City Manager T.C. Broadnax briefed the council on a plan to fix the broken permitting office. But he said the issue had been overblown by the media and the development community, which didn’t exactly go over well with many stakeholders.
It's something the city has been talking about and not fixing for more than two years now. This time, the Dallas city manager addressed council members' questions directly.
It’s still taking an average of six weeks for builders to get permits. In other cities, it takes two to three. This has been going on for more than two years now, and City Manager T.C. Broadnax has to produce a plan by May 18.