It's over what we thought it would be. We didn't expect to have that much.

I was hanging onto that tree and I prayed. Dude, I prayed so good I thought I might become a preacher.

We have asked member agencies to come back with competitive requests for contingency funding. We have funding to do additional contingency funding.

We had a very good year. Everybody pulled together in a tough year.

I'm just surprised I'm not doing a better damn job. The job I thought I could do, I've not been able to do right now. And I'm not happy about it.

Engineers are in short supply, so that kicks up the demand - even here, where the district is thought of as one of the better employers. The schools just aren't cranking them out.