The 22nd Joint Conference will be on March 18th, 19th and 20th, 2012 at the Cincinnati Marriott North, 6189 Muhlhauser Road, West Chester, Ohio 45069.

The City of Bedford is advertising for a Building Commissioner.

The City of Powell is seeking a candidate to fill the position of Building Department Assistant.

South Euclid is looking for a Building Inspector II.

The City of Reynoldsburg also has an opening for a CBO.

The City of Zanesville is seeking a part-time CBO/Plans Examiner.

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Anyone wanting to advertise an available job opening OR is seeking employment, should email the advertisement to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it in either word.doc or adobe.pdf format.  The listing will be posted in the 'Employment Opportunities' category of our document download manager.

Have you ever wanted to be part of the bigger picture, wanted to have a voice in the process, have you ever wanted to be part of the solution...here's your opportunity. The Ohio Building Officials Association is looking for you, the board elections will be held at the OBOA/SWOBOA Joint Conference in March 2012 and they need your help, see Nominations Application. The board is looking for three new directors and a new Treasurer to sit on the 2012 Board of Directors, the deadline to apply for any of these positions has been extended to close of business January 15, 2012. The January 15, 2012 deadline has also been extended for the OBOA Scholarships and Awards  the awards include Harvey E Wilbekin, Victor C. Jones, Fire Official of the Year and Associate of the Year,

OBOA still continues to work with the BBS for uniform code interpretation and enforcement, and urges all Building Officials to strive towards this goal. The new OBC will be out this fall, watch for BBS update seminars. OBOA has Ohio 100 years of code pins, any chapter interested in purchasing pins please contact OBOA. OBOA members planning to attend the ICC Code Hearings this fall can apply to OBOA for funding if available, e-mail Phil Seyboldt at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . OBOA is still seeking ideas for additional revenues, anyone with ideas for additional revenue sources please contact OBOA. With the arrival of summer, OBOA wishes that all our members have wonderful and safe summer. 

Guy M. Fursdon
OBOA President

We are in the process of creating a data bank for our Disaster Response Teams.  For those individuals that want to participate in the OBOA Response Teams, please go to the Disaster Response Team page and fill out the form.  This information will only be used by agencies involved (OEMA, ODNR, OBOA).  Questions should be directed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Thanking you in advance for your participation.

We now have applications online for OBOA scholarships as well as for new OBOA Directors, Executive Board Positions, and for the major OBOA awards.

All the applications contain form fields in which you can type in your information online then click on the 'Print Form' button to send to your printer.

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