mark corso, finance and planning. due to it being a department of homeland security grant, we can't single source it out. as chief cochran had mentioned, we had thoroughly reviewed the specs to make sure we had everything we need, but we are turning it over today. it will be posted -- it's not like construction or r.f.p. vendors can sell drones with their model and their pricing, and can be rather -- pretty straightforward. we want to ensure in our specifications that the equipment that's being submitted meets our needs, and so that's why it's taken a little longer for a thorough review of the specs. >> commissioner veronese: once it's submitted -- do we anticipate purchasing a drone in the next few months? six months? a year? >> oh, yes. the next few months. it's a fairly straightforward. there's very minor contracting or anything like that that's required, so it's a pretty straightforward commodity purchase there. >> commissioner veronese: assuming they're a city vendor. >> correct. >> commissioner veronese: if they

hall, we see items here on the list that we can update, so we're working with the chief here and mark corso, we have some updates that we can identify, and we're going to put in the request. >> commissioner covington: okay. what you have outlined is a logical plan, okay? and i agree with the plan. so when the plan is put on paper in january, i suppose -- we have a plan to come for that. we have a plan in the budget that we're going to ask for. for the fleet update, we have a plan for the one that's going to expire in june. >> commissioner covington: okay. so it expires in june, and we're going to have one in place in april, may? so the push for new money, that's going to begin fairly soon, though. >> mm-hmm. yes. >> commissioner covington: okay. well thank you for that response. then, i had another question regarding the drone. >> excuse me? >> commissioner covington: the drone. so chief cochran. >> good morning again. >> good morning. good morning thank you for your progress on this. it's amazing to me that things take years. you know, the most needs in order for them to be met, it takes y