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agreements, and thus included in the annual aggregate but are paid through Livermore- Pleasanton Fire Department (LPFD) expense accounts and funded from LPFD fire plan review fee revenue. In addition to plan check services, inspection and permit center counter coverage by consultants is requested as needed. These services are utilized to backfill in-house position vacancies and staff absences during scheduled time off and are also funded by building permit fee revenue. These types of consultant costs represent approximately three percent of building permit revenue for the current fiscal year. Fee revenue and on-call consultant costs for the current fiscal year to date, as well as the past two fiscal years are outlined in the table below'. Revenue and expenditure numbers in fiscal year 2019/20 were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic which began in March of 2020. Revenues and expenditures in these areas began to recover during fiscal year 2020/21 and current fiscal year revenue to date exceeds projections by approximately $1.726 million. Consultant costs towards the aggregate for the fiscal year to date amount to approximately $1.269 million. Current trends are expected to continue, with an ongoing need for on-call consultant services commensurate with the level of applications from which fee revenues are derived. BUILDING PLAN CHECK PERMIT FEE ON-CALL FISCAL YEAR FEE REVENUE REVENUE CONSULTANT COSTS 2019-2020 $1,691,366 $1,782,104 $886,460 2020-2021 $1,788,794 $2,309,663 $1,264,786 2021-2022 YTD $2,582,470 $3,143,709 $1,229,006 The City has existing agreements with each of the five consulting firms; all of these agreements expire on June 30, 2022. Based on their ongoing satisfactory performance, staff recommends approval of the attached agreements with 4LEAF, Inc., Independent Code Consultants, Inc., Shums Coda Associates, TRB + Associates, Inc., and West Coast Code Consultants, Inc., to provide building and fire code plan review, counter coverage, and inspection services, and to meet anticipated demand for plan review and specialty inspection services. Additionally, staff requests the City Manager be authorized to approve up to two one- year extensions to these agreements (up to a total five-year term, in accordance with the City Purchasing Policy). Staff recommends Council authorize an annual aggregate of $1.4 million in compensation across the five agreements. The fiscal year 2022/23 budget soon to be considered by Council will include the necessary Professional Services budget to cover ' These numbers do not include fire plan check revenue and LPFD costs for fire plan review,which are managed through LPFD accounts.However,the aggregate$1.4 million in annual compensation across the five contracts includes costs for fire plan check.Fire plan check consultant costs totaled$53,362 in fiscal year 2019/20, $39,820 in fiscal year 2020/21,and$39,780 YTD in fiscal year 2021/22. Page 3 of 4