Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I know my colleague Mr. Abernethy was talking about departments and things that they could anticipate coming in the years I’ve been here, and years previous to that, my knowledge of collective bargaining with the UNW is something you can almost script. Every three years you’re going to have negotiations. You can go back and find out what you spent your money on three years ago and budget accordingly. I’m not sure why the $276,000 shows up via supplementary appropriation. I think it should be something the department budgets for every three years. They know it’s coming. It’s like clockwork; it’s going to happen and you should budget accordingly.

The $250,000 for a physicians’ contract, that’s something I believe we should know is coming as well, but that I can accept a little bit more readily than the contract negotiations with the UNW. I think we need to get a handle on what those costs are and budget for them and it shouldn’t come through a supp, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.