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County to pay $10,000 from permit fees for IWORQ electronic permit management contract

Blackford County Council · February 4, 2026
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Summary

Planning & Zoning reported IWORQ as the selected vendor for a three-year electronic permit management contract; the council voted 7–0 to fund the first-year cost of $10,000 from permit fees because the 2026 P&Z budget had no appropriation.

Planning & Zoning Director Sam Dick told the council Feb. 4 that the department received two quotes for an electronic permit-management system and that the commissioners had voted to select IWORQ on a three-year contract. The presentation noted there was no funding in the 2026 P&Z budget to cover the first-year cost.

Council member Ryan Goodspeed moved to pay the $10,000 initial cost from permit fees to cover the vendor’s first year; Casey Dick seconded the motion and the council approved it 7–0. The minutes record the vendor name (IWORQ), the three-year contract term and the council’s action to use permit fees to fund year one; the minutes do not include the detailed contract language or ongoing annual costs beyond the first-year figure.