May 13, 2026 Civil Service Employee Rights and Appeals Commission

I HAVE A MOTION TO, ON THE RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE CONTENTS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE RIGHTS AND APPEALS COMMISSION WEBSITE.

I MOVE SECOND, JUST FOR THE RECORD.

THAT WAS A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER LARDO.

GOOD.

A SECOND.

UH, BY, UH, VICE PRESIDENT GARNER.

CORRECT? CORRECT.

, CYNTHIA LOOKING FOR THE BEST.

SO I WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD, VICE PRESIDENT GARNER.

AND I HAD MET WITH GARY AND GISELLE AND ASKED THAT WE PUT TOGETHER A WEBSITE FOR US THAT WOULD HAVE SOME INFORMATION AND IT WOULD ALSO BE A PLACE WHERE WE COULD PUT, UM, THE HEARINGS WE, UM, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

MAKE IT VERY TRANSPARENT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

BUT BEFORE WE FINALIZE IT, I WANTED GISELLE TO PRESENT IT TO THE REST OF YOU SO WE COULD SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO HAVE INCLUDED.

WE'LL NEED OUR LAPTOPS.

WE NEED OUR LAPTOPS.

GISELLE, OR ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE, UM, YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO POST IT? I DON'T HAVE YOU THROW IT OFF THE SCREEN.

LIKE A WEBSITE WHEN WE HAVE YEAH.

OR WE DON'T HAVE THAT TV.

WE DON'T.

NO.

SO WE GET OUR, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED YEAH, IT IS.

DO YOU GUYS HAVE UM MM-HMM .

YOU GUYS CAN PULL? YEAH, WE SHOULD ALL HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET.

AND I COULD SHOW YOU WHAT THERE NOW.

BUT IT WILL GROW AND BUILD .

WE CAN SHOW YOU GUYS WHERE WE START FROM.

YOU , YOU SHARE THE LINK TO THE INTERNET.

I, I CAN SHOW YOU.

GO AHEAD.

YOU GUYS HAVE THE NO, I THERE NEEDS TO CAN YOU EMAIL LINK LOG IN? YEAH, I HAVE THAT TOO.

UH, THIS IS JT.

HE'S WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE.

HI.

HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.

HOW ARE YOU? ARE YOU GONNA BE JOINING US INSTEAD OF PHIL? NO.

YOU KNOW ALEX LOVE WORKING.

YOU.

LIFEWISE.

I'M GONNA SEND IT THROUGH TEAM AND I'M SHARING WHAT WE HAVE NOW.

LOG

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AND THEN IT CAN GUIDE YOU GUYS, NOT LIKE AN OFFICIAL WEBSITE EXCLUSIVELY TO THE COMMISSION AND GO TO .

NO, THEY, I'VE SEEN IT.

SO JUST LET'S, LET'S JUST GO WITH WHAT OPENING UP TEAMS. OKAY.

THERE'S TWO, THERE'S TWO AREAS WHERE THE COM THE COMMISSION.

TELL THEM.

THE WHERE WE LIVE, WE, YEAH, WE, WE RESIDE, WE ARE PART OF THE CITY ATTORNEY SIGNED OUR TIME SHEETS.

SO, UM, ME AND MARGO WERE TALKING, UM, MARGO WANTED TO SEE IF WE CAN POSSIBLY ADD OR INCLUDE EVERY NEW CATALOG OF CASES WE HAVE HEARD WITH A HYPERLINK TO THE MEETING MINUTES IN CASE SOMEONE IS INTERESTED IN REVIEWING OUR DECISIONS.

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO AGENDA FOR A BUSINESS PORTION OF ONE OF OUR MEETINGS SO EVERYONE CAN GIVE INPUT.

ERIC HAS RESPONDED AND STATED THAT HE'S HAD A COUPLE OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS TOPIC AND WHERE A PAGE WOULD IDEALLY LIVE.

AND IT'S BASICALLY UNANIMOUS THAT UNDER THE, THAT UNDER THE MAYOR'S COMMISSION'S, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES PAGE, WHICH I'VE SENT HAS THE OUS IMPLICATION EMBEDDED ON IT THAT WE DISCUSSED DURING CALL SUB PAGE ALREADY EXISTS.

