SOUTHWICK – Town of Southwick Building Inspector Art Lawler announced this week that the town’s new e-permitting program will officially launch on February 20.
In March of 2017, the town signed a contract for the new permitting system with Full Circle Technologies, a company in Boston who assists municipalities with permitting processes.
The new system that Southwick is using is called Permit Eyes. It’s a modern permitting system which is strictly online and keeps all existing information auto-filled, so reoccurring applicants will have a more efficient time applying for future permits.
Town of Southwick Building Inspector Art Lawler. (Photo courtesy of Greg Fitzpatrick)
With the new system being computer based, neither applicants nor Town of Southwick employees will have to deal with the copious amounts of paper copies that can go along with other permit processes.
Before the system launches on February 20 and is open for the public to use, Lawler has been introducing the Permit Eyes system to every department in the Town.
Now that employees at the town hall have tested the system several times, Lawler felt that it’s an appropriate time to take the next step.
“People are getting comfortable with it,” said Lawler. “I wanted to get it out there for the townspeople to use it.”
Lawler also added that employees in the town hall will have a messaging option in the Permit Eyes system that will allow them to communicate with one another about any comments or questions they may have.
When the permitting system is launched on February 20, the public will go on the Town of Southwick website and there will be a link on the homepage that will lead the person to the application for the permit.
