i wanted to thank holley long, [speaker not understood] jordan kline and the great staff you have as well. thank you so much for the healthy retail s.f. program. it really helped so many small businesses transform into healthier businesses and especially in lower income neighborhoods. and we've seen a tremendous demand. we really appreciate that program as well, so, thank you. >> thank you, supervisor. >> okay, thanks, mr. ruffo. up next we have our department of public works. [speaker not understood], thank you for being here and for sticking around. >> good morning, and thank you for having us present our budget. i'd like to first of all start by thanking the mayor's budget office, [speaker not understood], controller's office, and also harvey rose. for working with us to have a budget to present. we have a few slides. first slide talks about our mission, vision, and goals. and something new, core values for our organization. respect, integrity and responsiveness. [speaker not understood] of our budget, to align [speaker not understood] with our department three-year strategic goal

i didn't put it in my notes, but just to let you know, jordan kline who was spearheading this transition, has accepted an offeror has accepted a position over at the city of berkeley ~ in their economic development program. so, holley long will be taking over this project. last week the mayor met with small business leaders and commissioner dwight, i'll ask you to also chime in on this. the three key topics that the business leaders addressed the mayor, working on -- continuing to do more local hire -- more local purchasing at the procurement side from small businesses. and i do want you to note that actually the mayor has asked naomi kelly in the office of contract administration -- excuse me, not office of contract administration, office of contract management division. they're actually -- they've hired a consultant to do some analysis on ways to improve the 14-b local purchasing ordinance. so, the mayor is actively engaged in looking at what can be done to improve and increase our local businesses getting contracts. and then the other two item that were discussed were the minimum wage