Slamming the northeast this morning, bringing with it frigid forecasts for gusting winds, subzero windchills and blizzard conditions. The noreaster comes just as parts of the midwest and east coast restored power to tens of thousands of residents from the last storm. Boston specifically is under a snow emergency. As much as two feet of snow is forecast there. Steve kastenbaum is braving the bitter cold and snow in boston. When gus over 45 mi. Per hour. Visibility down to over a quarter of a mile. The storm has already made a mess of air travel causing more than 2000 Flight Cancellations and the region. Not to mention that the delays nationwide. The noreaster was only expected to make matters worse through friday especially in boston which could see a foot of snow. and already had 12 in. Of snow at Logan International airport. Thats only part of the problem here. This is a bitterly cold start when the wind starts blowing with us up to 35 mi. Per hour the real chill temperature is 25 deg
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
Mill caught fire. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman is in weed this afternoon and tell us people saw the fire and minutes later, it was moving on the town. Reporter residents here tell us the fire moved extremely fast. It moved according to one description a mile in 30 minutes going right through homes. Another person whose home [ inaudible ] told us a few moments ago these homes didnt just burn, they exploded, especially the ones that had propane attached to them. Three cal fire crew members who were fighting the fire even lost their own homes. Wayne freedman will join us with live reports coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00 and 6 00. Meanwhile, heavy smoke is rising ovel dorado county betwe sacramento and south lake tahoe. The fire has destroyed more than 11,000 acres and is only 5 contained. 500 structures remain threatened and two people have been hurt. The cause of the fire still being investigated. Crews have also been working around the clock to contain a fastmoving wildfire burnin
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