~ we re. i would say we need to go a step further and add the fire commission to that. thank you. supervisor campos. i m pretty aware of the procedural consequences of voting on this and votes not being unanimous. i think it is appropriate for us to be on record. i think if people like the idea they should vote for it. if they don t, they should vote against it. i think that it s important to do it tonight. okay. so, again, the options to the board, any supervisor can ask for this to go to committee. otherwise it does require a unanimous vote for adoption today. or there could be a motion to continue. i leave it in the hands of the board. supervisor cohen. thank you very much. i just wanted to clarify my statement. it was october 12 it was october in 2012 that we made that vote. supervisor breed. thank you. i d like to see this item go to committee. okay. to committee it will go. [gavel] excuse me, mr. president. i wanted to make another comment. superviso
that concludes today s agenda, thank you very much. the meeting is adjourned. welcome to the regular meeting of the transportation finance authority. my name is malia cohen. to the left is commissioner katy tackvthv. joining us will be supervisor chiu. and to my right are commissioner scott and i think mark farrell is going to be coming back shortly. i would like to thank sfgtv, charles and jessie for their service behind the camera. madam clerk, today is erica chang, also, madam clerk, are there any other are there any announcements? there are no announcements today. there are no announcements, great. okay, let s call item number 2. item number 2, approve the minutes of the may 14, 2013 meeting. this is an action item. okay. is there any member of the public that would like to speak on this item? okay, seeing none, public comment is closed. ~ [gavel] all right, so moved. all right, so moved. madam clerk, will you please call item number 3? yes, i m sorry, t
item number 2, approve the minutes of the may 14, 2013 meeting. this is an action item. okay. is there any member of the public that would like to speak on this item? okay, seeing none, public comment is closed. ~ [gavel] all right, so moved. all right, so moved. madam clerk, will you please call item number 3? yes, i m sorry, the motion was passed without objection. item number iiictiontion state and federal legislation update. this is an information update, action item. and i think we have a presentation. excellent. good morning, chair and members. i ve got a brief report for you today. on the legislative matrix we have two new changes we d like to call to your attention and highlight. there are two other bills i d like to discuss briefly and a cap of where we stand vis-a-vis the state conference committee by virtue of some of the actions they took last night and as they get ready to wrap up the budget this week. as for the new positions, ab4 66 by assembly me
welcome to the regular meeting of the transportation finance authority. my name is malia cohen. to the left is commissioner katy tackvthv. joining us will be supervisor chiu. and to my right are commissioner scott and i think mark farrell is going to be coming back shortly. i would like to thank sfgtv, charles and jessie for their service behind the camera. madam clerk, today is erica chang, also, madam clerk, are there any other are there any announcements? there are no announcements today. there are no announcements, great. okay, let s call item number 2. item number 2, approve the minutes of the may 14, 2013 meeting. this is an action item. okay. is there any member of the public that would like to speak on this item? okay, seeing none, public comment is closed. ~ [gavel] all right, so moved. all right, so moved. madam clerk, will you please call item number 3? yes, i m sorry, the motion was passed without objection. item number iiictiontion state and fed
the consultant who brought us back up on line. what about the year before when we weren t moving? oh, when we weren t moving, we have regular maintenance for computer related items. we have them work on various updates and projects, software updates, use, bringing in new computers, just general maintenance of the computers. and, so, this service goes above and beyond the in-house folks that you already employ? the in-house folks aren t really computer maintenance and local area network type staff. [speaker not understood] deputy director for technology service. she s the one who takes care of the model, the model at the authority. she doesn t handle any of this type of stuff. that s why we consultant to best use her time. why don t we do it in-house? the need to have in-house staff to maintain this type of service would cost more to have them on the payroll full time versus contracting with them on an as-needed basis. okay. next one. next one is contract with