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Lake Forest Park staff recommend switching permit tracking to iWORKS; council seeks added contract details

3408097 · May 20, 2025
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Community Development Director Mark Hoffman presented a proposal to move the city’s permit tracking from multiple vendors to iWORKS under a three‑year professional services agreement; council members asked that the contract include term and dollar amount language before final authorization.

Community Development Director Mark Hoffman told the Committee of the Whole on May 19 that the city plans to move its permit‑tracking functions to iWORKS and is seeking authorization for the mayor to sign a three‑year professional services agreement.

The proposal would replace a mix of Exela, Avicet and Elavon systems with a single vendor iWORKS for building, planning and right‑of‑way permits. "Currently, we use a combination of Exela, Avicet, and Elavon to perform that function," Hoffman said. He told the committee that iWORKS is "right sized" for a small, primarily residential city…

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