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Inspection-division report: permit receipts near $969,000, staff says revenues are recovering
Summary
Staff told the committee that inspection-division permit receipts totaled $969,000 through Oct. 31, 2025, and that revenues are moving toward the 2025 budget target; staff also noted the city remains below a larger total reported for last year and did not clarify whether that figure was misstated in the transcript.
City staff briefed the Community Development Committee on the inspection division's permit-summary report through Oct. 31, 2025, reporting permit receipts of $969,000 and saying the department is "approaching our targeted budget of revenues that we estimated for 2025."
A staff speaker noted the department is "catching up" after earlier shortfalls and cited a few large projects that helped revenues. The presenter said the current figure is still below last year's higher total, which was quoted in the transcript as $266,000,000; staff did not clarify in the meeting whether that larger figure was a transcription or verbal error.
Committee members did not take action on the report; it was presented as an information item and no vote was required. The department indicated it is "feeling good" about the revenue trend compared with earlier in the year and invited questions from members before the meeting moved on to adjournment.
