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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Tim Frohreich ,Frohreich Construction, Yankton, SD

We once again had a very good Winter Board meeting in Rapid City a couple weeks ago. Thank you to the Black Hills

Home Builders Association for hosting the meeting. The membership social was fun, getting to know many more of the Black Hills HBA members. A very special thank you goes out to Denise Born and Desi Mendel from AFLAC for sponsoring a hospitality room the evening before the Board meeting.

We continue to monitor the legislative bills that may affect the home building industry in South Dakota. It’s still early in the session being in the third week of a nine week session. Bills are streaming in this week because February 4 is the deadline for introducing individual bills. All seven local associations have been active in our weekly legislative conference calls every Monday, so if you would like to participate let your local Executive Officer or the SDHBA office know.

One of the most popular events during the legislative session is our own Legislative Appriciation Dinner on February 5 at the Pierre Ramkota. For forty years we’ve co-sponsored this event with the South Dakota Realtors Association and the South Dakota Land Title Association. We’re expecting another great turn out, and would like to have you be part of this fun and informative event. The dinner runs from 6-8 pm, and the menu is the popular chili and oyster stew.

We’ll also be visiting the Capitol Building the afternoon of February 5 to sit in on the Senate and House of Representatives at 3 pm. Our senior officers have a meeting with Governor Dennis Daugaard at 2 pm to discuss future funding for technology education for the home building industry.

I had the pleasure as SDHBA President to recently install the 2014 Lewis and Clark Home Builders Association officers. First Vice President Frank Krause will soon be at the Aberdeen Home Buiilders Association Annual Banquet to install their 2014 officers.

All seven local associations have scheduled their Home Shows. These shows give you an opportunity to get a booth and start seeing the public to set up your spring business projects. It’s easy to participate by calling your local association Executive Offier. The local shows this year are in Brookings February 22-23, in Watertown March 1-2, in Sioux Falls March 7-9, in Aberdeen March 8-9, in Rapid City March 28-30, in Pierre March 29, and in Yankton April 5-6.

If there is anything you need please feel free to email me at [email protected] or call 605-661-1358 and I will try to respond to your requests as soon as possible.

Tim

February 2014 EDITION Newsletter of the South Dakota Home Builders Association Issue II

Builder News is published by the South Dakota

Home Builders Association (SDHBA), affiliated with the National Association of Home Builders.

SDHBA Dwight Neuharth, Executive Vice President P. O. Box 1218 Pierre, South Dakota 57501-1218

OFFICE (605) 224-2761 FAX (605) 224-0820 WEBSITE www.sdhomebuilders.com EMAIL [email protected]

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President-Tim Frohreich, Yankton 1st VP-Frank Krause, Watertown 2nd VP-Jeff Lage, Rapid City

Sec’y./Treasurer-Jim Tolley, Black Hawk Past President-Scott Hjellming, Sioux Falls

State Rep Mel Zelmer, Tea National Director Dwight Eich, Rapid City Alt Nat Director-Mike Jung, Aberdeen

Asso. Nat’l Director Candi Bartels, Sioux Falls Alt Assoc Nat Direct-Ken Iverson, Sioux Falls

PAC Trustee-Curt Cartwright, Rapid City NAHB Area 10 Chairman-Duane Bickett, Sioux Falls John Kokales, Aberdeen

Larew Goehring, Aberdeen Dave Jarvis, Aberdeen

Kevin Foss, Aberdeen William Morrison, Rapid City

Desi Mendel Rapid City Denise Born, Rapid City Rick Askvig, Rapid City

Ralph Siemonsma-Spearfish Dan DeNure, Brookings

George Houtman, Brookings Ronda Houtman, Brookings Dennis Buys, Brookings

Daryl Christensen, Sioux Falls Matt Swenson, Sioux Falls

Terry Konechne, Sioux Falls Chane Patten, Sioux Falls Mike Austad, Sioux Falls

Todd Boots, Tea Peter Ronning, Sioux Falls

Brad Mair, Sioux Falls Curt Wieman, Yankton Lee Retig, Yankton

Ron Seefeldt, Watertown Cory Obbink, Watertown

Mark Reishus, Watertown Eric Skott, Watertown

Matt Moyer, Watertown Nick Osterkamp, Pierre Cindy Fredrich, Pierre

LOCAL HBA PRESIDENTS

Mike Jung, Aberdeen HBA Dave Asbridge, Black Hills HBA Lynn Mennis, Brookings Regional HBA

