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8:04 and that would be a transfer back to the general fund. We have an interest income transfer back to the general fund from the facilities asset management and replacement fund. And that is a fund that is originally source funded from the general fund. So the original source of funds is the general fund. The interest income would be transferred back to the general fund, and that would be an ongoing transfer back. And we will be presenting to you during the budget, during the biennium budget recommendation an update to the business and license surcharge language, which would allow for broader park usage. Currently, it is restricted towards parks, major maintenance, and capital. And our proposal is to insert another language amendment

9:01 that would say something to the effect of, and parks operations. So it would say something, parks major maintenance and capital, and parks operations. And so that would allow for broader parks usage in the future years. And then pausing on the last item, pausing general fund contributions for non-public safety fleet acquisitions. And so when I say non-public safety, we're excluding patrol vehicles, we're excluding fire vehicles. These are non-public safety fleet acquisitions, like sedans and things that are used for regular travel, for office staff. And so what we're doing during the next biennium is analyzing our current methodology of how we purchase surplus

9:56 and purchase surplus and retire vehicles in the future. Right now, we don't really have a good, a standardized methodology for our vehicle purchases. And this pausing of the general fund contribution would not impact the current acquisitions in place.