Budget to as proposed. Yes. And just to add cca perhaps is winding down but another thing that lafco can decide to do that means the budget is based on those assignment that lafco is working on the projects could you know be the higher budget or the same level of funding maybe needed to depending on the direction our commission gifdz lafco gives itself. Through the chair if i can make one point clear well include billable hours with the clerk its the expectation that the choofa will remain fulltime and he will indicate which hours hes spending cca and i understand where youre coming from. Well, i think i get that i know well continue down that path im expressing in the future based upon the amount of workload for this position things may change thank you, thank you commissioner crews i had a followup question supervisor breeds as a fulltime executive director through this budget process i see sort of Going Forward this is something ill put on the radar i make sure we have assignments a
The presiding officer the senator from new york. Mr. Schumer i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that as if in legislative session the senate proceed to the consideration of s. 1774, a bill it to reauthorize the undetectable firearms act of 1988 for one year introduced earlier today, that the bill be read three times and passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action. The presiding officer is there objection . Mr. Sessions mr. President , reserving the right to object, this is not a good day to move forward with this legislation. Wed be glad to give it serious attention. I know its the kind of thing we probably can clear at some point, but i would object. The presiding officer the objection is heard. Mr. Schumer mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from new york. Mr. Schumer i appreciate my friend from alabama, my gym mate an
Well, in terms of thompson, we acquired it the end of fis car year 2012 during the shortage of high security beds. Were presently 52 above our rated capacity. I think the way we describe thompson is weve gotten twice the prison at half the price. And we have an appropriation of 44 million to begin the activation of thompson. Thats reflected in the spend plan. The 4 million is retained in fiscal year 2015 for activation costs. And i think what were looking at is a slow rampup of thompson. We hope to hire a warden, i think, in may, that is the plan. Followed by the hiring manager of Food Services and medical staff. Ultimately hiring up to 290 staff and to begin bringing in the first inmates in the july august time frame. We think that was a very good expenditure, a good acquisition where we got a facility thats going to help us with those high security needs that we have, and do it in a costeffective way. Were you a boy scout . Yeah. Do you take your boy without pledge that you will make
And, for example, installing the 8 megawatts of rooftop solar on city facilities as well as the grants that have been provided for private solar on rooftops. But the system is aging and needs a great deal of improvement. Take a moment and think about our mountain title as an example, its been in Continuous Operation for over 80 years with very minimal improvements. And, so, you will hear from us as our commission has been deliberating over the last several months, that our Capital Needs have increased significantly. We run a system that is in large part 50 to 100 years old. And many of those assets have had little to no refurbishment because they were built to last that long, and thats a testament i think some of the [speaker not understood] soundness of the men and women in San Francisco and those that came before us. The Central Capital improvements mean that our capital plan and our required spending is going up over 500 million alone and closer to now be a total of 883 million of e
The congress and the American People are making sure that we maintain our lead role in innovation. Todays budget, and this isnt a constrained environment, but we also have to continue to think of new ways to provide health care and research. Captain james lovell and chicago is the first of its kind for the partnership between the active military this was a rough marriage to bring together a manner of just blocks the great lakes hospital and the va hospital are destined to be closed. Its open and they merge together. The battles that we have fought between different cultures and active military versus the different unions, the different Computer Systems, i want to know if we have learned anything from that. During the course of this hearing. The Integrative Health record is long overdue and long overbudget. It is time for some questions to be asked about whether progress is being made. Finally the Budget Proposal is consolidating tricare as well as additional fees and copays especially