. >> president nakajo: thank you very much, commissioner alioto veronese. commission vice president covington? >> commissioner covington: thank you, mr. president. thank you very much, and thank you, commissioner veronese for, you know, going through a lot of the questions that i was going to pose. so no, nothing to be sorry about. so the 4% to 5% increase in fees next fiscal year. >> correct. >> commissioner covington: that will begin july 1? >> it would usually begin september 1 given that the fact that the budget isn't actually approved, and there is a 30-day wait for any fees to go into effect after the budget is approved. fees would be effective 30-days after that. >> commissioner covington: okay. so on the one hand, we're increasing fees, and on the other hand, we're eliminating fees. >> i would say the department is not eliminating. >> commissioner covington: no, well -- [laughter]. >> commissioner covington: the department won't be collecting those fees. >> correct. >> commissioner covington: so that's -- that's a bit troubling because it's not goin

. >> president nakajo: thank you very much for the update. i will entertain questions or comments from the commission at this particular time. commissioner alioto veronese. >> commissioner veronese: mr. coresew, who is -- somebody on behalf of the department advocating for the department in this process? >> we will be involved with the selection process. that has not been -- review of the proposals, and selection process. for what, if there are deemed responsive proposals, we will have a seat at reviewing and collecting a proposal. >> this is not department property, this is city property? >> correct. >> commissioner veronese: ok. because i en moo, i think that there's -- there would be a reason to advocate for housing for firefighters and i'm wondering if that had become a part of any of these discussions. >> i don't believe -- i think the intent along with the mayor lee at the time's priority was affordable housing. >> commissioner veronese: firefighters can live in affordable housing, can't they? >> i would assume so, yes. but i don't beli

>> president nakajo: thank you very much. we'll entertain questions. for public comment at this particular time. public comment is closed. commissioner cleaveland. >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you for your presentation, fantastic presentation and organization you are going a lot. what makes the training done through you, through the fire service women unique, what makes your training unique? >> it's a good question. we get trained from the sffd as well. but i just think there's a lot of times you want supplemental training and the ways that we do it, it's -- it's all women, so it -- you can feel a little more comfortable to ask questions that you might not in a whole big group. it gives us extra training. we are always trying to be the best and when you are a minority you are looked at more to see if you can do the job and through the years that happens, and so we are trying to keep our level as high as we can be, and so we, the trainings that we give, they come from our members. hey, what do you guys want to do? we want to do more forcible entry,

>> thank you, president nakajo. thank you to director corso. i would say that it might be helpful, because like commissioner hardeman finds charts helpful to track over a period of 10 years, the percentage of reimbursements that we get to see. if that's changed or if it remained relatively steady. i think it's been fairly steady. it's a huge loss, i agree with you. i know time after time that has been brought up during the budget process. i just wanted to make clear that what we're tracking is not an exact science. again, non identifiable address does not always equate to a hopeless person. sometimes if there's a bicyclist that's down that is not with someone, we may not obtain that information. i just want to make sure when we do the comparison we're mindful of that. i'd also like you to provide, for me as well as the commission, the large urban jurisdiction collection rates, if you will. it's a huge number that we're not capturing or losing out on. just to provide some historical data would be helpful i think for

chief hayes-white. >> thank you, president nakajo. thank you to director corso. i would say that it might be helpful, because like commissioner hardeman finds charts helpful to track over a period of 10 years, the percentage of reimbursts

welcome chief nickolson. >> good evening, president nakajo, commissioners. deputy chief administration jeannine nickolson. my report from the administrative side, with the physicians office. the physician's office has been busy conducting physicals for the members of the new class. they conducted 23 in december and many more in january. they also conducted eight promotional and permanent physicals in multiple ranks and 29 returned to work evals. our investigative services bureau does have a newcap tin. captain neil cavalini. he is a 14-year veteran. his father retired from the fire department a few years back. i'm not sure quite when. he is a great addition. he has a lot of wonderful fields experience and so he is getting the opportunity to see a different side of the department. having said that, 72 drug and alcohol tests were all negative and he assisted with completing several background investigations in order to add alternates to this academy list. the assignment office. the 123rd class is just about to complete their probation in february. and so we wi

chief hayes-white. >> thank you, president nakajo. thank you to director corso. would say that it might be