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And then just a followup question to the department, with regards to the contracts for the tech that. Is really the largest component on an ongoing basis that we see so far without seeing the staffing that follows afterwardsment im just wondering did these go through the process of coit . Was that reviewed by that group of individuals . The initial procurement for xtech and manitron gm software went through the Technology Store and was approved by coit. This additional change is currently moving...

Thank you very much for taking up these items. And i did want to, before i get into this presentation, thank the mayor and particularly the mayors Budget Office and controller and his economic team, as well as the City Attorneys office. President chiu, supervisor farrell and supervisor avalos. I would like to give a brief overviewhoun it changes things fort taxpayer and how the office of treasurer Tax Collector interacted with the public. The ordinance was passed on november 6th. And it does not...

Appropriating 1,566,145 from the general Fund Reserves so to the San Francisco department of treasurer Tax Collector for gross receipts tax implementation planing for fy20122013. These two item goes hand in hand. So we have, i believe greg cotto from the treasurer Tax Collector to present on these two items. Good afternoon, supervisors. Thank you very much for taking up these items. And i did want to, before i get into this presentation, thank the mayor and particularly the mayors Budget Office ...

Includes 9 million over six years between the treasurer Tax Collector and mani tron manitron and contract of 21 xtech, that would be for 3 million over a fiveyear period, which is anticipated. And again, if you look at this request, as you know, you are only getting approximately a 6month request. If you look at it on an annualized basis the salary cost of some 400,000 would actually be over 800,000. We point out on page 7 of or report, that file 121197, amending the citys annual salary ordinanc...

We looked within our organization and what would be the right, appropriate level, given the reporting structures within our organization. We did not look at necessarily other classifications. We only looks at mea09 series and what was comparable within that. Im wondering if the Mayors Office might be able to address that a bit . Were there other classifications reviewed rather than just the structure within the treasurer Tax Collector . It could very well be this is right classification. I just ...

GM's head of manufacturing is retiring and a former Tesla executive will replace him. GM's star software leader is leaving due to health reasons.