Historic Change - Home Builders Association of Michigan

Historic Change
Sweeps Through the State Capitol
From tax relief on your inventory homes to a flexible building code
adoption process…how last year’s policy changes will impact you.
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DEPARTMENTS
OF
The U.S. Department of
Energy estimates that
approximately 20 percent of
a home’s energy costs are
spent heating hot water.
FEATURES
What Has HBAM Done for You Lately?
8
2012 accomplishments that will impact your bottom
4President’s Message
15 Member Benefits
line going forward.
Builder Profile
10
Spotlight on Randy Koetje and Koetje Builders in
Jenison, Michigan.
Forecast 2013
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Pent-up housing demand set to break through in the
coming months.
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Sen. Arlen Meekhof was a key
sponsor of crucial dune legislation
passed in 2012.
On the Cover: From left to right;
Rep. Joe Haveman, Senate Majority
Leader Randy Richardville, Rep. Margret
O’Brien and Rep. Jon Bumstead.
This Issue of Michigan Builder is brought to you by the underwriting support of the Michigan
Propane Gas Association (MPGA). The MPGA is a key partner of the HBA of Michigan and its
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
HBA OF MICHIGAN
6427 Centurion, Suite 150B Lansing, MI 48917
Phone: (517) 322-0224
Fax: (517) 322-0504
www.buildingmichigan.org
SENIOR OFFICERS
Clyde Alcox – President
(517) 321-8200
Rich Kogelschatz, CGB, CAPS –
First Vice President
(616) 863-9313
Bill Benedetto – Treasurer
(517) 784-3654
Chuck Thompson – Secretary
(810) 672-8022
Tony Bosco, CAPS, CGP, CGA – Associate
Senior Officer
(989) 751-0090
Colin Herren – Immediate Past President
(989) 772-2202
HBA OF MICHIGAN STAFF
Diana Dixon
Special Projects Director
[email protected]
Dawn Crandall
Political Affairs Director
[email protected]
Pam Frankenberger, CMP, CMS, CTA
Director Affiliated Enterprises
[email protected]
Lee Schwartz
Executive Vice President for Government Relations
[email protected]
Greg McClelland
HBA of Michigan Legal Counsel
[email protected]
Robert L. Filka
Chief Executive Officer • [email protected]
2012 Will be Difficult Year to Top: HBA
Michigan Scores Numerous Policy Victories
Dear Readers
s the incoming President of the HBA of Michigan, I am humbled
and honored to step into a position that so many great leaders in our
industry have served over the years. Their leadership has enabled
our state association to withstand tremendous financial stress. At the same
time, they’ve taken the initiative on state policies that will strengthen our
industry for years to come. I can only hope to modestly follow in their
footsteps as we look ahead to 2013 for additional ways to strengthen and
protect our building community across the state.
The prime focus of this issue focuses on the changes in State policy
that your association has helped usher in this past year. It was a home run year by any measure.
Capped off at year-end with the passage of tax relief on inventory homes and changes to our code
development process, more than a dozen efforts ushered through in 2012 will impact each and
every member of our association’s bottom line in a positive way. While not directly involved in its
passage, your state association was also there on watch as historic Right-to-Work legislation was
passed and sent to the Governor. This new law includes exemptions for fire and police employees
and almost included and exemption for construction workers as well—but your state association
quickly discouraged this effort and it was excluded from the final legislation sent to the Governor.
This past year also ushered in the changing of our association name (for the first time in more
than 60 years) along with a new logo that the vast majority of local HBAs are quickly adopting so
that the HBA brand builds everywhere across our great state.
While there is much for HBA Michigan to celebrate about the year past, significant challenges
still face us in 2013. The reach of federal regulators is widening and we will have to be on alert as
the EPA and other agencies seek to influence the expansion of our building rules. And local HBAs
across the state continue to struggle with membership and financial survival, so it’s certainly NOT
time to sit back and spend too much time hooting and hollering about the victories we have brought
forth. But holler we will in this issue of Michigan Builder.
