i had a report from dhr which was led by shawn sher born and it consisted of three different thing, he gave us a timetable as to the selection, he gave us the job announcement which is to be issued tomorrow on the 1st of september which will be a matter of public record when it's issued and then he described the battery management test that candidates will be -- some of the candidates will be asked to complete and there's also going to be a supplemental questionnaire and these were questioned with input from subject matter expert who happens to be our previous secretary linda avery which i think is a good person to have input on these matters. and in terms of the timetable, the job announcement is going to be posted for a period of 45 days from the 1st of september to march 15th, between march 18th and this is a projected calendar, and march 29, the dhr with the help of the subject matter expert will make what could be called the first cut will basically eliminate candidates they feel are not qualified and will continue on with candidates that they feel are qualified or may be qualifie

candidates and selecting among those that were brought before us at that meeting if i understand what dhr has put before us, so that being said, it probably isn't a bad date to think about thursday the 18th, not excluding another meeting in the future to just sort of give us the discretion to make decisions -- decisions we may need to have to make. >> i'm also happy to know the description is going out tomorrow, i think the question for me lies in, you know, are there criteria that the sub-committee has decided upon that help wid -- wit l it down to a shorter list, you subjecting between april 18 and the 24, you could wid l it down. i think that's what deserves a little more discussion, i'm happy to having that discussion closer to april when applications have come in and when linda avery made the first cut. >> can i respond? >> well, it wasn't exactly what i wanted to imply by the meeting that we're having with dhr, we're just basically going to be made privy of the decisions that were made by dhr in terms of their first cut, we're not making further cuts that day, that's why i was caref

with the dhr and one of the problems that we have had is that we have not filled the positions in omany years we did not have a good job descriptions and we did not have good specifications. but, we are the electrical inspectors and we are currently working on and the electrical inspectors is what we were having interviews today to establish a list and then we will go through to actually do some you know do the final selection process. so we are, everything takes a lot longer than i ever would have expected it to be. but as you all know when the department of human resources came in and explained the testing process many of us just closed over because it seems very complicated and very and hopefully, bullet-proof, but, so, the answer is, that we have a list, we don't, we have actually we don't have a list for housing inspectors that is what we are getting right now. we are working on getting through the electrical. we don't have a list but that is what we are working on getting a list. so we don't have to wait for the broad city classification testing like we had to with the clerks. wha

many of them were city workers who were rallied against what they say is a dhr proposal that would cut wages to thousands. police say the proposal does not affect new workers. >>> where to store large machinery needed for the subway, the municipal transit agency has agreed to a 2-year lease. the empty theater will be demolished and will be used to store 2 boring machines. they had initially agreed to store them at washington park of the the plan needs to be approved by sfmta's board. >>> passengers on board a carnival cruise ship are expected to reach dry hand just about half an hour from now. we're going to give you a live look nearing mobile alabama. people are lining up at the exit. it lost power at sea 4 days ago after an engine fire. here's a report about the dismal conditions for the thousands on board. >> this says it all. more than 4,000 people aboard the carnival trium are ready to get off this ship. >> and on shore, carnival has a small army of workers ready to make their arrival as smooth as possible. there was another set back thursday afternoon when the tow line to the tug

or someone to do the position-based testing, someone to do, you know, more work, so i have talked to dhr, and they would like us not to have a work order, but have it as the ability for us to use them if we need, but not have them balance their budget around assuming that we are going to pay that. which i think is a good idea. so that was one of the things that, you know, i mean, we are hoping that will be in a good position by the end of this year, but in the event that we aren't. then we need to have somebody working with us dedicated to us. >> >> so in terms of revenues, this is a chart that shows that we continue to see growth, especially from 2013, through what we are proposing in 13/14, the budget, we have been reporting for the current year, we are projecting a 12 percent increase in charges for service. as you know we are seeing a lot of activity and the acting director will go over the major projects later. what we are proposing is to keep to not increase the charges for service above what the projection is. so in other words, budget for next year, the same level that we are rig

not only was this dhr phased in but making sure it gets out of patience and the transformation is that it gets to the patient, the knowledge and the tools we provide for patients to take much stronger interest and much back -- much more active role in their own health. it has been wonderful. the kinds of feedback we get from our patients, we have more than 3/4 of our positions on live with us. they get a return to their messages they sent on line within a day. that is really transformative in terms of what people feel like in terms of support for their own health. as you know, most of health and health care outside the organization, even for us, this is the only thing that has made that possible. when you ask about the change, that has been an enormous change. we have a ways to go on the technology and standards so there is more we can do. >> if i can just jump in -- i agree. the challenge of this town is not the patient. we have a challenge here because we have lots of pressure to really deliver because we see the rand study or the poll that said 47% of consumers want to cut it spendi