i'm joe salem i'm the fiscal manager for the department of environment.i will be give a brief presentation for the fiscal 2021-22 draft budget. couple of things before we get started. this is a draft budget. as such, we expect there will be changes between now and time we submit it to the mayor's office on february 22nd. we're not going to be reviewing the fiscal 2022-2023 budget in this presentation. it's impossible for us to know this far out what grant fundings will look like in that outline year. we don't feel that we can give an accurate assessment of that fiscal year at this time. the city is currently projecting $653 million deficit over the next two fiscal years. as a result, this deficit, the mayor's office is requiring all general fund department to reduce expenditures in 2022 and fiscal 2023 with an additional 2.5% reductions identified as a contingency each year if the economic outlook worsens. this means that the departments must reduce their general fund support by 15% over the next two fiscal years and identify an additional 5% potential re