Cindy Monin, HBA of the Sioux Empire Nick Kisch, Lewis and Clark HBA

Ryan Krueger, Oahe HBA Tony Kneeland, Watertown Area HBA

Mission Statement The South Dakota Home Builders Association is a

statewide non-profit trade association made up of professional builders, remodelers and associate

members. We promote home ownership and quality affordable housing through active participation in industry related issues. We are the voice of the

homebuilding industry in South Dakota.

www.sdhomebuilders.com South Dakota Builder News February 2014 Issue

2014 SDHBA Sponsorship Opportunities

Board Meetings ($500 X 3 sponsors) Summer Board July 17-18 in Aberdeen Fall Board November 6-7 in Watertown

Web Site ($65 or $150 annual) Link from SDHBA site to your site—$65/annual Banner Logo Ad link to your site—$150/annual

Newsletter Ads ($50 to $70/mo)

Annual Convention-Watertown Nov 6-7 Monopoly Board Corner Properties—$300 Monopoly Board Other Properties—$125 Monopoly Board Center of Board—$1,000 Board Luncheon—$1,000 Hall of Fame Induction—$500 Hospitality Room—$1,500

Contact: SDHBA, Box 1218, Pierre, SD 57501 [email protected] 605-224-2761

Executive Viewpoint

Dwight Neuharth, Executive Vice President

February is a great time to plan. It won’t be long until things start to warm up, so you need to be ready to increase your business this year. One great way is to be part of the home shows the next couple months. We have seven local association home shows, and having a booth in your local show is the best way to meet this years’ customers.

It’s still not too late to visit the International Builders Show in Las Vegas February 4-6. This is the world’s larget home show, and you’ll see futuristic technolgy that will be part of home building for years and decades to come. Online registation is easy by going to www.buildersshow.com .

Another way to plan your 2014 gameplan is to be active in all HBA activities. Beyond having a booth at your home show, you should get involved in governmental affairs as they pertain to the home building industry and your career. This month is a great example how you can become active in our SDHBA legislative efforts. Help us make sure that good laws get passed and bad laws don’t get passed. All you need to do is let your local association office or the SDHBA office know you’d like to participate.

In 2014 you will have an opportunity to be part of our NAHB legislative process. SDHBA is in the process of setting up meetings with our three Members of Congress in South Dakota the week of March 17-21. More details will be available soon.

Being an election year, now is the time to get involved in the HBA Political Action Committee. Just like membership, PAC has three levels to influence political races in your local area, political races statewide, and national political races. We know that when we care about who’s making our laws, it can make a difference in making housing safe and affordable.

The new SDHBA web site that was launched in January gives you another opportunity to plan ahead and increase your business this year. Business will increase dramaitically in the future from leads generated online. Our new web site allows people to easily go from the SDHBA web site to your web site in just a click. Every year we see more companies taking advantage of this affordable service, so maybe 2014 is when you start seeing the benefits. Let us know if it’s right for you.

Let me know if you have concerns on issues. Always feel free to call, email, or visit me at our office in Pierre.

Dwight

AFFILIATED LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS:

Aberdeen HBA Katelyn Dvorak PO Box 201, Aberdeen, SD 57401 (605) 225-2055 FAX (605) 225-2365 EMAIL [email protected] http://aberdeenhba.com

Black Hills HBA Cheryl Bettmeng, Executive Vice Pres. 3121 West Chicago Rapid City, SD 57702-2313 (605) 348-7850 FAX (605) 348-7864 [email protected] www.blackhillshomebuilders.com

Brookings Regional BA Nancy Ahlers, Executive Officer PO Box 323 Brookings, SD 57006 (605) 692-5405 FAX (605) 692-5406 EMAIL [email protected]

Lewis & Clark HBA Judy Studebaker PO Box 582 Yankton, SD 57078 (605) 661-7215 FAX (605) 260-8526 EMAIL [email protected]

Watertown Area HBA Vern Brenden, Executve Officer 1017 6th Ave., SE Watertown SD 57201 (605) 878-3033 FAX (605) 878-3034 EMAIL [email protected] http://www.orgsites.com/sd/wahba/

HBA of the Sioux Empire Julie Terrell, Executive Vice President 6904 S. Lyncrest Place, SF SD 57108 (605) 361-8322 FAX (605) 361-8329 EMAIL [email protected] www.hbasiouxempire.com

