Hamilton County public health staff told commissioners the department plans to use available grant funds to move online permitting for body art and commercial pool permits next year. Staff said the permitting work already completed for food services showed time savings and improved account management, and they proposed expanding the vendor Computronics' work to include these permit types.

Speaker 11 reported that the quoted cost for the next phase is about $280,000 and that funding is available in current grant funds. The staff said the change is expected to reduce staff time by enabling vendors and permit-holders to apply and pay online; the board voted to proceed.

Staff did not provide a detailed line-item budget in the session but said the project has funding in place and will be brought forward with more detail as implementation proceeds. The board approved the concept and directed staff to proceed with the project using available grant funds.