I wish you the best in the New Year that is upon is. If there is ever
anything you need help on or believe HBA Michigan should be aware of,
pick up the phone and give me or others here at the association a shout. All
of our contact information is in the front section of this magazine.
Happy New Year!
Sincerely,
Clyde Alcox, President
HBA Michigan l
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Builders in Rural Michigan
he 100 member companies of the Michigan Propane Gas
Association (MPGA) are bringing gas energy to residential
and commercial builders in every county of Michigan through
over 450 retail supply terminals in the State. Just like your building businesses, these propane companies are locally operated
by small business owners and managers who are much like you.
The propane industry is regulated by a variety of state and federal
agencies and all employees in the propane industry are required
to receive State approved training and certification in their specific
fields of work through the nationally recognized Certified Employee
Training Program (CETP). Safely installed propane systems, and
safety in the delivery and use of propane, are the top priorities for
the propane industry.
Propane gas is a domestic energy, with all of the propane
consumed in the U.S. coming from sources in North America. In
fact, the U.S. is a net exporter of propane because of its abundant
supply. Michigan is unique in its capacity to store large supplies
of propane underground in salt caverns in several locations in
the State. Propane moves from those supply caverns and other
sources to propane retailer locations through a network of pipeline,
rail, and truck supply routes. Propane is delivered to consumer
locations in smaller tank trucks commonly referred to as bobtails
because of their stubby appearance.
Propane retailers encourage builders to use propane as the
primary energy source on their projects when natural gas is not
available or the infrastructure cost of extending natural gas pipelines is too high for project budgets. Michigan is the leading State
in the nation in the consumption of propane for residential use,
and much of that propane comes from gas production right here
in Michigan. Over 339,000 Michigan households, about 9% of the
total, use propane as the primary energy source in their homes.
The operating characteristics of propane gas are very similar to
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natural gas, so consumers enjoy the efficiency, comfort, and environmental friendliness of gas energy no matter which type of gas
they are using.
Builders can find extensive information on building with propane
by going to www.buildwithpropane.com. One of the more popular
parts of the website is the Propane Training Academy where you
can find over 20 free online training courses that are NAHB, NARI,
USGBC, and AIA certified for continuing education training. The
Michigan Propane Gas Association also offers these courses for
builders in free face-to-face training classes that can be hosted by
your local HBA.
Michigan builders can choose from above ground or underground propane tanks in a variety of sizes depending on the size
of the project and gas load. All of the propane system installation
details are handled by your local propane retailer. Many builders, including those in urban areas, use propane for temporary
construction heat even when natural gas may be the primary
energy source after construction is completed. Builders like the
ability to call and talk to a live person and get responsive propane
service that fits their build schedules. Propane is highly portable
on the construction site and can be placed exactly when and
where you need it.
If you are interested in the advantages that propane can offer
for your next building project, contact your local propane retailer. If
you aren’t familiar with any in your area, go to the MPGA website,
www.usemichiganpropane.com and look for the “Find a Retailer”
tool to locate a propane retailer near you.
Written by Tom Jaenicke, Energy Advisor for the Michigan
Propane Gas Association. Tom provides marketing services, technical advice, and continuing education solutions to construction
and propane professionals on behalf of the Association. He can be
reached at 810 252-7855 or [email protected]. l
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The 2012 HBA
Accomplishments That Will
Impact Your Bottom Line
T
here’s no getting around the fact that for the eight years from 2003 to
2010 most of what the Home Builders Association of Michigan did
for you in the legislative and regulatory areas was to stop bad things
from happening. We stopped sales tax on services. We stopped expansion
of arc-fault circuit interrupters requirements and requiring sprinklers in
all new homes. We stopped a requirement to have porta-potties on all
residential construction sites including remodeling no matter how short
of a job it was. We stopped … we stopped … we stopped.
The political dynamics in Lansing changed at the beginning of 2011
and with that change came the prospect of doing more than just stopping bad things from happening. Your association had the chance to make
good things happen and we took full advantage of our opportunities in
ways both large and small.
