commissioner murphy: i would like to ask a question of tom huey, related to the budget. >> good morning, commissioners. my name is tom, from a fifth floor, over the counter services. i am starting next tuesday, and will be the acting deputy director for another service provision. do you feel you have the necessary staff -- commissioner murphy: the fill you have the necessary staff? >> first, i want to thank the commissioners for helping me get all the staff. i appreciate director day and pamela trying to help me get all those positions, because i was crying out loud for the last few months because of the amount of work coming up being substantial. i was disgusted on my next topic -- i will discuss that, next topic. commissioner murphy: and do you feel like you'll be able that fill those positions? >> personally, i believe we will have sufficient staff to perform the jobs right now. commissioner murphy: do you feel bad business is picking up in your division? >> yeah, that is why wanted to give you the update. commissioner murphy: ok. >> anybody have any questions? ok, thank you. commiss

the deputy director, tom huey. >> thank you. good morning, commsioners. at this stage i think we would hear from the appellant. can you restate the time frame again. >> the timeframe is seven minutes. if we have any questions, we can call on you may be on the rebuttal. you have seven minutes, please. can we hear from the appellate? please state your name for the record. >> good morning, commissioners. i am a member of the little house committee and advocate for good government and an appellate come along with mr. butler. this deal concerns a new contract for a final inspection on a project. when in fact no work had ever begun on the original permit expired for nine years. the new permit was issued without complying with the mandatory conditions imposed by the building code. we're here to oppose the failure to issue a determination on the back of code violations presented to her, and to request of building inspection commission to reimburse the statement of the permit. the errors made by the executive and regular staff members in issuing the permit were br

joe duffy, tom huey, niel free -- neil freeman. they've contributed so much to making changes that make it easy or easier for the stakeholders to do business. when i started, i had this notion that i would get things done quickly. little did i know that what i considered a six-month project would take six years and had been in the pipeline for, i believe -- one public speaker used to come in here early on when i was first commissioner, and he would say, "we started this conversation when i was 63. i am now 73." if you do that math, we are talking about 16, 17 years. now, i know for sure that the wheels turn slowly, but when they do, they grind. the commission secretaries' managed to buck that trend, and i would like to thank ann, now retired, and sony up for their tireless work and keeping the officially connected -- and sonya for their tireless work and keeping me connected. frank was here when i got here. he was just a wonderful commissioner, wonderful friend, and also reuben. reuben was my vice-president for a couple of years, a