under the state law, these services are beesupplemental. not to replace existing services. additionally, the city cannot reduce existing services because of a special district. those are very clear. so, if anyone shows a correlation between city jobs and services being cut because of that, that is a problem. >> is that a requirement that the service not be cut in the area of the bid or for the entire city? >> you cannot cut services if a bid is in place. if you were to cut services city-wide ended did not have to do with the services provided, that is a different story. of course, you have the right to make budget cuts in any given year. but those services are supplemental, above and beyond what the city provides. if you look at the nature of the proposed services, they have nothing to do with the city. the majority of those services proposed are not provided by any department. when you look at cleaning, that is probably the one with it the most similarities. they have to get the schedule of the vw services before they propose cleaning services. they cannot replace existing