function Get-LocalPackages() {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Set the recovery options to restart for all Alkami SDK services.
#>
	[CmdletBinding()]
    param(
		[System.Collections.ArrayList] [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] $Packages
    )

	Write-Host "$logLead : Gathering locally installed package details"
	# highly brittle command here with the choco list -lr
	# -l = local packages only
	# -r = limit output (things are pipe delimited, id|version)
	$allLocallyInstalledPackagesRaw = (choco list -lr)
	$allLocallyInstalledPackages = @{}
	$localInstalledPackages = @()
	foreach ($package in $allLocallyInstalledPackagesRaw) {
		if ($package.IndexOf('|') -eq -1) {
			continue
		}
		$splits = $package -split '\|'
		$id = $splits[0]
		$version = $splits[1]
		$allLocallyInstalledPackages[$id] = $version
		$localInstalledPackages += $splits[0]
		Write-Verbose "$id $version"
	}
	Write-Host "$logLead : Locally installed package details gathered"

	# When we built the tier package lists via automation, we ensured that each package is only in one tier/feature location, so it can't be in two lists at once.
	# Because we rely on automation, we are not checking that again
	$newPackagesToInstall = @()
	$packagesToUpgrade = @()
	$packagesToRemove = @()
	$tierCount = 0
	foreach ($tier in $Packages) {
		foreach ($package in $tier) {
			if ($null -ne $allLocallyInstalledPackages[$package.Id]) {
				# package is installed locally
				if ($allLocallyInstalledPackages[$package.Id] -eq $package.Version) {
					# no need to touch the package, it's already here
					$packageVersion = "[@($package.Version)]"
					if ($package.VersionCanTakeAny) {
						$packageVersion = "the latest available version"
					}
					"Found already existing matched version of [$($package.Id)] @ [$($allLocallyInstalledPackages[$package.Id])]"  | Out-Default -Transcript | Out-Null
					#$transcriptOfChanges += "Upgrading package [$($package.Id)] from version [$($allLocallyInstalledPackages[$package.Id])] to $packageVersion"
				} else {
					$package | Add-Member -NotePropertyName 'Tier' -NotePropertyValue $tierCount
					$packagesToUpgrade += $package
					Write-Verbose "$logLead : Upgrading $($package.Tier) -> $($package.Id) $($package.Version)"
					"Upgrading $($package.Tier) -> $($package.Id) $($package.Version)" | Out-Default -Transcript | Out-Null
				}
			} else {
				# package is not installed locally
				$package | Add-Member -NotePropertyName 'Tier' -NotePropertyValue $tierCount
				$newPackagesToInstall += $package
				Write-Verbose "$logLead : Installing $($package.Tier) -> $($package.Id) $($package.Version)"
			}
		}
		$tierCount+=1
	}
	
	foreach ($package in $removePackages) {
		Write-Host "Checking to see if $($package) is installed"
		if ($localInstalledPackages -Contains $package) {
			Write-Verbose "Yep it is showing it is installed"
			$packagesToRemove += $package
		}
	}
	return $packagesToUpgrade, $newPackagesToInstall, $packagesToRemove
}