AND I CAN EXIST AND ASSIST IN FURTHER BUILDING IT OUT IF NEEDED.

ADDITIONALLY, IF MAYBE MAY BE POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE COULD TO REALLY OWN OR UPDATE THE PAGE FROM A CONTENT AUTHOR STANDPOINT AND FROM LOOKING AT THE PAGE AUDIT LOG ON THE BACKEND TOO.

SO, AND I ASKED YOU, DID ANYONE CONTACT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND ASK? 'CAUSE NORMALLY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DOESN'T DO THAT.

YEAH, MY UNDERSTANDING, SO, UM, LEMME JUST FINISH THIS BEFORE I ANSWER THAT.

UM, HE ASKED SHOULD WE HAVE CONTACT CONTENT THAT WE KNOW THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LINE, WHICH I DID PROVIDE TO HIM.

I TALK TO HIM OVER THE FOLLOWING AND GARY DID TOO.

UH, HE STATED, IF WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR DIRECTION OF CONTENT YET, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST HAVING ALL PRODUCT INVOLVED REVIEW THE PAGE, WHICH I SENT THE LINK TO, AND MAKE SURE IT IS ALL ACCURATE AND IDEAL INFORMATION.

AND THEN PROVIDE ANY OTHER CONTENT THAT HAS BEEN VETTED AND IS READY TO BE ADDED IN.

UM, I DID TALK TO GARY ABOUT THIS AND YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR NO CASES, BUT HE WAS JUST SHARING THAT, I GUESS A PAGE ALREADY EXISTS, BUT NOT WHAT WE WATCH PRETTY MUCH.

SO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE ON THE MAYOR'S WEBSITE, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, IT SAYS VIEW ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSION VACANCIES.

YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO KIND OF DIG THROUGH IT AND UH, CLICK ON A COMMISSION.

PLEASE SELECT A COMMISSION.

YOU GO UNDER CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE RIGHTS AND APPEALS COMMISSION AND IT'LL JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF PROFILE WHAT THE COMMISSION CONSISTS OF THE MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, ON THE GENERAL INFORMATION.

UM, THE MEETINGS ARE THERE AND IT HAS A LINK, UM, AND DOCUMENTS OF THE SOLUTIONS AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, BUT IT'S NOT WHY IT WOULDN'T LIVE ON THE DISTRICT.

ON THE CITY ATTORNEY'S PAGE, SINCE WE'RE PART OF, THEY STATED BECAUSE, WELL, GARY HAS STATED WITH HIS, THE PERMISSIONS ARE INDEPENDENT DIVISION AND I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO IT WITH CITY ATTORNEY.

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SO HR AS BEEN SAYING SO WITH MEASURE JB WE ARE NOW PART OF HR.

UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY OVERSEES IT AND, AND, AND GUIDES US.

BUT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE PART OF THAT.

AND WHY WOULD LIVE THE HR WEBSITE? HR WEBSITE I THINK WOULD BE, IF WE'RE GONNA PUT IT ON THERE WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE PROBABLY BECAUSE I DON'T, THERE REALLY AREN'T ANY COMMISSION WEBSITES ON THE MAYOR'S WEBSITE.

YEAH, THEY ALL RESIDE WITH WHATEVER DEPARTMENT.

CITY ATTORNEY AREN'T THEY? UH, CITY MANAGER.

CITY MANAGER.

THEY'RE PART OF THE CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT.

THEY'RE UNDER THE OFFICE OF, RIGHT.

AND YEAH.

TRANSPARENT.

AND THEN ERIC GOES WITH CITY BECAUSE CIVIL SERVICE IS NO LONGER A DEPARTMENT.

RIGHT.

IT'S MORE LIKE A INDEPENDENT DIVISION WITHIN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

SO CAN WE, DO YOU WANT TO TALK TO BRYCE AND SEE IF HE'S OKAY WITH US HOUSING IT THERE? OR DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK TO HIM? I CAN RUN IT THROUGH GARY AND SEE WHAT HE THINKS.

YOU AS YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH SEEING IF WE CAN BE HOUSED AT HR.

THAT SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE.

IF I'M AN EMPLOYEE, I'D GO TO HR TO LOOK FOR IT AND IS FOR ME, AS LONG AS THE PAGE IS MORE USABLE THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE.

'CAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I, I'M PRETTY GOOD WITH THIS STUFF AND IT'S STILL PAYING .

AND WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE TO MAKE IT MORE USABLE? WELL, I MEAN I WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, SO LIKE, UM, YOU WOULD WANT TO TALK TO SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY DOES WEBSITES OTHER THAN ME, BUT BASICALLY YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL LISTED THERE, THEY KNOW WHO WE ARE.

UM, THEY KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY A CALENDAR OF, OF THE EVENTS THAT'S A LITTLE MORE CLEAR THAN LIKE JUST A LITTLE THING.

RIGHT.

SO THERE'S AN ACTUAL LIST OF THINGS.

UM, DESCRIPTION, DESCRIPTION, UH, THOSE CASES.

JUST, YOU KNOW, THE BASIC STUFF THAT IT ADD JUST IN, IN A WAY THAT TO GET TO, AND IT'S ALL JUST ON ONE LANDING PAGE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE NAVIGATE HERE AND THERE.

IT'LL PROBABLY HAVE THE CASE NUMBER THAT'S YEAH.

I MEAN THE DATE.

WHATEVER THEY'RE ALLOWED TO SHARE.

AND UPCOMING, UPCOMING MEETINGS ALSO, RIGHT? UH, YES.

SO WE ARE BOOKED TO JANUARY.

UM, WE IS OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVEN'T SENT IT.

NO, NO, NO.

BUT I WILL, I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THAT BECAUSE I, YEAH, I WOULD NEED BASED OFF OF UM, A SEMINAR LIKE WHAT? AND THEN I ALSO UM, HAVE TO DO OFFICE OF .

SO I'M WORKING WITH TWO DIFFERENT CALENDARS.

SO I WANTED GET EVERYONE'S AVAILABILITY AND THEN THE, UM, ATTORNEY'S AVAILABILITY.

SO WHEN YOU SAY WE'RE BOOKED THROUGH JANUARY, THAT MEANS WE'VE GIVEN YOU DATES OF OUR AVAILABILITY THROUGH JANUARY.

DO WE HAVE WELL, EVEN A PROPOSED DATES.

PROPOSED DATES.

SO I'LL SEND IT AS LONG AS WE HAVE A FORUM.

AND I THINK IF YOU COULD JUST PUT THEM ON OUR CALENDARS YES.

IN OUTLOOK.

BECAUSE HONESTLY THAT'S WHERE I'VE BEEN GOING MORE TO, TO CHECK THINGS THAN MY PERSONAL CALENDAR.

'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT ONE'S ACCURATE.

AND WHEN AND WHEN SOMEBODY SENDS ME A NOTE SAYING, ARE MY MEETING SUCH THAT, SUCH DOWN? YEAH.

SUBMITTED ANOTHER APPLICATION.

SO I'LL SEND YOU GUYS, UM, A LIST OF PROPOSED DATES AND UH, AND THE WEBSITE SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR TO AN EMPLOYEE WHAT WE, WHAT WE DO AND HOW THEY, HOW THEY ACCESS THOSE.

BECAUSE SINCE WE'RE BRAND NEW, I DON'T THINK EMPLOYEES UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO.

SHOULD WE BE DEVELOPING A MISSION STATEMENT? PROBABLY WE HAVE.

DO WE HAVE UM, PERHAPS A SAMPLE OF ANOTHER COMMISSION? AND I I DO FROM, WE DID ALL OF THIS WHEN WE SET ETHICS, SHOULD HAVE THE SURVEYS.

SURVEY.

THEY HAVE A MISSION STATEMENT.

SO I'LL WRITE A MISSION STATEMENT AND SEND TO GISELLE TO SEND OUT TO ALL OF YOU FOR INPUT.

OKAY, PERFECT.

GOOD.

YEAH, IT JUST EXPLAINS WHAT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WOULD DO.

THAT'S IT.

AND THEN IT LISTS THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

AND YOU HAVE BIOS FOR US ALREADY, RIGHT? BIO BIOGRAPHIES, UH,

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WITH THE APPLICATION.

DID THE MAKE MAKE SO WE COULD PUT, WHEN YOU PUT US ON WE TAKING HEADSHOT? NO.

