SPECIFIC EXPLANATION:
The Chief Information Officer recommends that City Council approve an ordinance to appropriate $5,446,900.00 from the Contributed Capital Project Fund (4515) for professional services supporting the Houston Permitting Center’s permitting and inspection system (HouPermits) for Houston Information Technology Services (HITS) on behalf of Houston Public Works (HPW). The following projects are budgeted in the approved FY2023 Capital Improvement Plan adopted by City Council.
The project description with allocation is as follows:
PROJECT PROJECT NO AMOUNT
PIMS and CLMS K-IT2020* $5,446,900.00
Professional services are being procured through the Enterprise Application Support Services Contract (OA # 4600015374) to design and build a new permitting and inspection system in support of the Houston Permitting Center. The new system called HouPermits, will be a workflow-driven application providing a new customer portal, back-end comprehensive web-application, and mobile application for Field Inspector use. The permitting and inspection process will be transformed through automation and process standardization while this single, scalable application is developed using the Infor Public Sector (IPS) platform.
This item was presented at the June 9, 2022, Transportation, Technology, and Infrastructure Council Committee Meeting.
Fiscal Note:
No significant Fiscal Operating impact is anticipated as a result of these projects.
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Lisa Kent, Chief Information Officer