This is 40 minutes we are absolutely delighted to be here with you today. And that is candy right over there. Can you stand up . [applause] now its been a few years since ive been a at liberty that we talk about liberty all the time since thats what it represents, liberty and freedom from the snares of the world and the right kind of teaching and the right kind of values for the young paper that people and viewers achieve vital part of the future of the nation. But you know, i do want to acknowledge today as veterans day because i feel that we dont do enough for our veterans when you consider what they did for us. I think about world war ii, and i think about those soldiers invading the beach at normandy being molded down by machine gun fire, 100 bodies laying in the sand, a thousand bodies laying in the sun. With a frightened . Yes. But did they turn back quickly stepped back over the bodies of the colleagues and overwhelmed the access. Knowing in many cases they would never see their
And the inspired action you took to come to the aid of the veteran in crisis. Thank you all for the work that you do day in and day out on behalf of those who have served. A few weeks ago i had the honor of meeting with robert mcdonald, the secretary of the va. Secretary mcdonald is a man who has time and again answered the call of duty to his and our nation. He graduated from the United States military academy at west point in the top 2 of his class in 1975. An army veteran. Mr. Mcdonald served with the 82nd airborne division, completed jungle, arctic, desert warfare training, earned the ranger tab, that expert infantry men badge. Senior parachutist wing. Upon leaving military service, captain mcdonald was awarded the Meritorious Service medal. But mr. Mcdonalds expertise as a soldier is equal by his business beingaccumen. He earned a degree from the university of utah and has a career in the private sector. Before joining the va, chairman mcdonald was chairman, president and chief ex
Some of the key changes that are expected to be coming. And with that, id like to close my presentation and turn it over to carmel a frank. Thank you. Thank you. ~ thank you, supervisors. Did you have any other questions . Thank you very much. Colleagues, do we have any other questions on this item . No oh, supervisor i just want to make the point this can be very dry stuff, but its actually one of the most important functions that this committee performs. Youre making sure that there is an independent thirdparty review of the external auditors of the finances of the city. And im very appreciative that all of the city departments, where there was a finding, were present to address, you know, what they were doing to deal with some of the findings and recommendations. And, of course, thank you to the Controllers Office that does a great job of overseeing all of this. And, so, of course, thank you to our external auditors as well. Thank you very much. Thank you. Lets go and move for Publi
They lost staff. They lost continuity, okay. Thats one thing i see. The other thing and i guess they cant answer it is regarding some of the deficiencies that were found in terms of mta, in terms of the new pension standards. I believe they were given being given about two years to resolve that problem, not three quarters to one year, okay. So, theres a time element involved in terms of in terms of correcting the deficiencies. Finally, mta has some compliance problems that i heard the item specifics, but would have warranted shutting down mta. Thats all. Thank you for your comment. Are there any other members of the public that would like to comment on item number 3 . Okay, seeing none, Public Comment for item number 3 is closed. [gavel] may i entertain a motion to file this to the call of the chair . Thank you, motion made by supervisor tang, seconded by supervisor campos. This motion is filed to the call of the chair. [gavel] madam clerk, could you please call item number 4 . Item nu
Finding is internal cultural reporting. This is the process of submitting reports to the grantor. This is not a noncompliance finding, meaning we did not find any er rs in the reports themselves. It was part of the process. [speaker not understood] would not be reviewed before it was submitted and that could lead to a chance of errors. So, we wanted to bring out to the department as well as your attention. ~ and is there someone here from the department of Emergency Management . Good morning, commissioners. My name is patrick [speaker not understood], im with the department of Emergency Management. To address the single audit finding, weve actually involved another manager within our department to review any reimbursement requests or any claims that are submitted to the grantors prior to submission. And we feel that this addresses any concerns for the audit finding. Thank you. Okay. So, the very last report that i have to present to you today is our audit plans for the 20122013. A lot