. >> we have been waiting for you mr. corso. >> good morning madam president and commissioners and chief. mark corso finance and planning here to kickoff the city and departments for sure budget process for the upcoming fiscal 23-2 and 24-25. fiscal years. there was no documentation in your packets ahead of time this is an informational meeting. there will be the next few meetings get more in depth in the actual budget rather than instructions and over all fiscal picture. you will have information in advance any time if there are questions, happy to respond. maureen, the slide show? a brief list of items i wanted to review. a brief update on some of the figs cal ajs the city is doing as far as the budgetary outlook the next few years and how it feed in thes budget process and our instructions from the mayor's office. <.>ed to review time lines and a couple other notes and happy to answer questions. if there are questions or after the presentation happy to address sthoez in any way. >> as is the annual time line and practice. th

i want to thank you also, mr. corso for this review today. i appreciate it and since we talked, i was on the fact that so mum of the budget department on the general fund. and imagining what arguments are the most forceful for -- and holding back to our general know fund. approximate we said i guess the left commission meeting. we did more than prevent things from happening. we bench value. especially in city built space. so -- there may be an exodus of businesses and people from the city but that does in the decrease the work of the fire department. and in fact, i imagine, it makes it more difficult because blgdzs without people in them, spaces not inhabited have to be protect exclude it is more of an issue. i was thinking of that as may be a current to the argument you know -- few issue people here and in this city. your general fund allocation is function of taxes and the other you are, you know think about reducing your allocation. the work of the department is greater. this it is my uneducated argument that -- i present. but -- you know