Oahe HBA Monacha Ellerton , Executive Officer PO Box 221 Pierre, SD 57501 (605) 224-0880 FAX (605) 224-5835 [email protected] www.oahehomebuilders.com

NAHB 1201 15th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20005-2800 (202) 266-8200 FAX (202) 266-8559 www.nahb.org

February 2014 Issue South Dakota Builder News www.sdhomebuilders.com page 3


SDHBA Builder Members Are Eligible To Participate In The Governor’s House Program

For Details call the

South Dakota Housing Development Authority at 605-773-3181

SDHBA Upcoming Events

Legislative Appreciation Dinner

February 5, 2014 Ramkota, Pierre

US Representative Kristi Noem recently met with an SDHBA delegation in Pierre to receive a $2,000 contribution for her 2014 re-election campaign. Pictured are Oahe

HBA President Ryan Krueger, US Representative Kristi Noem, Oahe HBA PAC Trustee Nick Osterkamp, and SDHBA Executive Vice President Dwight Neuharth


LOCAL HBA MEETINGS:

Aberdeen HBA

Board – 1ST Thursday of month, noon at 20 12th Ave. SW, Aberdeen, SD.

Black Hills HBA

Board– 3rd Thursday of month, 3:30 p.m. @ BHHBA Membership – 3rd Tuesday, @ TBA

Brookings HBA

Board – As needed Membership – 3rd Thursday of month, Noon @ TBA

HBA of the Sioux Empire

Board – 3rd Wednesday of month, 11:30 a.m., HBASE office Membership—Last Thursday of month, 5:30 p.m. Various Locations

Lewis & Clark Area HBA

Board – 1st Tuesday of month, 7 p.m., Office-420 Broadway, Yankton Membership—3rd Tuesday of month, 7 p.m. Minerva’s Yankton

Oahe HBA, Pierre

Membership— First Tuesday of month, 11:30 a.m., Perkins, Fort Pierre

Watertown HBA

Board—As needed Membership – 3rd Tuesday of month, 7 p.m., WAHBA Office

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2014 Local Home Shows

Brookings Area Builders Association February 22-23

Watertown Area HBA March 1-2

HBA of the Sioux Empire March 7-9

Aberdeen Home Builders Association March 8-9

Black Hills Home Builders Association March 28-30

Oahe Home Builders Association March 29

Lewis & Clark HBA April 5-6


Legislative Committee

Update Todd Boots

Chairman

I am pleased to serve as your committee chairman for 2014. The 89th legislative session is underway and as you read this it will be roughly a third of the way through. There are roughly 150 bills that have been introduced so far. We should be seeing quite a few more bills with February 4th being the last day to introduce individual bills and joint resolutions. February 5th is the last day to introduce committee bills and joint resolutions.

We are monitoring around 25 bills as of right now. Right now there is only one bill that we have taken a position on. This is HB1011 and the position is to support it. This bill is an act to provide that certain information regarding postsecondary technical institutes be given to parents and guardians of students in middle school and high school. What this would do is get information to kids starting at 7th grade about

technical schools and what they have to offer. This would hopefully get some of them interested in working with there hands and show them that there are great careers in our industry.

The other bills we are monitoring have anything from land valuation to unemployment insurance to property maintenance codes to using cell phones and driving. The cell phone one we are looking for some definitions in language. This is SB13. It talks of CDL licensing and vehicle weight and of commercial plates. Most of you have commercial plates on your pickups and need to know if you will have to go to hand held devices. This bill more than likely will pass with it being tied to federal highway dollars to the state.

On February 5th in Pierre is the Legislation Appreciation Dinner at 6 PM. For those of you not going to IBS this is a great time to talk to the legislators. Earlier in the afternoon a small group of us will be meeting with Governor Daugaard about the money he has promised to technical education. We want to let him know how

much we appreciate this and make sure it is getting to the programs that can help us get our employees of the future.

We also are following legislation on the national level. Which right now NAHB has quite a few things on their radar. You can find these at the NAHB web site, and if you have a smart phone there also is an app to track legislative issues and see how your elected official votes on these important bills to our industry.

I would like to see all of our members be active in the legislative process. We all need to stay abreast of what is going on locally, in our state, and at the national level. There are things out there that can help our industry or at the other end hurt our industry. So please keep an open dialog with your elected officials.

If any of you have any questions please feel free to contact me at my email address which is [email protected] or call me on my cell which is (605) 359-5778

Todd

SDHBA Board Members Busy at Winter Meeting In Rapid City, January 16-17

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