CAN WE SCHEDULE? THAT'S A MUGSHOT.

THAT'S IT.

RIGHT? CAN WE SCHEDULE TIME WITH THE CITY PHOTOGRAPHER BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING TO TAKE HEADSHOTS SO THAT THEY CAN BE PUT ON THE WEBSITE? CAN WE DO IT AT THE NEXT YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

AWESOME.

WE'LL DO IT THE NEXT MEETING.

WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT COMES REPEAT.

OR WE COULD DO IT DURING LUNCH.

BEFORE LUNCH.

SO I DON'T BEFORE RECESS.

BEFORE WE, YOU STILL WANT ME TO, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HIM RIGHT NOW.

I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD FEEDBACK OF WHAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON.

SO I HAVE CALENDAR EVENTS, WEBSITE SHOULD BE CLEAR TO AN EMPLOYEE AND HOW TO ADD SOME FEEDBACK.

I SHOULD STATEMENT, SHOULD STATEMENT, BIOGRAPHIES, HEADSHOTS UP TO BRYCE.

CALENDAR AND THE CROWN OF OUR CASES.

AND THEN WOULD YOU, I THINK, CAN WE GET PENDING CASES AND CLOSED CASES? BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC ALSO TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'VE GOT IN THE PIPELINE.

YEAH, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, YEAH.

AND THEN ALL THIS PARTS OPEN.

WOULD YOU ALSO LIKE, UM, THE, THE ON THERE TOO? LET'S TALK TO GARY AND SEE IF HE HAD HANDS.

OH, HE HAD YOU ASK.

WELL, YEAH, IF WE CAN PUT 'EM ON THERE.

I THINK WE SHOULD.

NO.

YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE IT GIVES THE PUBLIC AN IDEA OF EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF CASES.

AS MUCH TRANSPARENCY AS WE CAN GIVE, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM .

AND THEN WE, WE BROADCAST THIS OVER ZOOM OR LIKE PEOPLE TUNING, NOT ZOOM.

NO, THIS IS ONLY RECORDED FOR UH, FOR POSTER.

FOR POSTERITY WITHIN THE MINUTES.

BUT IT IS WHEN, WHEN OUR MINUTES ARE POSTED, DOESN'T THE RECORDING GO UP WITH THE MINUTES? MM-HMM .

SO SOMEBODY WANTS TO SEE WHAT WE, BUT IT'S ONLY THIS PART OF THE MEETING, RIGHT? IT'S NOT THE HEARING PART.

RIGHT.

SO IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE DID DURING THE MEETING, THEY DON'T HAVE TO JUST READ THE MINUTES.

THEY CAN ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE TRANSCRIPT.

WHAT THE ETHICS COMMISSION IS AND I THINK'S REALLY SETS NICE TONE INCLUDING THE ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED.

SO VERY SUPPORTIVE.

YOU MIGHT TALK, TALK TO HEATHER ONE WEEK ABOUT HOW SHE SET THAT UP.

I'M SURE SHE CAN GIVE YOU SOME GOOD FEEDBACK.

THEN I'LL TALK TO HR AS WELL.

JAKE, WERE YOU INVOLVED WITH WHEN WE SET THOSE UP RIGHT UP, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP YOU ALSO.

GOOD MORNING.

LEAVE YOUR DOG OUTSIDE.

I'LL JUST SEE .

WE, WE JUST STARTED A FEW MINUTES AGO AND WE WERE TAKING ITEMS THAT WE COULD DISCUSS WITHOUT YOU.

SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE DEVELOPING A WEBSITE FOR THE COMMISSION.

SO THAT'LL BE PUBLIC FACING AND IDEA WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

GISELLE SENT US LINK, LOOK AT IT AND WHAT WE'VE AGREED IS, NANCY, YOUR ARRIVAL.

UM, THE RECOMMENDATION HAD BEEN THAT WE HAVE IT HOUSED AT IN MAYOR'S OFFICE AND NONE OF US FELT THAT THAT WAS APPROPRIATE.

CAN WE LET THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER OWENS HAS ARRIVED? THANK YOU.

