. >>> i met with supervisor hillary ronan to explain the budget acts that we made and how our system works. she was on the budget committee. i wanted to really bring the story to her that i didn't think some of the budget committee sort of understood what i was trying to get across. so i'm going to continue to bring the story to those that make our decisions on our behalf at city hall. i met with the head of d.e.m., mary ellen carroll, and one topic was our uniform members. there have been rumors flying around of them not being there, etc., and i explained to her the importance of having our uniformed members at the d.e.m., just like our members from fire prevention, who had field experience, it is extremely important for us to have members at dispatch who have worked in the field, who know what a rick operation is and how to handle it, who know wo what an mci is, and who know where all of our stations are and what all of our equipment is. so we'll have a further discussion with d.e.m. on that topic later this week. i met with sean buford again, not just labor management, and we're k