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Building official says permitting turnaround times improved dramatically; department plans further reforms

Paris City Council · April 14, 2026
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Building official Duke McGee told the council the department cleaned legacy data, reduced residential plan-review times to about three days and commercial reviews to about 14–15 days, and reclaimed roughly 6,480 staff hours; he proposed continued software integration, training, and accreditation steps.

Paris — Building official Duke McGee told the Paris City Council the building department has made major operational improvements after addressing legacy data and training shortfalls tied to a system migration.

McGee (speaker 13) said the transition from myGov4 to myGov5 moved corrupted or inconsistent records into the new system and that the department launched a…

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