authorizing the general manager of the public utilities commission to enter into an agreement with itron, inc., for meter reading and forecasting software maintenance, for a term of five and one-half years, from march 30, 2014, to september 30, 2019, in the amount of $171,000 pursuant to charter, section 9.118(b). >> okay. thank you very much. >> good morning, supervisors, ivy fine, and i am the contract manager at the san francisco public utility commission, and pu sue ant to the charter section, 9.118 b, they are requesting that the board of supervisors to approve this contract. and the software is used for reading large facility electronic meters remotely and reading them with hand hand devises and forecasting loads. and they have provided this software and maintenance to the sfpuc since 2004 and the services are unique and the vendor is a nature provider due to the software, the agreement is for 5.5 years and not-to-exceed the value is 171,000. >> and okay, thanks. >> so could you clarify there was a discussion earlier about not needing to move this item forward? could you talk to us abou