City Council to Consider Next Steps on Campaign Bill Policy

City Council to consider next steps on campaign bill policy

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso City Representatives are set to vote Tuesday to advance a policy that would change how the city bills candidates and campaigns for events held in El Paso. As ABC-7 uncovered, there currently is no policy in place to coordinate extra costs for public safety services with campaigns ahead of time. That has let to a more than half a million dollar bill that the city still considers outstanding from a 2019 rally held …

El Paso County's preliminary budget boosts pay, raises taxes

The El Paso County Commissioners Court is considering a preliminary $542 million general fund budget for the next fiscal year that could require a tax increase of about $164 a year on the average value home. The county introduced its preliminary budget and proposed its voter-approval tax rate Monday, though the court could adopt a lower tax rate as it works to finalize its budget over the next month. To adopt the no-new-revenue rate, however, th…

County takes 1st steps in budget process for next fiscal year

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The El Paso County Commissioners Court took their first step in the budget process for the next fiscal year at their meeting on Monday, Aug. 3. The commissioners voted to propose using the voter-approval tax rate as a budget ceiling in the upcoming budget process. Commissioners voted to use a [...]

Howard County officials work to hammer out budget

Determining the county’s budget is not an easy task. The process began last Wednesday and will continue until the finalization meeting on October 8. Last Wednesday and Thursday, county government department heads came to the Howard County Council to present…