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DBI reports healthy early revenue, cash system upgrade and permit‑tracking timeline
Summary
DBI told the commission it is ahead of budget on charges for services, expects a $21 million transfer from fund balance, will launch a new cash management system Oct. 28, and plans user acceptance testing for a new permit tracking system starting mid‑November with formal training next March.
Acting Chief Financial Officer Gail Revels told the Building Inspection Commission on Oct. 16 that DBI's charges for services are ahead of budget for the fiscal quarter and that a one‑time transfer from fund balance (about $21 million) remains to be posted. Revels said permit valuation is lower than last year but overall revenue is slightly ahead of the budgeted pace for the portion of the year reported.
Revels previewed a cash‑management upgrade: DBI will replace an old shared register point‑of‑sale system with a system providing individual registers for staff, with a planned go‑live on Oct. 28 if training goes as scheduled. "We will go from having seven registers in the building to having 42, and there will be no more shared cash drawers," Revels said.
On IT modernization, IAS Project Director Emani Kanti updated the commission that configuration reviews are underway for the permit‑tracking system, internal user acceptance testing is scheduled to begin mid‑November and span about four weeks, and stakeholder testing and training are planned ahead of a March rollout of formal training for users.
Bill Strachan, Legislative and Public Affairs, reported strong public interest in DBI's mandatory soft‑story retrofit program: the first briefing drew roughly 300 people and a Fort Mason financing workshop is scheduled for Oct. 23; more than 100 screening documents for the retrofit program have been returned to DBI to date.
Ending: Commissioners asked staff to report back on the permitting project's progress and on any fiscal implications of system changes.
