because there is a scheduling conflict, i would like to call the department of human resources, micki kaleka arron, first. she does have a conflict of schedule, so i would like to call on her first. >> thank you, chairman chi-- chairman chu . i am the head of the department of human resources. i read like to start by thanking the mayor's office and the budget analyst for assisting us in reaching one i'm happy to say is an agreement on our budgets with the budget analyst. in the materials that you have in front of you, we have made a technical adjustment. there was an error in our original submission, which reflected an increase of 3.71 positions. in fact, we only have an increase of 0.71 positions. fob and handling -- it will be a handling of transactions for the workers' comp. i will follow your instructions to be brief. we are happy to answer any questions. there are three major areas that you will see changes. koppers, a labor and negotiations project at employee -- first, a labor and negotiations project at employee relations. it required as to increase our expenditures on attorneys, arbitrati