commissioner makras, here. commissioner meiberger [inaudible] all are present. >> let's rise and say the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you. could you please call the next item? >> [inaudible] >> thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, we'll go into closed session at this time. we will resume with our agenda at 2:30. thank you. before we go into closed session, we will take public comment. >> i'm so glad to be redirected . i and others have strongly objected to the board going into closed session to start your meetings forcing active city employees to wait several hours in the lobby to reconvene in open session. using benefited vocation time to be here. as far as i know no other board or commission starts their meetings by rudely going into closed session. this board appears to be the only commission doing so. fortunately i official

makras. >> [inaudible] turn it into a positive. maybe we can be presented with what our communication policy is across the board. i'm sure it is different for a letter that asks lots of questions versus, i want to retire or will you give me a status of my account i am thinking of retiring. we have a multitude of information that comes in including a phone call of where is your address so maybe the general manager could share what his communication policy is to his team and we can review that. that is a starting point. i'm sure staff members have guidelines on a response and goals and sure the investment team is different and have a personal interest knowing how people that want to do business with us and send in their material, how that is logged as a example if a person says i want to be a manager of yours and we are not putting a rfp. do we keep those letters and reach out and say you inquired about it and here is our rfp, please bid. there is a lot of good management we can put into communications. >> thank you. that is a positi

commissioner makras, here. commissioner meiberger [inaudible] all are present. >> let's rise and say the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you. could you please call the next item? >> [inaudible] >> thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, we'll go into closed session at this time. we will resume with our agenda at 2:30. thank you. before we go into closed session, we will take public comment. >> i'm so glad to be redirected . i and others have strongly objected to the board going into closed session to start your meetings forcing active city employees to wait several hours in the lobby to reconvene in open session. using benefited vocation time to be here. as far as i know no other board or commission starts their meetings by rudely going into closed session. this board appears to be the only commission doing so. fortunately i official

commissioner makras, here. commissioner meiberger [inaudible] all are present. >> let's rise and say the pledge of allegiance.