Inventory Tax Repeal
Reforming the Inventory Tax on new homes has been a goal of your
association for over 20 years. We’ve come close on several occasions by
passing a bill in one chamber of the Legislature only to see it die in the
second. This year House Bill 4134, introduced by State Representative
Margaret O’Brien (R-Portage), is now Public Act 494 of 2012.
PA 494 removes the 18-mill school tax on new residential construction
on development property for three years or until the new construction was
no longer located on development property, whichever occurred first. The
exemption would apply for taxes levied after November 1, 2012. That’s
a property tax reduction of $1,800, or 20 times the $90 annual dues you
pay to the state association, for every $100,000 in taxable value of a
home you build.
Flex Code
House Bill 4561, the Flexible Code cycle bill, introduced by State
Representative Joe Haveman (R-Holland), is now Public Act 504 of
2012. Commencing with the 2015 national code change cycle the residential code will shift to the flexible code cycle found in the bill. The
process of updating the 2009 Residential Code, including the residential energy efficiency requirements found in Chapter 11 of the residential code, by adding, amending or rescinding rules will begin within
90 days of the effective date of the act. This is the same process the
state has used in for previous code updates. Updates to the commercial codes began last year.
This bill also prevents the adoption of any new or existing code, including the International Green Construction Code, which is not already
listed in the law. In order to be promulgated and enforced, the Legislature
must first pass a bill and the Governor must sign that bill adding the code
to the list found in the Single State Construction Code Act.
Critical Dune Act Reform
Senate Bill 1130, introduced by State Senator Arlan Meekhof
(R-Olive Township) now Public Act 297 of 2012 and House Bill
5647, introduced by State Representative Jon Bumstead, (R-Newago)
contained some of the most significant changes in Michigan environmental law in the past 25 years. After seven years of hard work and
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negotiations by your association the law now balances environmental
protection of the dunes with property rights of those owning land in the
critical dunes and allows for compatible economic development and
multiple human uses of the dune. The law now allows for building on
lots lakeward of the crest of the dune provided they were legally in
existence on or before July 5, 1989, potentially freeing up millions of
dollars in new development in these areas.
For the first time ever, regulators will be required to show projects
meeting the permitting standards will “significantly and unreasonably”
deplete or degrade the diversity, function or quality of all of the critical dunes within the local unit of government in order to deny a permit.
The proof needed must be based sufficient data and facts. Those data
and facts must be based on reliable scientific principles and methods that
have been correctly applied and are found in the permit file.
In short your permit to build in a critical dune area can no longer be
denied simply because a regulator feels your project is too, big, isn’t
needed, should be located elsewhere and isn’t in the public interest.
You also have the right to build one driveway to your home or other
permanent building.
Fall Protection Rules
Originally, the new federal fall protection standards were to have
gone into effect in Michigan on March 11, 2011. Your association was
successful in getting the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (MIOSHA) to agree to a number of postponements in the
enforcement of these rules which are now scheduled to go into effect on
March 15, 2013.
During the interim, the Home Builders Association of Michigan and
the Greater Lansing Home Builders Association worked cooperatively
with the department on a “Residential Fall Protection Initiative” to help
employers protect their workers and comply with the new requirements
for fall protection and to establish alternative means of complying with
the federal rules. Thirty individual seminars were held around the state
in the spring and summer of 2011. In mid-2012 a “Residential Fall
Protection Solutions” forum was held in Lansing to present the practical
solutions the members of the initiative had arrived at.
Further information on these solutions may be found at www.michigan.gov/MIOSHA.
Log Home Energy Code
Public Act 264 of 2012, which was sponsored by State Senator Mike
Green (R-Mayville), allows for traditional log homes to be built in
Michigan and still comply with energy code requirements.
Beach Lifts
Public Act 40 of 2011 which was sponsored by State Senator John
Proos (R-St. Joseph), now allows beach lifts (“incline elevators”) for
the intermittent use of members of a homeowners group composed of
not more than 20 residential dwellings to be constructed under the same
standards that apply to private residential versions, rather than the more
rigorous ones for commercial ones.
