micky calihan will be presenting. >> thank you supervisor, micky human resource department. i want to thank you for the opportunity to comment on this report and we appreciate the attention paid by the budget and legislation and the subject of recruitment and promotion in the fire department. all the tension that was mentioned, i don't think it was apart of the report. i want to introduce people. we have linda who is the city director and she's an expert in the subject of labor market availability. and we have john who is the head of the city and testing program. before he joined us in san francisco, he was in charge of all public safety testing in the city of new jersey, so he's an expert in that field. i want to thank jennifer johnston for attending and she can address issue that's you have about the civil service requirement and the services we operate our recruitment programs. we appreciate the attention paid to the important subjects, and it is very important that we do pay attention because we need to maintain a diverse work forcement what's not highlight in the report