wholeheartedly our appreciation for all of the hard work and dedication to commissioner michael hardeman who served as commissioner of the city for so long in terms of earnest endeavours and really being a true fan in lower oakland. i also want to remark my appreciation to the commissioner for joseph for his contribution within the department as well. at some point, perhaps in february with the officers, whoever the president is within this commission, perhaps we can entertain a certificate of appreciation to commissioner hardeman if they are able to join us in the february meeting. that would be something that i think would really be a wonderful gesture in terms of our appreciation for their service. at this point, did i call for public comment? >> not yet. >> i'm calling for public comments. please approach the podium. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> item seven, fire commission election of officers. discussion of possible action, nomination and election of commission president. >> thank you very much. at this particular point, it is the time for a motion in terms of the next

former commissioner hardeman has sent his regrets regarding his ability to attend today. we will move to the next item. >> item 5 [agenda item read] >> thank you. any public comment on this item. seeing none, public comment is closed. we will now have a presentation. >> good morning commissioners. assistant fire marshal rich brown, chief. i'm here today to present and discuss our proposed fire department 2019 administrative bulletins. in your packet you received an executive summary. i would like to read couple of paragraphs into the record for that to get started. i presented this item three years ago as well. every three years, international code counsel updates their codes. california and san francisco codes follow the same cycle. this is also the time to review and update our bureau of fire prevention administrative bulletin. we call them abs for short. this new code cycle, reflect 2019 year and in their titles. this year, five new additional administrative bulletins were added. the fire department is authorized to issue administrative bulletins that establish or clar

wholeheartedly our appreciation for all of the hard work and dedication to commissioner michael hardemans commissioner of the city for so long in terms of earnest endeavours and really being a true fan in lower oakland. i also want to remark my appreciation to the commissioner for joseph for his contribution within the department as well. at some point, perhaps in february with the officers, whoever the president is within this commission, perhaps we can entertain a certificate of appreciation to commissioner hardeman if they are able to join us in the february meeting. that would be something that i think would really be a wonderful gesture in terms of our appreciation for their service. at this point, did i call for public comment? >> not yet. >> i'm calling for public comments. please approach the podium. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> item seven, fire commission election of officers. discussion of possible action, nomination and election of commission president. >> thank you very much. at this particular point, it is the time for a motion in terms of the next president of