city administrator chu, general manager herrera, jay liao, refuse rate administrator with the comptroller's office. this is our fifth rate board hearing for this rate setting cycle. i want to thank the board for their time, attention and thoughtfulness throughout this process, and i want to thank dpw , the department of environment and recology for the work they've done throughout this process as well. i think we've come a long way in a short amount of time and no small part to their risk, defensiveness and engagement. we have two items here. during the last hearing we had technical difficulties that prevented some members of the public from addressing their prop f comments and objections. so we will revisit that item and give them that opportunity. and then the last item would be the refuse rate order. we'll give a short presentation summarizing the rate order with an updated sequa exemption for the board's consideration today. so as a quick recap, so proposition f allows anyone affected by the rates or proposed rates to file a written objection to the refuse rates. administrator order. th