TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Tom Kisela, City Manager
FROM: Russell Bunim, Community Development Director
1. Subject
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Agreement with Willdan Engineering for on-call building services.
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2. Summary
Agreement with Willdan Engineering to augment existing Building Division staff with the use of professional consultants to maintain service levels at the permit counter, plan check, and building inspection services as needed.
3. Recommended Action
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Approve the agreement with Willdan Engineering in the amount of $100,000 for on-call building services; and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute on behalf of the City.
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4. Fiscal Impact
The expense for this agreement is $100,000 and will be funded through department salary savings from General Fund (100):
100.6031.51670.00000 Other Professional & Consulting Services
5. Strategic Plan Goals
Goal 1: Provide for a safe community
d: Assure the development of the City occurs in a fashion that maximizes public safety.
6. Discussion and Background
Willdan Engineering provides on-call building and safety services for building inspection, plan check, and permit services. On-call services are used during periods of staff vacancies and to assist with high-profile projects requiring additional inspection services. Furthermore, on-call services are utilized to augment current staffing for building inspection, plan check, and permit issuance backlog occurs in order to maintain service levels to the community.
In addition, Willdan offers services involving commercial and multi-family development accessibility compliance that are qualifying expenses under fees collected for Certified Access Specialist (CASp) (140) services through business license. The $1 fee is collected as part of SB-1186 to increase disability access and compliance with construction-related accessibility requirements and to develop educational resources for businesses in order to facilitate compliance with federal and state disability laws. Any qualifying support services provided by Willdan incurred will be off-set by the fees collected in Fund 140.
The agreement with Willdan Engineering will be funded with salary savings to date in the Building Division from the vacant Plan Check Engineer and vacant Senior Permit Technician positions.
7. ATTACHMENTS
• Agreement with Willdan Engineering