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Building department asks for staffing and records‑conversion funding as permit workload grows; staff touts low fees and tech improvements
Summary
The Building Department requested a 10.86 percent budget increase tied mainly to collective bargaining cost increases, overtime for records conversion to the cloud and a new plan‑reviewer/inspector FTE to address an aging workforce and rising statutory inspection requirements.
Jeff Doherty, building director, presented the building department's FY‑26 tentative budget to the board on July 21 and asked for a 10.86 percent increase, driven primarily by collective bargaining increases and two operational needs: overtime to convert historic records to the Acela/cloud system and a new plan‑reviewer/inspector position to prepare for retirements and workload demands.
Doherty said the department is fully user‑funded (building fees pay for operations) and contributes about 20 percent of its revenue back to the…
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