and handle things and this has been a lot, with commissioner rodriguez, with christopher, with steven brantley. it's been a lot for our members and we keep carrying on and doing the job we need to do and i am so appreciative of all the people in this department. today, june 23rd, commissioners thank you for being there at the station 49 ribbon cutting ceremony. the chief rocked the house with her words, it was great. thank you. and thank you to the commissioners and our mayor and president of the board of supervisors walton for attending. since our last commission meeting, you know, a few things had been going on. we're in the process of hiring our next h2 class. i know the chief is working on the next class, as well as, whoops, sorry. there is a lot of work being done. in addition, my staff and i have been working on the budget. i would like to thank mark corso, olivia scandal -- scan lin for getting us where we are at. we will be back tomorrow for a final hearing. i feel pretty confident that we will keep much of what the mayor's budget also included in the budget. i know that we're also wor