certainly if mr. corso has been tasked with something to do from my sooffice, from the mayor's office, we're not going to say -- i just want to let you know that we're committed to it, but i don't want to feel like we can't use that person on a special project for a defined period of time. >> commissioner veronese: chief, i totally get what you're saying. this is an all-hands administration. what i don't want to see is the one thing that we asked for in this budget was this grant writer, and if there are no grants out there or there's no job or work to be done on grants, i'm fine with using that person for other stuff, but as lopg as there's an open grant, as long as there's work to do on grants, i would hope that that person's job is 100% grants, and if there's other work to be done, they wouldn't be tapped for it. i don't like -- i mean, look. absolutes, that's one thing, but when i -- when i hear you say that it's possible that they're going to be used for something else, i would prefer that person not b

you will notice that mr corso is not here.on for a few days with his family in hawaii. but before he left we chatted about the budget. i do have great news for you that i will get to any moment. regarding the budget, as reported at the last meeting, we are working with the controller posten his office and the mayor pushed's office on the final closeout of the fiscal year budget. we finish the fiscal year without any issues that we are currently working on the carryforward of funds for projects and other expenditures that are in the process and will be completed in the 18, 19 fiscal year. it is anticipated that closeout and rollover of the funds for the department will be completed over the next few weeks. the good news, and i alluded to it yesterday, at a special meeting that we had, the department was awarded over $3 million in federal grant funds over the past few weeks for three separate grant projects. we are really grateful for these awards. i would like to acknowledge all members that participated in this under the direc

division for their efficiencies, and i would say in collaboration with mr. corso and mr. jesus mora who runs the statistics of peak periods and when we need the apparatus most on the streets, so it's working really well. page 21, the division of fire prevention and investigation also gives you a lot of information related to permit applications, inspections completed by type, fire complaints that come in. any time there is a complaint or concern from the citizens, it's noted, and then, an inspector will be sent out to take a look at the area that's being -- of concern to the caller. page 24 also highlights the types of complaints, how many are open and closed, and the work of the division of fire prevention and investigation. page 25 -- and this is relatively new. within the last year, 1.5 years, community outreach, we're able to do that much more readily because we have two inspectors dedicated to that work. we did have a retirement, and he was very passionate about the program, and that was inspector fernando juarez, but he's since been replaced, and he will be working