candidates for this very important office within a time frame which is somewhat aggressive, as miss calhlahanas told us, but very important for us to continue to move along because of all the important things, even some of which you heard this afternoon are in progress. this department cannot suddenly stop and wait until we are able to find a suitable candidate, and i know that all of our executive staff has been working very hard in order to maintain our momentum. as the mayor herself as noted, this is an enormously important department for this city for which we must find the best talent possible. miss callahan's department has assisted several other commissions including the police commission, the park and rec commission, and the library commission, which i understand is continuing right now. and your officers have been working hard with mr. wagner and our staff here to come and recommend to you a proposed schedule in which we would then try to identify and have three candidates for our mayor to consider within the next several months. that schedule is before you, and miss callahan has kin