i think you might draw or the expertise of ed harrington who oversaw many of those things, to see what he might have to add to give a broader patrio -- picturf options to providing resources for the ethnics commission. whether it's addendum fee or all lobbying expenses as a premium. we have to monitor and confirm on those and rest of those things. we now have been unable to afford the annual audit of any lobby. that's one example. thank you. >> chair ambrose: thank you for that director pelham. we're going to tune into the government audit committee hearing. interested to hear what they have to say. certainly encourage what the other commissioners as part of one of the items that comes up there is the question about funding for training and staffing and you can certainly convey that the commission continues to endorse additional support for ethics at work and our ability to do lobbyist, audits and etcetera. we will work internally and certainly working with the board to identify regular source of funding for what you're calling the city public integrity fund. regarding the two items th

then, you know, we had a general manager, ed harrington, open a contractor assistance center to really work with local contractors to talk about opportunities to plug into these opportunities. and the other challenge that we had is that we knew that there would be a lot of jobs. a lot of union jobs. we created the biggest in the nation. i think it's one of the motto. it created over 27,000 jobs. we've invested $1.4 million a year to city build to train local people to get into these jobs. and then in 2011, we asked our consultant partners to join us in this effort and we launched the social impact partnership program. many of these firms who -- that are participating do this type of work globally. and, you know, what we've asked them to do is really look at focusing on the neighborhoods that are impacted and see how they can assist in doing that. and some of the programs very special to me -- actually, every time i hear what the firms are put as part of their proposal is just amazing. the one is that they have the city works -- i'll use that as an example -- is an intern program. inste

it's strange referring to him as commissioner harrington. he's just ed.i recall several successful commission retreats in the past on-site and off-site, and also workshops more recently regarding various aspects of ssip, power enterprise, water projects, other things, so there's certainly precedent for having commissioner workshops in various fashions, and i'm sure the way it's structured can be handled, and i look forward to them. i think that should be very enlightening and productive for everyone. thanks. >> operator: thanks for your comments. madam secretary, there are no more caller in the queue. >> clerk: thank you. that closes public comment on item number 15. you're on mute, madam president. >> president maxwell: next item, please. >> clerk: the next item is consent calendar. you only have one item on your consent calendar today, approve amend number three to contract number ww-647-r. members of the public who wish to make two minutes of public comment on item 16, dial 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 146-273-7257, pound, pound, to raise your hand to sp

it's strange referring to him as commissioner harrington. he's just ed.i recall several successful commission retreats in the past on-site and off-site, and also workshops more recently regarding various aspects of ssip, power enterprise, water projects, other things, so there's certainly precedent for having commissioner workshops in various fashions, and i'm sure the way it's structured can be handled, and i look forward to them. i think that should be very enlightening and productive for everyone. thanks. >> operator: thanks for your comments. madam secretary, there are no more caller in the queue. >> clerk: thank you. that closes public comment on item number 15. you're on mute, madam president. >> president maxwell: next item, please. >> clerk: the next item is consent calendar. you only have one item on your consent calendar today, approve amend number three to contract number ww-647-r. members of the public who wish to make two minutes of public comment on item 16, dial 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 146-273-7257, pound, pound, to raise your hand to sp

it's strange referring to him as commissioner harrington. he's just ed.i recall several successful commission retreats in the past on-site and off-site, and also workshops more recently regarding various aspects of ssip, power enterprise, water projects, other things, so there's certainly precedent for having commissioner workshops in various fashions, and i'm sure the way it's structured can be handled, and i look forward to them. i think that should be very enlightening and productive for everyone. thanks. >> operator: thanks for your comments. madam secretary, there are no more caller in the queue. >> clerk: thank you. that closes public comment on item number 15. you're on mute, madam president. >> president maxwell: next item, please. >> clerk: the next item is consent calendar. you only have one item on your consent calendar today, approve amend number three to contract number ww-647-r. members of the public who wish to make two minutes of public comment on item 16, dial 415-655-0001, meeting i.d. 146-273-7257, pound, pound, to raise your hand to sp