Hello, good morning welcome to the seventh annual gaithersburg book festival. My name is gene taft khedama Committee Member the festival and the policy manager of Johns Hopkins university press. Please have you here but if i did make a couple of announcements here. Gaithersburg is a wonderful city that probably supports the arts and humanities will you please to bring the stay of this event thanks in part to generous support of our sponsors and volunteers. Our if you see our sponsors and volunteers please say thank you. Please silence all devices that might make any noise. If youre trading today pleasen use hashtag gpf really need your feedback. Surveys are available here and on our web site to give youan complete a survey you enter for a chance to win a 100 visa gift card. A quick word about buying books even though this is a free event it does help if you buy a book our friends at politics and prose are here on site and we appreciate your support. Our it supports our jobs and book fe
It makes a lot of sense for us to amplify that. I understand that. Im talking about books that sat in your house inboxes. H, your panel has given me hope. Thank you. [applause] a panel from the festival on the importance of libraries. Live from the book festival is a panel on libraries. My name is gene taft. I am a Committee Member and manager pleased to have you all here. We are a wonderful city that supports the arts and humanities and we are pleased to bring you this event. Please silence all devices that might make any noise. We need your feedback. Youve are intricate for a chance to win a gift card. Our friends are here on site to brave the weather and would appreciate your support. It supports or book festival. Hope you enjoy the festival and buy a book and come back and see us. If you are here or watching at home i really wish it didnt have the same connotation as ite does now. I remember my mother took my brother and i, we could barely walk and i ran off and the other direction
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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