international association of fire chiefs the professional or career fire chief of the year, so kudos to joanne hayes-white. all right. madam clerk, would you read the next item. krerk clerk resolution 2018-03. resolution recommending that the board of supervisors authorize the san francisco fire department to accept a donation of a prove prop valued at $24,417 from j.n.j. roof prop for the department's training division. >>commissioner cleaveland: thank you. sl any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. madam clerk, would you read the resolution in the record? >> clerk: i believe chief sotto was going to come up and explain that. >> good morning. phil sotto, director of training. we're asking for you to> pass resolution for a donated rof top at 19th and fulton. this allows us to vary the types of roofs that we practice on. it could be ground level, we could adjust the pitch of the roof to different steepness, to, you know, get our firefighters used to different angles. and it's very helpful once we have all our fixed props at 19th and folsom and treasure island. our fire

report from chief of department joanne hayes-white on events within the department sense the fire commission meeting on june 27, 2018 including budget academy, special events, communications and outreach to other government agencies and public report from the administration, deputy chief janeane nicholson on administrative divisions and homeland security and training within the department and report from chief of operations, mark gonzalez, on overall field operations including greater alarm fires, emergency medical services, bureau of fire preemption and airport division. >> i'm aware on june 11th president cleaveland you asked to withhold on that meeting so that all of you can attend inauguration of the new mayor. i like to congratulate our new mayor on leading our city and continuing to get the great support from the mayor's office for the san francisco fire department. thank you for also making better priority and can' canceling the meeting. i appreciate that deputy chief acted as chief of department. it worked how pretty well. he did very good job. i really appreciate the support and the

also upfront, the fire chief joanne hayes white. thank you everyone.next up to speak, an individual who will always give it to you straight. the president of sci you local 87, representing custodial workers throughout san francisco and the secretary-treasurer of the san francisco labor council, olga miranda. >> i would be doing a disservice to my community if i did not start in spanish first. before the monolingual challenge, i would do it in english immediately afterwards. [speaking spanish] span-mac span-ma [applause] when this campaign started in 2013, it was one of the campaigns that kicked off after the 99%. before i go on, i want to be able to say that -- thank you to naomi kelly and pat milliken. -- mulligan. thank you for having the up year. i want to be able to say that these fights are done with coalitions and the hard work and to the contributions that everybody puts an. is not just the accolades of those directors, of the elected officers. it doesn't happen because it dawned on one of them. let's do the right thing. what i said in spanish,

we learned that san francisco fire chief joann hayes white is about to receive an award for fire chief of the year. the organization honors people for leadership, innovation and contribution to the community. she started her fire career 28 years ago. it cites the implementation of random alcohol and drug tests and efforts to improve diversity and inclusion within the department as some of the reasons behind the choice. chief hayes white will be honored at a ceremony in dallas. >> i remember when she was a firefighter at station 15 on ocean avenue there. all right. >>> coming up on mornings on 2 the 9. if is a movie made for middle school students but there is a catch. why many are being turned away even though critics say it is a must see. . >>> with more than 95% of teens having a smart phone or access to one, the online world is a touch away. michelle takes a look at a new movie that both children and parents can relate to. >> 8th grade is the worst. >> reporter: the pressures of being in middle school can be overwhelming. add social media, peer pressure and adolescent changes and th

. >> clerk: item five, chief of department's report, report from chief of department joanne hayes-whiteding budget, academy, special events, communications, and outreach to other government agencies and the public and report from administration, deputy chief jeanine nicholson, report on administrative division's fleet and facility status, including an update on the chief's residents, finances, support services, homeland security, and training within the department. >> good evening, chief. >> good evening, president cleaveland, members of the fire commission. this is the report since the last meeting, which was provided to you by deputy chief gonzales who was acting chief of department. related to the budget, we continue to finalize the close out of the 2018 budget and we are in the beginning or first quarter of our recently approved city budget, so things are looking good at this time. we are in the process of conducting interviews for some open civilian positions, and that would also include beginning the process for the grant writer position. and let's see...next item regarding academ