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Health and dental benefits continued growth there. We are as i mentioned hopeful that through the good work of the Health Service system they will be able to negotiate more favorable rates with kaiser and with blue shield. And then our retirement cost continuing to grow through the next fiscal year to account for the loses that we experience in the pension fund during the last economic recession. This number, the 42 million im expecting based on the rates that retiree, retirement board just adop...

The speaker pro tempore the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. O lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. At the beginning of a new workweek we use this moment to be reminded of your presence and to adapt the resources need by the members of this peoples house to do their work as well as it can be done. May they be led by your spirit in the decisions they make and be mindful of the millions of ame...

Beautiful, rich, organic fertilizer that is sold and it is a coveted product. What goes in the trash . Not much, bags and wrappers, some departments are collecting clean plastic bags and taking them to the clearest participating Grocery Store or other retailers that are accepting plastic bags, if you dont have that program it should go in the trash. Dish ware, styrofoam and juice boxes and you will see it in a lot of forms if you see it in a block on the shovel and not in the fridge section it i...

Annualization of wage increase for everyone else. That third line is showing you what is happening over Labor Agreement and what are we projecting for planning purposes. In the first year we are not assuming any Cost Increases there and as i mentioned to you before, i think thats appropriate for planning purposes, but there is some risk. We dont know what will happen with our negotiations. The second section really highlights for you what is happening on our benefit cost. The first two related t...

Loses that we experience in the pension fund during the last economic recession. This number, the 42 million im expecting based on the rates that retiree, retirement board just adopted to be less by 11 million. So instead of a negative 4 million cost to the general fund, we learned last week that it will be closer to 31. All of these assumptions are detailed in much greater detail in the report itself. Other departmental cost citywide. The projection in front of you assumes that Capital Equipmen...

Then our retirement cost continuing to grow through the next fiscal year to account for the loses that we experience in the pension fund during the last economic recession. This number, the 42 million im expecting based on the rates that retiree, retirement board just adopted to be less by 11 million. So instead of a negative 4 million cost to the general fund, we learned last week that it will be closer to 31. All of these assumptions are detailed in much greater detail in the report itself. Ot...

Happening over Labor Agreement and what are we projecting for planning purposes. In the first year we are not assuming any Cost Increases there and as i mentioned to you before, i think thats appropriate for planning purposes, but there is some risk. We dont know what will happen with our negotiations. The second section really highlights for you what is happening on our benefit cost. The first two related to health and dental benefits continued growth there. We are as i mentioned hopeful that t...

Colleagues you will remember that we met our two newest colleagues, josefowitz and wan. And i remember when i was new to the commission and wanting to get to know everybody quickly and wanting the folks to get to know me and not having that chance last time, this was just a brief item just to meet our newest commissioners and when we have our retreat we will learn more about each other. But if we could just learn quickly a little bit about josefowitz, and welcome to the commission. And then comm...

Health authorities have been asking everyone arriving in japan whether theyve visited affected countries in west africa in the past three weeks. Thats the incubation period of ebola. Authorities have designated 45 medical institutions to be prepared to deal with ebola. Staff will wear hazmat suits to prevent the virus from spreading. Un secretary general has expressed concern about the treatment of medical workers returning from other countries. He believes that these restrictions have particula...

Center for Global Health and Health Authorities have been asking everyone arriving in japan whether theyve visited affected countries in west africa in the past three weeks. Thats the incubation period of ebola. Authorities have designated 45 medical institutions to be prepared to deal with ebola. Staff will wear hazmat suits to prevent the virus from spreading. Un secretary general has expressed concern about the treatment of medical workers returning from other countries. He believes that thes...