Distinction or previous posts here and we appreciate your willingness to serve. Our goal is to enable the committee to consider your qualifications and to allow for deliberation by our members. She has provided substantive written questions. For thoughtful deliberation by our members. Shes provided substantive written questions answers to more than 90 questions presented by the committee and its members. Today, of course, members will be able to ask additional questions and to hear from ms. Elwood in this open session. Courtney comes in front of the committee with the distinguished legal career. After graduating Yale Law School in 1994, courtney clerkd for the u. S. District court of appeals for the Fourth Circuit after which she went to clerk for chief Justice William rehnquist of the Supreme Court sht she then took a job as the associate of kellogg, hub better, hanson in the same firm where she is now a partner. January, 2001, she left the firm to serve as associate counsel to the pr
Im tom fitzgerald. Our top story this morning a wet start to sunday june 5. Lets take a live look outside at radar. Up and down the east coast its wet out there and wont get much better. Millions of you along the east coast are in this pam of what could be some serious and severe storms. Wright over to caityln roth joining thus morning a busy day as you look at this its really everywhere. It s good morning toe both and to everyone else. We had overnight rain. Were expecting thunderstorms that could be severe later on today. Iming it Late Afternoon, evening, between 3 and 4. Its been unsettle aid couple days. We had overnight rain that pushed off the delaware coastline well out to sea during the overnight hours. Back behind it showers moving through West Virginia and we could have showers this morning. In fact chance for shower. The main line or main activity will be later today. Lets look at temperatures right now. Warm, sticky, yet again, 73 washington and 72 mannasas and 73 quanitco
Funded in the Mayors Office budget. And that is the request for additional staff that includes benefits and overtime. It doesnt include the overtime. It includes the three additional personnel and overtime and salaries and benefits. So can you give the break down and why this is a significant component to the department . Absolutely. Colleagues i know there are some challenges. You know im a former commissioner for the department and this particular Department Needs Additional Support and so i am hoping that this information thats provided to us would give you a clear understanding why we need to make changes to the Fire Departments budget in order to potentially include a request that could help in that regard. Its a very important department. Its not funded at appropriate levels, but i think we need to do something about that particular issue, and so i am hoping that we can get that information sooner than later. Absolutely. This afternoon. Okay. Thank you. Supervisor mar. Yes. Thank
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