item and item 7 overview of the test budget and process for fiscal year 2017-2018 and 18, 19. >> mr. corso>> good morning madam president march corso from the finance division just yesterday we were talking about the completion of last budget and now starting off for the next couple of years i want to give a brief overview of the higher level city information that should be released shortly i mentioned the overview of the process and 0 backward some of the challenges facing the city and specific citywide department instructions from the mayor's office go over timeline for the fire department and open for discussion and any questions as well. >> for the most part it is similar to last year's tatter for reductions in most cases in december the departments budget is due to the mayor and the controller's office in h the mayor combinations the submissions to process the budget that is due to the board june 1st or prior budget hearings in late june through july and contaminate moved forward in july late july or early august at the board with the continuation of growing budget cycle the city will