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Matrix Consulting outlines aggressive fee-study timeline; commissioners press for protections that fees fund DBI services
Summary
Matrix Consulting presented a cost-of-service user-fee study for DBI with a fast timeline to feed into the March budget cycle. Commissioners asked that the study account for business process reengineering, interdepartmental cost allocation and potential impacts on small projects; industry representatives urged that fee revenue remain dedicated to department operations.
Matrix Consulting senior consultant Mark Carpenter told the Building Inspection Commission on Jan. 16 that his team's cost-of-service user-fee study will catalog departmental activities, estimate full costs (direct, indirect and cross-departmental), establish time estimates by position and run a comparative survey of peer jurisdictions. The consultant said an aggressive timeline is necessary to incorporate recommendations into the city's budget process: staff expects to present final recommendations between March 3 and March 17.
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