yeahu, chair finley, for the record, patrick ford, executive nine contains a proposed meeting schedule025. this is a routine process that the commission goes through of setting its meeting schedule for each calendar year. schedule that is in thiss agenda item would follow the commission's current schedule for calendary year 2024, which is to meet at 10 a.m. in this room. city hall, room 400 on the second friday. except january and february, we're proposing to the commission that those two meetings be held on other days in order to accommodate the budget process that's required by the board of supervisorssentially, before a department submits their prosed budget to the mayor's office, we haveg to hold two public meetings toe3 discuss the budget. and it's very board of supervisors . if we were to keep those second friday meetings first, we wouldn't have enough time from when we get the budget instructions to actually publish a budget proposal and be ready to discuss it by the second friday in january. and then in february, i think wenough time again to digest have that meeting and fru

thank you, chair finley, for the record, patrick ford, executive director. nine contains a proposed meeting schedule for calendar year 2025. this is a routine process that the commission goes through of setting its meeting schedule for each calendar year. and the schedule that is in this agenda item would follow the commission's current schedule for calendar year 2024, which is to meet at 10 a.m. in this room. city hall, room 400 on the second friday. except for january and february, we're proposing to the commission that those two meetings be held on other days in order to accommodate the budget process that's required by the board of supervisors. essentially, before a department submits their proposed budget to the mayor's office, we have to hold two public meetings to discuss the budget. and it's very difficult to follow the board of supervisors and mayor's budget timelines. if we were to keep those second friday meetings first, we wouldn't have enough time from when we get the budget instructions to actually publish a budget proposal and be ready to disc