is responsibles that the board has seen in 23 actual evaluation it was due to salahi rews and contributions reduced are nest pension liability contributions from the employers and members and have net investment income positive net encome reduces the pension liability. and expenses are [inaudible]. part of this change. so, we -- the net pension liability does tends to be volatile this year grew from 6.6 billion dollars to 4. 4 billion dollars. it is volatile because of the there is no smoothing of the asset in this number. any investment income directly influences that to the extent our investments areville tile that swing around a bit. >> again this is [inaudible]. >> questions as from -- happy to answer questions issue later, too. >> motion to adopt the report. >> seconded. >> public comment >> do we have in person comment? moderator do we have callers on the line? >> there are no callers. >> thank you, public comment is closed. >> moved and seconded all in favor? aye. >> opposed? >> passes. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> move to the next item. >> item 10, discussion item board middle eas