mr. tony whitaker from the payroll -- from the tax office. >> i apologize. thank you for waiting. we were downstairs with the mayor and supervisor avalos. mr. president, i think you know that for afternoon we reached agreement on business agreements with president chiu and the mayor. that is with conclusion and input over these five many months from the members of the business community. it is only with the support of the business community that the mayor and the board president and supervisor avalos came to this agreement. i want to thank the commission for its longtime advocacy of ending -- ending the payroll tax. and your work in the last few months in particular as we have worked to develop these proposals. none of this would be possible without mr. davis's work and the controller's work. he can go into the rate patrik -- great package that we hope will be before the board of supervisors mar. a couple of key features for the business community, i know you have been following this. the consensus measure does preserve the $100 million for small business. you'll be exempt from the