Ergonomics
Public Act 10 of 2012 which was sponsored by State Senator Rick
Jones (R-Grand Ledge) the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (MIOSHA) or other state agencies from imposing rules
and regulations regarding workplace “ergonomics.”
Privatization of Building Departments
Public Act 103, sponsored by State Representative Mark Ouimet
(R-Scio Township) was supported by your association This law now
provides clarity on the functions private organizations can legally
perform for building departments and who is legally considered a building official. Governmental subdivisions are authorized to contract with
private organizations for specific administrative and enforcement activities, including inspections and plan reviews. The police power remains
with the governmental subdivisions and private organizations are not
allowed to issue orders, notices, certificates, or permits, but could process
and deliver the documents after their approval by the building official.
All contracts with private organizations must contain a conflict of interest clause.
Stopping For Profit Building Departments
On four occasions your association prevented Genoa from breaking
away from the Livingston County Building Department to form their
own “for profit” building department. State law prohibits permit fees
from being higher than needed to run the department. It also prevents
those fees for being used for anything other than running the department.
The Home Builders Association of Michigan is currently in the Court of
Appeals challenging an arrangement that puts 25% of all permit fees into
the local unit of government’s general fund.
Federal Motor Carrier Standards
Public Act 231 of 2012, sponsored by State Representative Greg
McMaster (R-Kewadin) ended, with the exception of cellphone regulations, ended the enforcement of the federal motor carrier (truck) safety
law that was duplicated in the state motor carrier act. These federal
requirements no longer apply to trucks less than 26,001 pounds that are
operated entirely within the state.
Project Labor Agreements
The law now prohibits project labor agreements in state, school and
local public construction, road projects, or as a condition of selective tax
breaks granted for private projects. . Project labor agreements require
non-union contractors bidding on a government project to pay employee
union dues and contribute to union pension and health insurance benefit funds, even though their employees are not union members. This is
currently being challenged in federal court.
Repeal of the Single Business Tax
This ended the double taxation of more than 95,000 small businesses.
Creation of the Corporate Income Tax
This established a 4.35% business tax, paid through the income tax, for
companies organized as S-Corps, LLC’s, LLP’s etc., while C Corps pay
a straight 6% corporate income tax.
Workers Compensation Reform
The law revises the formula by which compensation levels are set,
requires workers still able to work to make a “good faith effort” to find
work, and bases an injured worker’s compensation on “reasonably available” job pay levels.
Unemployment Compensation Reform
The law now requires a “Special Fraud Control Fund” for the
prevention, discovery, and collection of unemployment benefit overpayments; require amounts in the Fund to be used first to acquire
software with a proven record of detecting and collecting benefit
overpayments, and then for the administrative costs; allows the
Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) to collect interest on benefit
overpayments, and require the interest to be deposited into the Fund;
subjects a person to administrative fines, in addition to current penalties, for certain knowing violations related to unemployment benefits;
double the amount of damages the UIA may obtain for a person’s
second or subsequent knowing violations; requires amounts recovered for knowing violations to be applied to administrative sanctions, damages, and interest and credited to the proposed Fund. It also
allows the state to “bond out” the $3.2 billion owed to the federal
government for unemployment benefits paid to residents over the
past several years (which would have to be paid back by all employers) and authorizes a state unemployment “obligation assessment”
imposed on all employers to pay off the bonded debt. This prevented
the imposition of further federal penalties and a reduction in FUTA
tax credits on Michigan’s employers.
