said during public participation, which is, you know, as we it's hard, I was thinking about this this morning. I mean, it's hard to believe we haven't even been a year since the voters in Oakland County approved a countywide millage. I mean, it is, you know, it's the end of September, and that was in November. So, you know, first and foremost, we have to be grateful to the residents of Oakland County who spoke so clearly that they wanted us to expand and enhance and develop countywide transit. So, we know it hasn't been without its challenges. But if we look back on what we've been able to do, since that millage was approved, you know, in Oakland County, we now have a transit division with a manager and a planner, and soon to be a second planner. So that staff, that office will be fully staffed. You know, we have contracts with all of our local providers now, including peoples Express who's providing local service in western Oakland County, in a seamless way and without the borders, you know, stopping the transportation they can provide. And, of course, as we've referenced, we have the service out to Novi, you know, it is the expansion of transit that most expansion of transit Our region has seen in decades. So we're very proud of that. We know that these are challenging times in terms of the staffing. And, you know, it is easy to say that, we should just simply increase the drivers pay. But as we have said at this table before, there are numerous issues involved in a negotiation. And a negotiation is just that it's a negotiation between the workers who are represented by a union, which is a right that we all fully support, and with the management team at smart, so, you know, we hope that everybody at that negotiation at that bargaining table can come to a resolution soon, so that we can see that come to a close, but it's not something that only one side controls. So we know that that's an ongoing process. And we also know that, you know, there's been some frustrations, I would say that this team of activists should talk to the mall owners at 12 oaks, because they are not allowing the buses into the, into the mall. And that hat does present a challenge to us that smart has to work through. So folks who feel that that shouldn't be allowed, should should voice their opinion, where it would be most effective, which is not at smart and which is not at Oakland County. But it is at Novi and it's at the owners of the mall, hopefully we can reach a resolution that, you know, is makes for a safe area out there and is our top priority. So I appreciate the public comment. I appreciate Roberts talk of unity. I mean, at the end of the day, if you're a transit advocate, we are all on the same side of trying to improve and enhance transit. Sometimes it doesn't feel like that. But that is you know, we all do share the same goals and the same values. So with that, I'll turn it over to our general manager, Mr. Farrell.