that's why we cannot --. >> i have been on ted yamasaki about our requisitions. we just got some approved by the mayor's office and i'm going to talk to him tomorrow -- hope he's listening -- and recommend we figure out what's holding things up in getting things through when they can see it on

. >> i have been on ted yamasaki about our requisitions. we just got some approved by the mayor's office and i'm going to talk to him tomorrow -- hope he's listening -- and recommend we figure out what's holding things up in getting things through when they can see it on their side. but i'll work with the director and we'll work with the director at human resources and nicki and ted and see. >> why don't we leave it to the president to see when we should ask dhr for an update and maybe sooner instead of later. i'll leave that up to your discretion. >> thank you, probably more sooner than later. okay, commissioners? >> i just second that. i remember this was a january decision but we knew a year and a half before that, that there was a strong possibility because it was a governor's initiative that they would come now in october and say, oh, put everything on hold seems a little -- their lack of planning or disingenuous. >> it's not on our radar. the director has been saying things are coming. it's not great but things are coming forward. dep

when we went through it and i kind of want to take this opportunity to thank ted yamasaki and his staff over there in human resources and also deputy director levin for support, and helping me through this process and getting -- giving me the road map i need, too, so we can make this presentation to you here today. and using their expertise and their opinions, we kind of came up with a formula on how to evaluate these. one of the things we did was we kind of broke it down to six points of each of these vendors and we asked these questions. question one, how did they demonstrate experience recruitment of similar positions or other higher level positions? evidence of recent successful requirements in the building inspection industry. you know, we asked that question in looking at their application. recruitment approach, how they approach. demonstration of challenges of recruitment in a political environment. and i know one of the commissioners had a question with regard to that there last week. so, firms experience and expertise in recruitment and schedule and cost obviously. and from tha

pam and the department which was sent then to the managing director, managing deputy director, ted yamasaki, at the department of human resources. he kind of went over that and made sure that it fit the correct language and that all the points were covered. i will say i believe pam did a great job putting it together and we came back with very little comments and i felt reassured it was good enough to give him the direction to send out, which he did. i asked him for an update and if you will bear with me, i will read what he sent to me. the request for infr malproposal drafted by pamela and finalized by dhr were sent out via email from brent lewis to the list of preapproved contractors on october 2, 2012. the deadline for submission is october 22, 2012. we asked replies be sent directly to me. to date i have received one proposal but my experience is many contractors will wait until the last minute to submit their proposal. given the published guidelines i am expecting a summary of cost be sent to president mccarthy. without having to draw it out, that is it in the elevator speech with wher