good job, mr. corso. your presentation shows you know the subject, and nice, easy graphics. >> thank you. >> commissioner hardeman: could you go into the infrastructure figure? >> the infrastructure for i.t. for wiring, cabl for -- could you go into the infrastructure figure for i.t. and data? >> just being able to take advantage of the new technologies and what they offer, we'd have to have upgrades. and a lot of those stations are getting upgrades when they're rebuilt, but given the age of some of our stations, they need work. >> commissioner hardeman: that was my only question. thank you for that presentation. >> president nakajo: thank you very much for that presentation, director corso. in this capital budget presentation, you made some mention of station 5 and the training facility. how are those areas integrated within this capital budget? is there a reflection? >> so they are essentially funded completely out of the eser under abond and not part . the part that we get funded for this is the furnit

mr. corso to respond to my concerns and questions at the end of my comments. the issue i have concerns the source and timing of money to funding the 20 hose tenders that were recommended in the 2019 civil grand jury report. hose tenders are the specialized apparatus designed for pumping and transporting large volumes of water from any sort and are recognized worldwide for their ability to successfully move large amounts of water to a fire at high pressures and volumes of fire-fighting. the board of supervisors official response to the civil grand jury report that was sent to presiding judge wong state thad funding for the first five hose tenders are in the current budget and that the remaining 15 hose tenders will be dependent on appropriation actions in the future. it seems to me that we have to be ever mindful of how this bifurcation of funding is going to be implemented. my first question, did you get the full $5 million for the five hose tenders at $1 million apiece that is supposed to be i

good job, mr. corso.our presentation shows you know the subject, and nice, easy graphics. >> thank you. >> commissioner hardeman: could you go into the infrastructure figure? >> the infrastructure for i.t. for wiring, cabl for -- could you go into the infrastructure figure for i.t. and data? >> just being able to take advantage of the new technologies and what they offer, we'd have to have upgrades. and a lot of those stations are getting upgrades when they're rebuilt, but given the age of some of our stations, they need work. >> commissioner hardeman: that was my only question. thank you for that presentation. >> president nakajo: thank you very much for that presentation, director corso. in this capital budget presentation, you made some mention of station 5 and the training facility. how are those areas integrated within this capital budget? is there a reflection? >> so they are essentially funded completely out of the eser under abond and not part . the part that we get funded for this is the furnitur

mr. corsod to my concerns and questions at the end of my comments. the issue i have concerns the source and timing of money to funding the 20 hose tenders that were recommended in the 2019 civil grand jury report. hose tenders are the specialized apparatus designed for pumping and transporting large volumes of water from any sort and are recognized worldwide for their ability to successfully move large amounts of water to a fire at high pressures and volumes of fire-fighting. the board of supervisors official response to the civil grand jury report that was sent to presiding judge wong state thad funding for the first five hose tenders are in the current budget and that the remaining 15 hose tenders will be dependent on appropriation actions in the future. it seems to me that we have to be ever mindful of how this bifurcation of funding is going to be implemented. my first question, did you get the full $5 million for the five hose tenders at $1 million apiece that is supposed to be in the curr

these are the specifications, this is the drone we want -- it looks like mr. corso -- >> yes, sir. i'm going to have to refer to c.f.o. on that. >> absolutely. good morning, commissioners. 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 commod