Agenda Item Wording:
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Extend Consultant Services Contract – Authorize the City Manager to extend the contract for building safety plan check, inspection and related services to Interwest Consulting Group Inc for an amount not to exceed $300,000 for an additional six months ending April 7, 2027.
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Agenda Date: 10/19/2026
Prepared by:
Jason Huckleberry, Director of Eng & Building, jason.huckleberry@visalia.gov, (559) 713-4495
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that Council authorize the City Manager to extend the contract for building safety plan check, inspection and related services to Interwest Consulting Group Inc for an additional six months, ending April 7, 2027, for an amount not to exceed $300,000.
Summary:
The Building Safety Division relies upon Interwest Consulting Group Inc for both plan review and inspection services to assist with periods of high demand from the building community. When utilized, consulting services are intended to provide services directly related to meeting the division goals for processing permits and timely inspection services.
The meet the required timeframes for permit processing, plans submitted to the City may be routed expeditiously tot eh plan review consultant for review. In these cases, reviews are completed by Interwest on an expedited timeframe. When completed, the plans are returned to City staff for final review before going back to the applicant for either corrections to be made or approved for issuance.
Additionally, in order to keep up with the caried demand for inspection services, Interwest provides inspection staff to assist with daily inspections. Presently the City is utilizing two to three consulting inspectors seated within the division. In these cases, the consultant inspectors work adjacent to the City’s full-time inspection team, meeting and conferring regularly to ensure continuity amongst the inspection staff. The consulting inspectors are required to utilize the same permit s...
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