Okay, thank you. Sorry mr. Rosenfield i can briefly describe these different pieces of legislation. Item number 10, theres a current administrative code allowance allows departments to establish prequalified pools of contractors to draw upon for different professional and General Services. The current duration on those pools is two years. Often times will take it upon six monthsi might even to create apple. So we proposed here were gritty city administrator in the city purchaser, is an allowance that apple could exist for four years provided there is a midcycle reopened to allow new bidders into the pole. We think an efficiency measure per contractors. We do a lot of this kind of conduct and work in office we think more broadly will help manage contracting work in the city. Item number 11, this is a state code requirements. Most counties use consultants to a complex sales tax among other things and requires the board of supervisors authorization to officially designate them as the cons
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Thank you mdm. Personal everybody welcome to the budget season. For this year i look forward to the next week of our deliberations. A few things i want to note before we start off here. In an effort to hear some of the Department Budgets with different ordinance they have attached to them, sometimes will be calling a few things out of order today. Were going to recess at 11 45 am for lunch and we can being approximately 1 30 pm to continue the hearing. Willie taking Public Comment on legislative items. However Public Comment for the budget itself is going to be heard on monday, june 20. Next monday followed by two more days of budget hearings potentially one more day of budget hearings on june 20 and potentially the 23rd. The of to complete our Budget Committee process next to hear this balance, and for a balanced budget to the board for our the liberation set the board on july 12 to there are a number of departments that do not have budget Analyst Reports. I want to spell out specific