Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a few points and a few items of concern that I have dealt with over the year and particularly with the department and how this budget might address them, or maybe it does not.

Something that is a big thing that I am looking at here is the projections and the changes in the fiscal situation. We have been looking at the end of March 2000 actuals, total operations and expenses for the department were $170 million. Main estimates for this fiscal year we are in started off when we passed in July of $175.5 million. Revised now, we are looking at $182 million. That is $6.5 million more since July.

As I see it in the main estimates now projected for 2001-2002, we are projecting less than an $800,000 increase. Is that realistic, in light of the growth this department has seen every year for many years?

I think the practice used to be we would always see a five percent growth, but are we realistically putting the accurate figures here? When I look at a one-year difference of almost $12 million to what we are predicting of $800,000, are we looking to budget outside of that later on? Maybe we can get some information on that area. I have a couple of other questions that I have later on, but specifically to that right now, Mr. Chairman.