hear from the budget analyst, to make sure we have a grip on rescind as a city compared to other -- ripon where we stand as a city compared to other jurisdictions? supervisor campos: that is to the call of the chair. before that, i would like to open it up to public comment. if there is any member of the public would like to speak, please come up. thank you. >> hi. good afternoon, supervisors. my name is george wooding. i'm not a financial expert. i think more about what neighbors think. i will try to be brief. first, c.o.p.'s seem just like debt to me. i've heard everyone explain it. i have read about it. i have studied it. it seems like a big runaround to prop 13. that is the first thing. i think sentences go has to be more careful about -- i think san francisco has to be more careful c.o.p. pfunding. politicians need to become more responsible. c.o.p. money should be spent on capital improvements, not maintenance projects. due to the higher finance cost in the drain on the general fund, we should send a message about financing long-term programs. i want to speak briefly about how neigh

tony marcella was there with the ripon cutting to fuel the damage suffered by the dundalk fire departmentrom a late night fire from last year. >> reporter: sheeny chrome and fresh paint is nice, but it's what they do with the trucks that has the crews excited. >> it's rewarding when the people that are doing the work have some say in designing it and that's something we are proud of here in baltimore county. >> reporter: you heard right, firefighters emts and instructors of the training facility had an input of what equipment to get. eastview is designed for eastview and sparrows point sparrows point. >> we have a ladder tower that can gain access to some of the higher buildings in and hopefully mitigate an incident sooner. >> reporter: with some of the latest technology at firefighters fingertips, the 1.8 million dollars worth of equipment is worth every penny the county executive ken kamenetz. >> the money of dollars spent for the equipment is well worth it because we are going to use it to save life. >> reporter: the ambulance medic 106 and engine 6 are going to dundalk to heal an old