. >> abbie yant: can you hear me? first of all i just wanted to make a comment regarding the issue that was brought forward by the public. we were engaging in conversation starting about 24 hours ago and we had already planned to do an update at the june service board meeting to discuss both the statutory allowance for an increase in dependent care the federal level. it has not yet been picked up with the irs we are researching the details of what is allowable and we will be able to provide you with details for arecommendation at the june meeting . the second thing i wanted to just congratulate all of us on as our excellent vaccination rate. i spoke a few minutes ago as of this morning, i was on the city policy call. residents of all ages with almost 66 percent of our population has received first dose and just over 50 percent have received seconddose . it's a remarkable accomplishment and there is much continued work to be done but we are officially hearing now that we have a supply in excess and that's official. so

. >> abbie yant: can you hear me? of all i just wanted to make a comment regarding the issue that was brought forward by the public. we were engaging in conversation starting about 24 hours ago and we had already planned to do an update at the june service board meeting to discuss both the statutory allowance for an increase in dependent care the federal level. it has not yet been picked up with the irs we are researching the details of what is allowable and we will be able to provide you with details for arecommendation at the june meeting . the second thing i wanted to just congratulate all of us on as our excellent vaccination rate. i spoke a few minutes ago as of this morning, i was on the city policy call. residents of all ages with almost 66 percent of our population has received first dose and just over 50 percent have received seconddose . it's a remarkable accomplishment and there is much continued work to be done but we are officially hearing now that we have a supply in excess and that's official. so it's a

getting through -- from our members regarding some of these issues, and the continued work with abbie yant and our staff to maybe help resolve or action plans to help communication and organization in the future. we appreciate everyone's listening in. appreciate the level of concern for the plan. thank you very much. any other comments from plan? >> i'd like to say something. i'd like to thank united health care medical advantage. i had a really good experiences with their customer service recently. people answered the phone very promptly, and they were sort of like talking to a friend. i have to say they were very congenial and did the extra mile to answer your question and make other suggestions. so i just wanted to give that compliment to your customer service staff. i didn't get the name of the person, or maybe i did and might have forgotten it already, but the last two calls were excellent. thank you. >> any other comments or any other comments from health plan representatives? hearing none, we'll go ahead and open this up for public comment. >> do we need public comment on this item?

getting through -- from our members regarding some of these issues, and the continued work with abbie yant and our staff to maybe help resolve or action plans to help communication and organization in the future. we appreciate everyone's listening in. appreciate the level of concern for the plan. thank you very much. any other comments from plan? >> i'd like to say something. i'd like to thank united health care medical advantage. i had a really good experiences with their customer service recently. people answered the phone very promptly, and they were sort of like talking to a friend. i have to say they were very congenial and did the extra mile to answer your question and make other suggestions. so i just wanted to give that compliment to your customer service staff. i didn't get the name of the person, or maybe i did and might have forgotten it already, but the last two calls were excellent. thank you. >> any other comments or any other comments from health plan representatives? hearing none, we'll go ahead and open this up for public comment. >> do we need public comment on this item?