Regulatory Rules Reform
The law now requires periodic review of all rules to see whether they
are still needed; limits the power of a department to delay a required
permit by claiming the application is not “administratively complete”;
expands the proposed regulations the legislature’s Joint Committee
on Administrative Rules (JCAR) can consider to include any that it
considers appropriate including existing rules; requires state agencies to consider exempting small businesses from a proposed rule, or
find ways to reduce the impact on them; prohibits a state department
from enforcing an agency “guideline,” “bulletin,” or “interpretive
statement” that was not an officially promulgated document; preventing rules exceeding the authority of a department to write rules from
being enforced and giving the “Office of Regulatory Reinvention” the
authority to reject any proposed new state agency request for regulatory rule-making; requires a formal “decision record” in requests
departments must submit to ORR for rulemaking authority and
requires ORR to state when granting permission that there are “appropriate and necessary policy and legal bases for approving the request
for rule-making.”
Revised Statute of Limitations Law
The law now contains a two-year statute of limitations on lawsuits
for property damage or personal injury against architects and professional engineers, and a three-year statute of limitations on lawsuits
against contractors.
Banning Capital Recovery Fees
The law now prohibits a residential real estate developer from imposing a “capital recovery fee” on homeowners through contract of covenant, defined as a provision that requires any subsequent seller to pay a
fee to the developer.
Homestead Exemption Filing Date
The law now sets the deadline for applying for a homestead property
tax exemption on a new home from May 1 to June 1 for the next summer
tax levy, or November 1 for the next winter tax levy (plus all subsequent
tax bills). Prior to passage of this bill, if an owner had not filed the principal residence (homestead) property tax exemption by May 1, then the
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BUILDER PROFILE
Koetje Builders
Put Integrity First
by Nancy Davis
oetje Builders Inc. was established in
1965 in the Grand Rapids area, is owned
by brother-sister team Randy and Julie
Boetsma. The firm’s primarily focus is designing and building custom homes of all price
ranges and styles, with expertise in creative
layouts for special lot features or constraints.
They also provide land developing and multifamily construction and management services.
K
Top of Form
As a second-generation builder, Randy Koetje
literally grew up in the business earning his first
paycheck at just six years old. I moved boxes
of hardware and doorknobs into the basement
when my dad moved the business into a new
office. I helped with clean up at jobsites and did
yard work at rental properties until I was about
15, then I spent summers and days off school
helping out on the framing crew.
His father, Ivan Koetje, allowed Randy to enter
the industry at a young age, but always gave him
the option to pursue whatever he wanted in life.
His dad taught him how to work hard and think
ahead, and not take advantage of his position as
the boss’s kid. “He had the same expectations of
us as he would for anyone else he hired,” he said.
He graduated from Unity Christian High
School and benefitted from the school’s strong
shop and mechanical drawing departments. He
said his best training came on the job, learning
from other professionals who were generous
enough to share their knowledge. “I learned
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how to frame houses and was taught how to
draw with AutoCAD software without getting
any formal training. Having foremen on the job
who taught me how to oversee the process and
let me learn how to advance my skills was a
real bonus,” said Koetje.
Along the way, Koetje Builders have always
put a priority on taking the best possible care
of customers throughout the building process.
“Making your mistakes or misunderstandings
right is really key. I also think working hard at
what you do best and not straying too far from
your normal practices is very beneficial. Being
conservative with investments and not trying to
grow too large too fast also helps,” said Koetje.
Overcoming Challenges
“Surviving the last five years was a big challenge. Maintaining a positive attitude through
the economic downturn was tough. It is so
much better to go to work and have a full day’s
work ahead of you instead of finding something to keep you busy until it is time to go
home,” he said.
Ongoing challenges include meeting the
expectations of an increasingly savvy and
demanding group of potential consumers. “The
recession is still affecting the new home market
a fair amount and there is still a perceived gap
between the value of buying used and building
a new house. Also, I think buyer expectation is
a big challenge to the industry today. With the
media and internet photo sharing sites, a lot of
buyers set their expectations higher than their
budget. It is hard to incorporate the features
of a $500,000 house when you are trying to
design and build a $175,000 house,” he said.
The cost of construction and all the new
requirements for new construction can be a bit
concerning as well. Koetje urges local associations to work closely with the municipalities as
new requirements come into play to help keep
the cost down while making homes safer with
less environmental impact.
