ms. campbell. at that time, we'll open up for public comment on this item. seeing none, public comment is now closed. colleagues, can we take a motion to move forward item number 16 without objection. thank you very much, ms. gorum. mr. clerk, could you please call item number 17. >> clerk: item 17. 180416 resolution approving an original contract agreement for long-term mental health services in a 24-hour locked facility between the department of public health and crestwood behavioral health in the amount not to exceed $77,280,000 for a total contract term of july 1, 2018, through june 30, 2023. >> thank you. we have ms. ruggle. >> i'm here with the department of public health to present on this item. thank you. this is a new contract. we just did a solicitation. it's following the solicitation effective july 1st. this vendor, however, has been ongoing and currently contains dph clients. it says, along with the facilities that are emptyed by crestwood behavioral health are long-term care mental health facilities with varying licenses to meet the needs of ou

ms. campbell, budget legislative analyst report?udget for this contract. this is a five-year contract with five-year option to extend. the first budget is $39.1 million. the second term would be under the extension $39.9 million, the total amount would be $77.1 million. there is provisions in the contract for what they call lock box services, which is a process for collected mailed payments. this is going to be the taken over by the treasury tax collector office and not performed under the contract. we do recommend a reduction in the contract amount of $2.2 million, so the contract would be reduced from $77.2 million to 74.9 or almost $75 million as we state in the recommendation. we recommend the contract to approve the lower amount and otherwise we recommend to approve the contract. >> supervisor kim: thank you. i wanted to note to sfmta, i appreciate that the credit card online service has improved and it's without a fee. that's important to provide to the residents. what is a lock box service? >> the lock box, you pay for citati

ms. campbell. >> and just for the record, the amendments that ms. kelly just described are before every member of this body, and the clerk has a copy as well. you've summarized them accurately. >> thank you. >> we have a lot of campbells. we also do have a naomi campbell. >> johns and larrys. >> do committee members like to bring anyone up for questions or comments? >> i just want to say mr. mulligan is administering a hearing right now. so he's not here in the chambers. >> okay. thank you for informing us of that. at this time, we're going to begin public comment on this item. i do have a number of speaker cards before me. ly call on the first 10 cards. we have mr. tim paulson, now executive director of the building trades. >>> okay. i apologize. we had a lot of different requests. m supervisor safai would like mr. arsay to speak. >> i apologize for missing timing and things like that. i want to ask about city build and how it relates to things on the table. there's been a lot of question about city build and how it may play with this proposal. i kn

ms. thompson: i have not lived in that many places. we lived in alaska and kentucky, fort campbell.e lived on fort bliss. we went back and forth between el paso and alaska. it was mostly alaska. and texas, where i grew up. brian: what year did you go to work for "the new york times" and what was your assignment? ms. thompson: i went to "the new york times" -- i always have to count back. i was at "the baltimore sun" in 1992 to 1995, so i went to "the new york times" and it went to in latin america for "the new york times" in 2000. brian: how long were you there? ms. thompson: six years. i had been there for "the baltimore sun." altogether in latin america, i have spent 12 or 13 years. brian: where did you live? ms. thompson: mexico city. i lived in a neighborhood which is a west village of mexico city. it has become very hip. it has some of the coolest restaurants. there is a beautiful park called mexico park. brian: i looked up statistics on mexico and how it fits in the world. it is the 14th largest country in area. it has 31 states. what i am getting at is, what do you find ameri

ms. kirkpatrick. this is the team that guided this that started in the fall last year. i also need to recognize harvey rose and severin campbell who helped us whittle down the fat that we found in the mayor's budget and helping us find salary savings and additional moneys available. this is an impeccable team, thank you very much for being a part of this process. i hope, colleagues, you will join me in unanimously approving this budget. at this point i would like to make a motion. this is a motion to accept the mayor's proposed budget amendments. this is to amend item 15 and item 16 in the technical amendment letter. this letter was sent to us yesterday. from mayor breed. and also i ask that you approve items 15-29. this is the entirety of the budget. thank you. >> motion made by supervisor fewer, seconded by supervisor yee. >> president m. cohen: motion made by supervisor cohen. >> supervisor a. peskin: i'm sorry, my bad. i see supervisor fewer's up on the screen. >> supervisor s. fewer: after the vote of the amendment, the motion you made. i'm not speaking on your motion. >> supervisor a. peskin: okay, any of the other super