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Protocol behind this and the reasoning and i have to add again i understand the passage of exchange of a lot of cash but we ask the Small Business owners to do this everyday without guns in the stores and et cetera and i think the city should do as well. Supervisor campos. Thank you madam president. And i want to thank supervisor avalos and supervisor kim for their questions and i have two sets of issues about this contract and let me begin by first addressing the ethics question that was raised and if i may through the chair ask the City Attorney there are in place regulations that govern how...

Were in those meetings just to do an oversight, make sure things are addressed properly during the negotiations. We will also look at the background if any and ask those individuals to provide their non disclosure agreements and whether they have any relationships. Which department are you with . I am with the mtas financial and Information Technologies and procurement. Is there a policy in place and make sure once you transition on and the executive director transitions on and there is transparency in the negotiations . We will do so after we go through this process here. We will have somethi...

Changes that have happened within the mta to ensure there is clear transparency when negotiating contracts so we dont have the same ethical violations . Supervisors, so Going Forward my office will be involved in all of the negotiation along with the project managers. Like i said they do need to be involved because theyre subject Matter Experts but we will make sure were in those meetings just to do an oversight, make sure things are addressed properly during the negotiations. We will also look at the background if any and ask those individuals to provide their non disclosure agreements and wh...

Which department are you with . I am with the mtas financial and Information Technologies and procurement. Is there a policy in place and make sure once you transition on and the executive director transitions on and there is transparency in the negotiations . We will do so after we go through this process here. We will have something as a policy. As of now no . Thats correct. Its being drafted . Yes. Okay. Out of the 38 Million Contract can you tell me how much is going towards the unarmed Security Services . Yes. The unarmed Security Services is approximately 950,000 hours and over the cours...

Monopolies whos in control . With the help of our economic analyst richard gill well find out on this edition of economics usa. Im david schoumacher. We like to think of our economy as one that runs on competition. For instance, we can choose the brand ofasoline we buy. If one station sets its prices too high thene can simplygo across the stet for a lower price. If enough drivers pass the highprice station by, sooner or later it goes out of business. Of course, if in order to attract business a station sets its prices too low and cant cover costs, sooner or later itll go out of business, too. ...