mr. hechanova. president hechanova: increased on -- >> i'm sorry. president hechanova: inquiries. >> you were here the last meeting. president hechanova: that is something that we're trying to discuss through. we haven't fully followed our completed our ability to make those evaluations. and we will in due time provide a response to those inquiries. >> due time. i'm used to stone walling, mr. hechanova. let me proceed here. i have three minutes. i probably only used up one here. there is a serious problem in the department. i know you people listening telling you how wonderful everything is. everything is peachy keen. believe me, folks, that's not the case. the biggest problem i see comes from her office direct eand -- directly. and one of the first inquiry is how many inquiries that ms. day signed? in lieu of any actual information, i would have to say that the director is not directing this department. she's putting nothing in writing. the department is being run on hearsay and innuendo. i consider this gross negligence. the director is just appar

hechanova: at the time it was rented out, would there have been, because of its commercial space, a need for at certain points potentially fire extinguishers? >> yeah. there's fire extinguishers in there. indeed -- and mr. fong can testify to this. when we had the city attorney come through with the task force, the fire department was there. it was the vermin -- what do they call it -- the woman with the -- you know, for the cockroaches and the rats -- what's that -- the city attorney was there, the fire department was there, alex fong was there, i was there. there was eight or 10 of us going through. the fire department did nothing. there are fire extinguishers in there. commissioner hechanova: isn't there a requirement to have on an annual basis to get the fire extinguishers checked? >> according to my information, the only compliance on -- and i'm not sure on commercial -- but on residential on three units and up the city is supposed to come through every three to five years and check that. unfortunately with cuts they don't do that anymore. in commercial i have no knowledge that they have to come through and make you comply with fire extinguishers, no. that's my understanding. >> this is not in our