To set themselves apart, Koetje Builders
focus on impeccable finishes on all price
ranges. “We really try to build high quality
custom homes no matter what finishes the project budget allows. I put the same level of design
thought into the 1,110 square foot bi-level as
what I do the 3,500 square foot 2 story. Granted
you do not have room in the smaller home to
burn up on all the cool features, but it is the
little things that matter,” he said.
The company’s long-term relationships with
its subcontractors and suppliers, some of them
whom have worked with Koetje since 1965,
sets them apart as well. “We respect each other
and the subcontractors know that as long as
they hold prices in line with industry standards
and continue to do what they do best they
aren’t going to lose the next job to the cheapest
person we can find,” said Koetje.
Koetje said they also pass on any overages
from allowances and selections to customers at the invoiced cost without any mark up.
This way, he said, there is no remorse from
the customer that they were pushed to spend
extra. “When the job is nearing completion and
everyone involved is ready to be done and the
owner is ready to move in the owner usually
ends up feeling a little remorseful about
upgrading things during the process and hates
to pay that extra bill. If you use an accurate
number up front there will be less extras and
as a builder there is not a need to try and find
other ways to increase your profit. We know
what our construction management costs will
be well before we give the homeowner a final
price and include that right in the bid.”
Start to finish, Koetje finds satisfaction in the
whole gamut of home building. “I really like
the design phase and the construction management. I like turning our customers’ ideas into
their dream homes. Having a happy customer
on the last day is fun, too,” he said.
A recently appointed board member at the
Home Building Association of Greater Grand
Rapids, Koetje has served as a committee
member previously. “The association’s voice
in government decisions is huge. It keeps costs
down for the end-user and helps builders be
able to maintain an efficient process. If you are
going to be an association member and receive
all the benefits, I feel you need to be willing
to serve on a committee or board occasionally
as well. Everyone’s viewpoint and thoughts
are valuable even if you think serving in these
positions is not your strong point,” he said.
Koetje gives back to his community by
working with the youth at his church overseeing home repair or construction service
projects. “It allows the youth to discover the
construction trades while helping others and
while building relationships with Christian
adults. I also have participated in a few multigenerational trips with the church, which are
kind of like going back to the days of being a
carpenter for a week instead of a manager -- all
while helping out someone with a need.
He credits his wife Katie with keeping things
running on the home front and caring for their
son David so that Koetje can focus his time on
the family business during the week. l
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Home Builders Association of Michigan Forecasts
Strong Increase for Home Construction in 2013
T
he Home Builders Association of Michigan (HBA Michigan) is
forecasting that single-family home construction in 2013 will
increase by 39 percent over 2012 levels. HBA Michigan attributes
the positive forecast to a stronger Michigan economy and state legislation
aimed at stimulating the housing industry.
“With record low new home production for the past several years,
pent up demand is finally beginning to burst through in the marketplace,”
noted Robert Filka, CEO of HBA Michigan. “When combined with positive tax and regulatory changes that will encourage more investment, our
outlook is more optimistic than it’s been in nearly a decade.”
The number of single-family home permits recorded year-to-date in
Michigan was up 36 percent through the end of October 2012. Those
are the latest numbers available from the US Census Bureau. Current
projections are for some 10,000 single-family home permits to be issued
in Michigan for all of 2012.
Looking ahead at single-family home permits in 2013 – and assuming
a reasonable solution to the looming US “fiscal cliff” negotiations – HBA
Michigan forecasts 13,928 permits to be issued in the coming year. In
addition to stronger economic factors, Filka said the housing industry
will be assisted next year by a new law adopted by the state legislature
and soon to be signed by Governor Rick Snyder which reduces the tax on
new inventory homes that are constructed by homebuilders.
“Reducing this punitive tax on inventory homes will lower risk and
encourage homebuilders to construct more homes in the future,” said
Filka. “Building inventory homes is a critical marketing tool that has
proven successful in generating new home sales. Thanks to the foresight
of the legislature and the Governor, homebuilders will now be able to
invest more in our communities around the state.” l
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