. >> clerk: thank you, david pillpel, for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have anymore speakers? >> operator: mr. clerk, there are no further callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you very much. >> chair ronen: public comment is closed. mr. clerk, i would like to make a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair. >> clerk: on that motion to continue this ordinance to the call of the chair -- [roll call] >> chair ronen: thank you. can you please read item 6? >> clerk: yes. item 6 is a resolution authorizing the public utilities commission to purchase long duration energy storage from goal line battery energy storage system 1, l.l.c., by entering into the buyer liability pass through agreement, entering into the goal line storage project participation share agreement, and entering into the goal line storage coordinated operations agreement, all of which are agreemented between the california community power, cleanpowersf, and five community choice aggregators to enable the city and county of san francisco to purchase language duration energy storage to serve customers of

>> caller: david pillpel again. last time during this meeting. i am concerned about changes to contract authority. i think the mohammad nuru situation in the last couple of years showed very clearly the need for effective controls on city contracts. this would allow staff in various departments to amend and extend contracts without the normal approvals from this board and perhaps others under applicable code sections. i think a better solution is not to do this. but to hire and assign staff to o.c.a. and elsewhere, including the city attorney's office. perhaps c.m.d., including the use of prop-f retirees. i know there are several recent retirees in various departments or from various departments that could help here as well as knowledgeable staff in other departments that could be assigned to o.c.a. and elsewhere. i know that taryna and others have been working hard and over time considerably over the last two-years to make contract work happen. it is not fair to her and to them to have the existing situation continue. but i think that this propo

>> caller: david pillpel again. last time during this meeting. i am concerned about changes to contract authority. i think the mohammad nuru situation in the last couple of years showed very clearly the need for effective controls on city contracts. this would allow staff in various departments to amend and extend contracts without the normal approvals from this board and perhaps others under applicable code sections. i think a better solution is not to do this. but to hire and assign staff to o.c.a. and elsewhere, including the city attorney's office. perhaps c.m.d., including the use of prop-f retirees. i know there are several recent retirees in various departments or from various departments that could help here as well as knowledgeable staff in other departments that could be assigned to o.c.a. and elsewhere. i know that taryna and others have been working hard and over time considerably over the last two-years to make contract work happen. it is not fair to her and to them to have the existing situation continue. but i think that this propo

>> caller: david pillpel again. last time during this meeting. i am concerned about changes to contract authority. i think the mohammad nuru situation in the last couple of years showed very clearly the need for effective controls on city contracts. this would allow staff in various departments to amend and extend contracts without the normal approvals from this board and perhaps others under applicable code sections. i think a better solution is not to do this. but to hire and assign staff to o.c.a. and elsewhere, including the city attorney's office. perhaps c.m.d., including the use of prop-f retirees. i know there are several recent retirees in various departments or from various departments that could help here as well as knowledgeable staff in other departments that could be assigned to o.c.a. and elsewhere. i know that taryna and others have been working hard and over time considerably over the last two-years to make contract work happen. it is not fair to her and to them to have the existing situation continue. but i think that this propo

>> caller: david pillpel again. last time during this meeting. i am concerned about changes to contract authority. i think the mohammad nuru situation in the last couple of years showed very clearly the need for effective controls on city contracts. this would allow staff in various departments to amend and extend contracts without the normal approvals from this board and perhaps others under applicable code sections. i think a better solution is not to do this. but to hire and assign staff to o.c.a. and elsewhere, including the city attorney's office. perhaps c.m.d., including the use of prop-f retirees. i know there are several recent retirees in various departments or from various departments that could help here as well as knowledgeable staff in other departments that could be assigned to o.c.a. and elsewhere. i know that taryna and others have been working hard and over time considerably over the last two-years to make contract work happen. it is not fair to her and to them to have the existing situation continue. but i think that this propo

. >> clerk: thank you, david pillpel, for your comments. mr. atkins, do we have anymore speakers? >> operator: mr. clerk, there are no further callers in the queue. >> clerk: thank you very much. >> chair ronen: public comment is closed. mr. clerk, i would like to make a motion to continue this item to the call of the chair. >> clerk: on that motion to continue this ordinance to the call of the chair -- [roll call] >> chair ronen: thank you. can you please read item 6? >> clerk: yes. item 6 is a resolution authorizing the public utilities commission to purchase long duration energy storage from goal line battery energy storage system 1, l.l.c., by entering into the buyer liability pass through agreement, entering into the goal line storage project participation share agreement, and entering into the goal line storage coordinated operations agreement, all of which are agreemented between the california community power, cleanpowersf, and five community choice aggregators to enable the city and county of san francisco to purchase language duration energy storage to serve customers of

. >> caller: once again, david pillpell. so i wasn't entirely sure about what this item was about.epartments need some latitude to hire and that's fine, but i think they should have less latitude and not have inflated position counts and high attrition savings which just did i starts budgets and counts. i think it's good to define some of these terms including appropriate and expend the difference between budget basis and a.a.o. basis and how positions are controlled in the city. the -- i went back and looked at the current year, 21-22 final a.i.o. that shows $32,180.. i'm not sure that either one is correct, but clearly, they're using different definitions and 0 perhaps the a.s.o. doesn't have the offsetting attritions and both of those did i start the position counts. when the board writes up budget priority, i would definitely include having a more accurate position count as being an important goal for the budget this year. i think this was definitely an enlightening discussion you just had. you might also ask the controller to prepare a written summary of the various budget con