i want to thank -- before i start -- david osman the act the director whose prepared this budget along with the help of the mayor's office as well as the budget analyst's office. and with his great leadership, i think we have before you a very strong and sound fiscal analysis and budget to carry us forward to next year. so, i've had a chance to review the budget and i find it a very strong statement about the ability of the department to deliver meaningful and efficient programs. these are just a few examples of the kind of program areas the department covers. what i'd like to do now is quickly walk through the budget details with you. i think when you look at this table what jumps out at you is it's a pretty flat budget transition for us. this current budget is about $17.2 million -- i'm sorry, it's $17.63 million and we're proposing 17.24 million, which is about a decrease of .7%. in other words, it's fairly flat. so, there's not a lot of change. if you look at the details of what has changed, it's pretty much any decreases have to do with grants ending and increases have to do with