City of Columbia, Missouri  
Meeting Minutes  
Building Construction Codes Commission  
Columbia Convention  
& Visitors Bureau, 300  
S. Providence Rd,  
Monday, December 2, 2024  
International Electric Code Review  
4:00 PM  
Columbia MO 65203  
I. CALL TO ORDER  
Non BCCC Member: Scott Wallace  
City Staff: Aaron Decker, Curtis Lichty  
Meeting was called to order at 4:00pm by Andy Noordsy.  
Introductions were made as Dan Shifly was new at the table and new to the group.  
7 -  
Present:  
Richard Shanker, John Neyens, Christopher Howe, Kyle Saunders, Jim Dove, Andy  
Noordsy and Dan Shifley  
1 - Fred Malicoat  
Excused:  
II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
Motion to approve agenda.  
III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
Motion to approve minutes.  
Attachments: NEC Meeting Minutes 11-18-2024  
IV. OLD BUSINESS  
Review the NEC 2020 significant changes that were presented in June of 2022.  
Copies of the 2020 Changes were passed around and had been added to with any  
2023 changes highlighted in red. The goal was to go review these changes from  
during the 2020 review and then once agreed upon their forward progress, to start  
visiting no the new 2023 changes in the NEC Codes.  
The following code changes were reviewed and associated discussion with them.  
NEC 110.22(A) Identification of disconnecting means. All agreed with 2023  
Changes, Approved.  
NEC 110.26 (C)(2) Spaces about electrical equipment. All agreed with 2020 Change  
and approved.  
NEC 210.8 GFCI Receptacles within 6ft of sinks, bathtubs, and showers. This topic  
was  
brought up and discussed with the previous position of maintaining the 2017  
wording in the NEC which maintains the “passing through a doorway” in the code  
language. All agreed to maintain this and format into an amendment to the 2023  
NEC Language.  
210.8 (A) GFCI Protection of dwelling units. The 2020 changes as well as the 2023  
revisions were reviewed and discussed. It was recommended to forward this  
review to the BCCC for further discussion with added language to amend the code  
stating that “For 250 volt receptacles in 1 and 2 family dwellings shall be excluded  
from GFCI Protection” A Motion to “Forward review of 210.8 (A) to the larger BCCC  
review group with added language exempting only one and two family dwellings  
from GFCI requirements on 240v receptacles.” (Shanker motion, Saunders 2nd.)  
Group voted and favored this amendment to be drafted prior to BCCC review with  
a 4-2 vote.  
210.8 (B) GFCI other than dwelling units. The 2020 changes as well as the 2023  
revisions were reviewed and discussed. This also brought up discussion of the  
need for more protection in apartment buildings and commercial as compared to  
residential one and two family dwellings. After continued discussion.  
210.8(D) GFCI protection specific appliances was reviewed and the newly  
implemented list of the 2023 NEC is recommended to be reviewed by the BCCC  
due to its impact on other amendments. Revisit this discussion at later date.  
210.8(E) Equipment requiring servicing was presented and the discussion revolved  
around the attic requirement and the need to have GFCI protection in an attic.  
Saunders made a motion to adopt as is but was not 2nd. Therefore it was agreed to  
send to the larger BCCC as no motion to close discussion would be made at this  
level.  
210.8(F) GFCI protection of outdoor outlets was reviewed with respect to both the  
2020 changes and the 2023 changes. Discussion centered on outside lighting circuits  
and convenience receptacles impacted by this change. The exceptions were  
reviewed as well and a consensus was not reached. This discussion will move to the  
BCCC for further evaluation with recommendation to add language to Exception 2  
that changes the expiration date to the adoption of the next successive code cycle  
instead of January 2026.  
210.12(C) was presented and it was recommended by City Staff to look at all the  
sub-sections due to reformatting in the 2023 NEC. This was tabled and sent to  
BCCC due to Arc Fault impacts on one and two family contractors.  
210.52 (C)(2) Required outlets at countertops were discussed with new 2023  
impacts for provisions. This was discussed with new architectural demands to  
avoid outlets in islands. All agreed this needs further review by the BCCC  
Commission.  
Motion to table the remaining changes until the next meeting.  
V NEW BUSINESS  
Begin the review of the Electric Codes  
VI. GENERAL COMMENTS BY PUBLIC, MEMBERS AND STAFF  
VII. NEXT MEETING DATE DECEMBER 9, 2024  
XIII. ADJOURNMENT  
Adjourn at 5:00pm.  
Motion to adjourn.  
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