NOMINEE REQUIRING SENATE CONFIRMATION

EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT BACKGROUND SUMMARY

 

 

NOMINEE:               Lisa C. Gerwitz

 

POSITION:               State Fire Safety Committee

 

REPLACING:          Vacant

 

APPOINTING GOVERNOR:        Janice K. Brewer

 

DATE OF APPOINTMENT:         March 17, 2009

 

TERM ENDS:           January 18, 2010

 

FUNCTION OF THE State Fire Safety Committee:

The state fire safety committee adopts a state fire code that establishes minimum standards for:

·         safeguarding life and property from fire and fire hazards,

·         preventing fires and alleviating fire hazards,

·         storing, selling, distributing, and using dangerous chemicals, combustibles, flammable liquids, explosives and radioactive materials,

·         installing, maintaining and using fire escapes, fire protection equipment, fire alarm systems, smoke detectors and fire extinguishing equipment,

·         the means and adequacy of fire protection and exit in case of fire in places where numbers of persons work, live or congregate, excluding family dwellings with fewer than five residential dwelling units,

·         other necessary matters relating to fire prevention and control (A.R.S. § 41-2146).

 

 

STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR POSITION:

Laws 1986, Chapter 330 established a state fire safety committee with seven-governor appointed members for three year terms. Of the seven members, two members, not from the same municipality, shall be a fire chief or fire marshal of a paid municipal fire department of a city with a population of one hundred thousand persons or more. One member shall be a fire chief of a paid municipal fire department of a town with a population of less than one hundred thousand persons. One member shall be a member of the Arizona Fire Chiefs’ Association, one member shall be a registered architect, one member shall be a chief building official of a city, town or county, and one member shall be a member of the public (A.R.S. § 41-2146).

 

CURRENT MEMBERSHIP AND TERM EXPIRATIONS:

Steven Brown             Building Official                     1/18/2010

Barbara Koffron         Fire Marshal – over 100,000   1/18/2010

Daniel Uthe                 Fire Chief – over 100,000       1/18/2010

W. John Williams        Fire Chief – under 100,000     1/18/2010                   

Lisa Gerwitz                Public Member                       1/18/2010       

 

* pending Senate confirmation

SALARY OR OTHER COMPENSATION:

Statute specifies that committee members are not eligible to receive compensation but allows committee members to receive expense reimbursement (A.R.S. § 41-2146).

 

BUDGET AND FTES:       

See above

 

NOMINEE’S QUALIFICATIONS:

 

Education:    

Sprague High School              Diploma

National Education Center     Associate of Arts        Business Management/Administration

 

Employment:

Plains Marketing         LP/Waddell, AZ         Wholesale Propane      Sales Rep.   04/2007-present

Heritage Propane        Camp Verde, AZ        Retail Propane             Trainer         10/2006-04/2007

AmeriGas Propane      Glendale, AZ              Retail Propane             Manager      03/1994-10/2006

           

Other Qualifications:

Arizona Propane Gas Association – President

National Propane Gas Association - Member

National Business Women’s Association

American Cattle Women

Yavapai County Cowbelles

Maricopa County Farm Bureau

Prescott Country Club Property Owners Association

Organizer for Propane Day at the Arizona Capitol

 

 

 

 

Government Institutions Committee

June 12, 2009