UM, OR I'M GONNA WRITE UP PERMISSION TO DRAFT MISSION STATEMENT AND THEN GISELLE WILL TRANSMIT IT ALL TO YOU SO WE CAN DISCUSS IT AT THE NEXT MEETING.

BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA SEE IF WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENT WE CITY PROPER LATER ON NEXT MEETING.

SO WE CAN TAKE HEADSHOT AND GO ON THERE.

SHE'S GONNA PULL OUR BIO INFORMATION SO THAT HER BIOS CAN BE THERE WITH US.

UM, THE WEBSITE WILL HAVE INFORMATION ON THE CASE THAT WE'VE ALREADY HEARD, INCLUDING HEARINGS AND THEN THE CASES THAT WE HAVE COMING UP, WE HAVE TO SPEED.

YEP.

THANK VERY MUCH.

AND IF, IF THERE'S ANY INPUT AFTER YOU LOOK AT THE DRAFT WEBSITE, JUST LIKE YOU, OH, WE'RE GONNA CHECK WITH HR TO SEE IF OUR WEBSITE CAN BE HOUSED THERE.

THE, OH, THAT'S MY BLOG.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WASN'T MINE.

NO, IT'S MINE.

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ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, SO THEN WE'LL GO BACK UP TO ITEM ONE, WHICH IS, OH, IF WE CAN TAKE A A, A VOTE ON THE OH, ON THE ITEM.

THANK YOU BELLA.

I'M HERE.

, YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND CALL VOTE YOU WANT TO ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YEAH.

WHAT IS THE MOTION? SO THE MOTION IS, UM, I MEAN IF YOU WANNA AMEND IT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, APPROVING THE DISCUSSION, THAT'S ALL.

SO YES.

UH, ALL OF YOU PLEASE.

SO NOW WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE.

VOTE YEAH.

YEAH, YEAH.

SO WE, WE ALREADY HAVE YOUR MOTION IN A SECOND AND THEN NOW MOVING ON TO THE VOTE.

COMMISSIONER OWENS AYE.

VICE PRESIDENT GARNER.

PRESIDENT MORALES AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE RIGHTS AND APPEALS COMMISSION MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH, 2026.

NOW CAN I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO

[1. 26-55034 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Civil Service Employee Rights and Appeals Commission meeting of Wednesday, March 18, 2026. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

COMMISSIONER GALLARDO? GOOD.

MOTION TO APPROVE? I SECOND.

OKAY, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THAT WAS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GALLARDO.

GOOD.

AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER OWENS.

DID ANYONE SEE ANY AMENDMENTS THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE IN THE MINUTES? GOOD.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? LET'S GO TO A VOTE.

COMMISSIONER OWENS AYE.

COMMISSIONER LARDO GOODE.

COMMISSIONER ALER AYE.

VICE PRESIDENT GARDNER AYE.

PRESIDENT MORALES AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF ADMINISTRATIVE

[3. 26-55036 Recommendation to approve the minutes of Administrative Hearing 06-S-2324. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

HEARING.

ZERO SIX S 2 3 2 4.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? A MOTION.

SECOND THE RECORD.

THAT WAS A MOTION BY GOODE, SECOND BY GARNER.

CORRECT.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? PUBLIC COMMENT, MOVE TO A VOTE.

COMMISSIONER OWENS AYE.

COMMISSIONER ALER.

VICE PRESIDENT GARNER.

AND CAN I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO HEAR DISCIPLINARY APPEAL ON? SO ACTUALLY ON THIS, SO, UH, THIS WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC PACING.

PUBLIC COMMENT SEEING THEM? WE'LL MOVE INTO CLOSED HEARING, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS.

WE DON'T DO QUESTION, WE DO THAT LATER.

YEAH, WE WILL, UH, WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE ANY

[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Civil Service Employee Rights and Appeals Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the President.]

WHAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, IF ANY OF THE COMMISSION HAS ANYTHING ELSE?

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

AND THEN NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO ADJOURNMENT.

NOW WE'LL MOVE

[ADJOURNMENT]

INTO ADJOURNMENT.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, TIME IS NINE 30 OR ACTUALLY 9 31.

SHOULD WE MOVE IN? OH, YEAH, WE AJOUR WE'LL BE ADJOURNING FOR US AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THE, UH, THE HEARING FOR YOU.