. >> good evening, port commissioners, elaine forbes, [speaker not understood]. set the salary and working conditions for the current fiscal fy 2014 and 15. the port's executive director position is somewhat unusual in that it's not represented by a union agreement. an mou, nor is it covered by a labor contract as with department head of the [speaker not understood]. the charter grants this body exclusive authority to set the compensation of the port director and the charter also provide that the executive director's compensation will not exceed prevailing salaries paid to others who are in similar positionses in comparable maritime employment. in prior years we have provided you with a salary survey, port directors of major west ports. and entered as departments similar within the city and county of san francisco. we recommend consistent with past practices that the benefits and working conditions for our executive director be in accordance with the municipal executives association and the mou, memorandum of understanding. most city department head are represent