>> thank you, madam chair, members of the commission, angela calvillo, interim officer. wanted to provide just a brief introduction to what i've done with the lafco's budget without permission from lafco, but i think it's a good thing. essentially because the budget process for lafco is not on the same timeline as the budget process for the board of supervisors and the city in general, what used to happen is the executive officer would provide me a ballpark figure from lafco that wouldn't be confirmed by lafco until june, so while we are, a city department, submitting our budgets to the mayor and controller as of yesterday, february -- yeah, thank you, 22nd, i asked the budget committee, and the committee has provided me permission to put in the statutory amount that lafco is entitled to, which is $297,342. so by the time lafco does determine its needs and actually comes up with a figure, if it's lower than that amount, then, we'll just adjust the department's budget by that amount. this will make things a little easier for us in our conversations with the mayor's and th

. >> i believe we have a message from angela calvillo, interim chair officer. >> thank you. i wanted to introduce item three. for the first few months lafco meetings were on an as-needed basis. now lafco is suggesting that we set the next couple of meetings, particular, march 16, 2018; april 20th, may 18, june 15th, july 20th, september 21, october 19, and november 16, we have the room space available for the lafco, and this will also assist us in aligning our meetings with the regular board meetings. >> thank you very much. colleagues, any comments? seeing none, let's open this up for public comment. are there any members of the public who would like to comment on item number three? seeing no public speakers, public comment is now closed. colleagues, can we have a motion to approve the regular meeting schedule for 2018? >> great. moved by commissioner ropenen, seconded by commissioner pollock, the item is proved. madam clerk, can you please call item four. >> item four is nominating two members to the board, ending. >> i understand we have not received any applications for

. >> we have angela calvillo, clerk of the board, to present. welcome. >> good morning, chair cohen. members of the committee, i am -- it is my privilege to represent the hard-working staff in the office of the clerk of the board. we have created this information for you. in december, i present add snapshot of the department's budgets and asked the come provide its budget instruction and guidance in order for us to prepare the department's fiscal year 2018-19 and fiscal year 2019-2020 budgets. today i'm friending them for your consideration so i may sub mitt the proposed budget to the mayor and controller for the next phase of the budget review. in june, i will return before this committee for your final approval and consideration of any changes for the department's budget. should any change0's cur between now and then. before proceeding, i wish for the committee to know of our gratitude for the resources prieveyously granted through this committee and board of supervisors. those resources have enabled each division in the department of the boar