Please make sure you get your confirmations in as soon as possible. This will be a great opportunity to have your specific questions answered too.

If you haven’t already sent in your ticket reservation form for the EESF Cruise please do so in the next week. Space is limited to 150 people and the event is right around the corner! Simply click here to register! Sponsorship opportunities are still available.

The location for the May meeting will return to Marcello’s in Chicago.

• • Marcello’s
  • 645 W. North Avenue
  • Chicago, IL 60610
  • Phone: 312-654-2560

Please respond to Tom at ceamail@flash.net or fax a confirmation over to 708-371-2477 no later than 4/30/08 to provide adequate seating!

Thanks for everyone who came out for the April CEA Meeting! There was a great turn out for Minnesota Elevator’s CET  Presentation on Roped Hydraulic Elevator Systems. A special thanks to Pat Tobin and Tom Hausenbauer for providing a very informative and technical presentation!  Remember those of you who attended and signed the CET roster will receive a certificate of training for .75 CET Hours.

Don’t miss next months meeting when we will have a representative from OSHA Present on some very important topics that should make us all safer in the work place.

Also discussed during this meeting was the upcoming EESF Cruise that will be held on June 25^th, 2008. Last years event raised $11,000 for the EESF and we’re shooting to help the EESF Raise even more. If you are a supplier please consider sponsoring the event and make sure you get your registration forms in early. Space is limited so make sure you put this on your to do list today.

 See everyone at next months meeting! This will be our last before the June EESF Cruise and the August Golf Outing! Come and share some good food, drink and some industry stories with a colleague!

Tom Jackson e-mailed an interesting article regarding the Village of Palatine’s position with elevator inspections in their village.  Basically they are stating that they have turned over elevator inspections to the state Fire Marshal which currently is under staffed in the elevator inspection department. A point that was made by Tom is whether or not more villages and townships will go this route.  It will be interesting to see what happens in the upcoming year as our state struggles with the new elevator code that has been adopted by the entire state of Illinois, except the city of Chicago. Thanks Tom for sharing this article.

Link To Scanned Article palatine.pdf

Palatine, IL – The Village Council has agreed to hand over elevator-inspection duties to the Illinois state fire marshal’s office.

New Illinois regulations call for more stringent inspections but give communities the choice of enforcing the rules or turning over inspections and enforcement to the state.

Under the regulations, about 65 of Palatine’s 162 elevators would need costly upgrades, Village Manager Reid Ottesen said at a council meeting Monday (December 15^th, 2007).  He said the work could cost $100,000 an elevator.

“We don’t want to get involved in the court costs and shutting down elevators that enforcing this would involve.”  He said.

Palatine now hires a contractor to do inspections and collects a fee from building owners that covers the village’s costs. – Jeff Borgardt – Chicago Tribune Columnist – December 2007 Article