. >> ann acuoba with the department of mental health.good morning. >> chair cohen: it's for provisions, is that right? >> yes for adults and colder adults this is from a new r.f.p., however, the provider is a long-term provider and the contract is retroactive to july 1, 2018. and this -- we're requesting retroactive approval because the process for negotiating and awarding this contract was delayed, the r.f.p. process was more cumbersome than we expected. they did have a previous contract that expired december 31, 2017. but we had a short interim six-month contract so that the contractor -- supplier or uscf has not been paid during this period. i want to note that there's a minor change in the resolution and the resolution says that it's a five-year contract but it's actually a four-year contract. so you may want to amend that resolution. and then if you have any questions on the problematic aspects of the contract we have someone here that can answer questions about that. >> chair cohen: okay, where are they? it's always funny when peop