my questions for the board and particularly commissioner stansbury what assurance are you looking for? i don't know they are going to put anything in writing. i might be wrong but certainly i believe we are negotiating today in good faith. they are prepared to approve the resources they feel we justified which is significantly different than last year. last year with the budget situation no investment positions that we asked for were approved. recognizing this year is different. there is not a restriction that other departments are required to lay folks off to reduce the general funding needs. you know, i think we tried to take advantage of this is going to be a good budget year for the city. i believe the conversations we are having will lead to us getting significantly resources we need to implement the asset strategy. i don't know the assurances or guarantee or writing or promises the board would expect for me to have two weeks from now because that is not part of really the normal budget process. >> yes, to answer your question. i don't think there is anything normal about the las

my questions for the board and particularly commissioner stansbury what assurance are you looking for? i don't know they are going to put anything in writing. i might be wrong but certainly i believe we are negotiating today in good faith. they are prepared to approve the resources they feel we justified which is significantly different than last year. last year with the budget situation no investment positions that we asked for were approved. recognizing this year is different. there is not a restriction that other departments are required to lay folks off to reduce the general funding needs. you know, i think we tried to take advantage of this is going to be a good budget year for the city. i believe the conversations we are having will lead to us getting significantly resources we need to implement the asset strategy. i don't know the assurances or guarantee or writing or promises the board would expect for me to have two weeks from now because that is not part of really the normal budget process. >> yes, to answer your question. i don't think there is anything normal about the las