Summer is not a time off for a lot of people in our office. Weve been very busy this month, doing our annual performance and goalsetting process for the f. Y. 19, and setting there has been a lot from my experience, a lot of really valuable thought and conversation that has been going into that. Ive very much appreciated the staffs focus. It is a busy time for us, but i think it is a very helpful and important way to make sure were having mindful conversations about our work and how we Work Together to serve the public. Thats something i wanted to provide some in sight insight into that and id be happy to answer any questions. In terms of open positions, i think there are four currently open. Do we have d. H. R. Resources to help us fill those positions . Yes, in this budget year with a memorandum of understanding, and theyre providing us some parttime hours. We were not able to get the full range of contract that we had hoped to with our budget limitations. But we have very strong sup
We have a quorum neck general Public Comment shall be followed we will go into closed session and not start the regular Public Meeting before 2 00 p. M. Is there any Public Comment about this item . We are in meeting is back in session. We will recognize a commissioner for emotion regarding the closed session. I make a motion not to disclose. It was seconded to do not to not disclose. Is there any Public Comment . My name is john, i am a 44 year member of our pension scheme. If theres any policeman on our board, you might be interested in what i have to say today. Willie sutton was a Notorious Bank Robber in the 1980s. When he was caught, they asked him why he robbed banks. His reply was, thats where the money is. The Hedge Fund Industry are not bank robbers, but they are modernday highway robbers. The definition of modernday highway robber is by excessive profit by high risk investment. If you ask the Hedge Fund Industry when they rip off local pension funds, they will say, that is wh
Passes the italys president to decide whether new elections need to be called. Donald trump says he has been looking for a possible tax cut for a long time as he kicks back against the threat of a u. S. Recession. Think the word recession is a word that is an appropriate, because it is just a word that certain people im going to be kind certain people and the media are trying to build up, because they would love to see a recession. We are far from a recession. Matt Boris Johnson comes to berlin to meet Angela Merkel. Germany prepares a 30 year bond sale with a 30 coupon. I will speak later with the German Economy minister this afternoon. I will ride my motorcycle to leipzig and try to get a question in. We are less than a halfhour away from the european open. U. S. Treasury yields bouncing back up. This is a threeday chart into yesterdays trade. Hit a low of 1. 54 , and are now backup at 1. 58 . The worry seems to slip away to some extent. You also see futures rallying across the board
Anna ubs bounces back, posting its highest net income in almost a decade. After with the ceo calls one of air inst starts to the recent history. To look at the First Quarter, we have a weaker first two months and into march, things normalized. Coming into the first half. The u. K. Will learn the identity of its next Prime Minister at midday. Worst johnson is the favorite to take the top job. That deal. President trump announces a i partisan agreement to boost u. S. Spending for the next two years. Good morning. Matt good morning. Less than half an hour away from the european open and a lot going on. Let me take a look first at pound futures. Were looking at pound trading 124. It is headed down over the past few sessions. We will keep a close eye on this. And a is on standby for the new Prime Minister. Also looking at futures pointing higher. European equity indexes have risen for a couple of sessions. It will be three solid sessions. The ftse, the dax, and the cac all pointing to gains
We are coming out of closed session and returning to open session. Is there a motion not to disclose . So move. Second. Motion by commissioner driscoll and seconded by commissioner safai. Any members of the public to address the Commission Regarding this item . Seeing none we will close Public Comment. We will take this without objection. Second. Five action item approval of president s committee assignments. Item four. Public comment. General Public Comment. Any members of the public that would like to address the commission . Seeing none we will close general Public Comment and item 5. Eye team 5 approval of president s committee assignments. I asked this to be on the board. We are having officer elections this month which you will see in the next couple agenda items. Because of the movement on the board, i wanted to get the Governance Committee filled so we can push forward and so what i did is just took wherever a commission or commissioner jordan was on governance with me and i re