Information on ICC Governmental Membership

Governments or Municipalities engaged in the administration, formulation or enforcement of laws, regulations or ordinances relating to public health, safety and welfare are eligible for governmental membership in the ICC. Governmental members with a population of up to 50,000 may designate up to 4 voting representatives, those with a population of 50,001-150,000 may designate up to 8 voting representatives, those with a population over 150,000 may designate up to 12 voting representatives. The caps on voting representatives apply to each department or unit of a government that may join as a separate member. For instance, the Town Council, the Town Fire Department and the Town School Board can each join as Governmental Members and if the Town has a population of 50,000 each of those members may designate up to 4 voting representatives.

Forms and information on joining the ICC can be found at http://www.iccsafe.org/membership/index.html.

The ICC is encouraging their existing members to check their member records to be sure they are current. Members can do this online at http://www.iccsafe.org/e/icclogin.html?caller=memberinfo.html.

Some municipalities may already be ICC members but they may not have designated their full contingency of voting representatives. Forms for existing members to update their voting representative designations are available at http://www.iccsafe.org/membership/pdf/voterchange.pdf.

The ICC requires that modifications to member status must be received 10 days prior to the start of a public hearing. This means any new members or new voting representative designations must be received by May 11 for the Final Action Hearings that begin on May 21.

As an additional resource the ICC has posted Frequently Asked Questions regarding their policy on membership and voting that is available at http://www.iccsafe.org/news/ePeriodicals/eNews/articles/faq.html.

Even with Governmental Members that have designated their full quota of voting representatives, issues can arise with sending that many officials or employees to the code development hearings for the full five days from May 21-26. Based on the hearing schedule it looks like the fire sprinkler vote will likely be sometime on Tuesday May 22 or Wednesday May 23. Therefore, it is very important to educate municipalities within a days driving distance that can get their voting reps to the hearings quickly on short notice. Also, pre-registration for the conference by April 9 will enable voting reps to receive their credentials prior to the hearings. While attendees can register at the conference; pre-registration can be done at https://abm.iccsafe.org/registration.cfm.