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MEETING DATE
PREPARED BY
REQUEST
Recommendation
STAFF REPORT
CITY OF PALM DESERT
DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND SAFETY
March 12, 2020
Russell A. Grance, Director of Building and Safety
Authorization to increase Plan Review / Inspection Service
Contracts.
By Minute Motion:
By Minute Motion, authorize an additional expenditure of $150,000 total for
professional service agreements to Scott Fazekas & Associates (Contract No.
C38750A), Willdan Engineering (Contract No. C38750B), and Interwest
Consulting Group, (Contract No. C38750C) for building plan review / inspection
services for the fiscal year 2019/2020. The new cumulative total for these
services will be $300,000. Funds are available in General Fund Account No.
1104420-4301000, as set forth in the 2019/2020 budget
Strateqic Plan
Economic Development Prioritv No. 4: Expand and raise awareness of business -friendly
services in order to retain and attract businesses.
Providing business -friendly services, by maintaining timely commercial development
inspections, is an ongoing operations function. Timely commercial and residential
construction inspections help improve the economy and makes Palm Desert a safer, more
attractive place to live.
Background Analysis
The need to increase the amount in the Professional Architectural/Engineer account is
due to the unanticipated retirement of one of our Building Inspector II, resignation of one
of our Building Inspector I, and the promotion of one of our Building Inspector II to
Facilities Supervisor in the Public Works Department. The requested $150,000 is needed
to cover Professional Architectural/Engineer services for plan review and inspection
services for the balance of this fiscal year.
March 12, 2020 - Staff Report
Plan Review/Inspection Contract Services
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It is the intention of the Department of Building and Safety to review the majority if not all
of the plans submitted with city staff, and utilizes the Consultant only on the more complex
projects for structural review and to supplement city inspection services as necessary.
Based on my budget report through the accounting period 2019-2020, the current YTD
expenditures are $100,098.19 with a remaining balance of approximately $49,901.81. It
is projected that an additional $150,000 will be necessary to carry this budget line item
through the balance of this fiscal year.
Fiscal Anaivsis
The overall budget can be adjusted due to salary savings to accommodate this increase.
Funds will be available in FY Budget 2019/20, in Account Number 1104420-4301000.
LEGAL REVIEW DEPT. REVIEW FINANCIAL ASSISTANT
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City Manager Lauri Aylaian: