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-120- <br /> <br />memorandmn dated February 27, 2003, which the Council received. Staff has been studying <br />building permit software, which has included Permit Works, and a permit program tltrough <br />Logis, and the expenditure has been budgeted. <br /> <br />Councilmember Cook inquired if all the information would be stored off-site vcith the Logis <br />program. <br /> <br />Assistant City Administrator Nelson explained that presently, the information would be stored <br />within the PIMS system at Logis, but they are moving towards not having the connection to <br />Logis in the near future. <br /> <br />Councitrnember Cook inquired if staff felt that it would be ,a problem with the City!s current <br />computer system to store the information at City Hall. <br /> <br />Assistant City Administrator Nelson explained that they have recently upgraded the system at <br />City Hall so she did believe that there would be a problem with storing the information locally. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman explained that currently the City handles all of their permits on hard <br />copy, which has brought forward many concerns. The hard copies are difficult to manage and do <br />not provide beneficial information. They hope that by implementing the system and having a <br />few internal auditing systems in place there wilt be more checks and balances on the permitting <br />process. During Mr. Boganey's review he discovered that the City was not charging for certain <br />categories or were charging less than they should be. <br /> <br />Councih-nember Etvig stated that in reviewing the permit fees the City has charged there does not <br />seem to be any commonality on any of the valuations. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman replied that that is his serious concern because the City could be <br />loosing short of $80,000. He noted that there haS recently been some tough employee <br />evaluations completed because of the issue. <br /> <br />Councilmember Zimmerman inquired if the State Building Code dictated how much the City can <br />charge. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman explained that the new laws have allowed for a local control on fees, <br />but the City can adopt the Uniform Building Code fee schedule. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig inquired if there might be any exposure from people that have been <br />overcharged. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman replied that that was the least of their worries. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig expressed concern that maYbe someone received the full charge and others <br />did not. <br /> <br />City Council/March 4, 2003 <br /> Page 10 of 16 <br /> <br /> <br />