those in the audience would please take their seats, we ll get underway. i now call the regular meeting of the health services board to order. would you please join me in saying the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. we ll have the roll call. roll call. scott, present. lim, present. breslin, here. farrell, expected. ferrigno, excused. follasbee, present. sass, present. we have a quorum. thank you. first action item. item 1 approval of possible modification the minute of meeting regular meeting december 8 , 2016. do i have a motion? moved and [inaudible] the minutes the regular meeting och december 8 , 2016. &second. there is a second. properly moved and seconded we approve the minute of the december 8 regular meeting of the board. any comments or questions or edits by members of the board? seein
togrowth in the number of positions in the ongoing expenses we scr when we have additional positions over the years. and then we are to adhere to the city wide strategic initiative. only some apply to us but there are residents and families that thrive, clean safe communities, diverse equitable inclusive city, excellent city servicess and a city and region prepared for the future. we will come to you on february 9 with both the general fund budget and the healthcare sustain nlt fund which is called the $3 budget instead of 205 and bring that to the finance and budget committee and then the full board for approval on the 9th. are there questions by the board regarding budget instructions? i 34 profoundly impress said sth number of initiatives as we reduce the requirements while we reduce by 3 percent what we are trying to do. that is a remarkable feat but thank you for your commentary. any questions by the members of had board? any general comment from the public? seeing non
the staff that work very tirelessly through all the aspects och benefit amadministration and open enrollment and things that go on to make the system what it is on behalf of our members and to each of them individually and collectively i say thank you on behalf of the board for what you do, day in and out for our members. with that, is there any public comment on the annual report? sorry i ll ask for a motion to accept the annual report. move to accept. it is properly moved is there a second. there is a second. any comments or from the commissioners? any public comment? i just wanted to add to the commendation to staff director and department head cathlen dodd and staff for all the incredible work. this is i think the best annual report i have seen and i have seen many over the years. this is really outstanding. very comprehensive and again it points out the fact that we have a phenomenal number of members in our system and woe provide a remarkable number of services ar
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