valerie tucker, who was here recognized for her really exalismary ems call. [applause] and dorian lock or call him d lock, dispatcher of the year. [applause] being a 911 dispatcher is not easy and that's a understatement. their days are filled with challenges and the emotional stress of the crisis they respond to, yet this team and i have been with the city doing emergency work for my whole career over 20years, i have never met a more dedicated group of people in my life. these are people that go above and beyond every single day, and i am just so thrilled to be able to give them the tools that they need, a more-a beautiful work space to work, and absolutely more comfort and as the mayor said, spaces for they can go when they get that call that is so impactful that really any one of us would send us on leave for probably several months and they take 5 minutes, maybe 15 and are back on the phone. so, i also-saying that, it is a very reward ing career and they wouldn't be here if they didn't love it, so guess what? we are hiring. the base salary for a 911 dispa