SALARIES OF CITY EMPLOYEES, OCT 2023
We filed a Freedom of Information Act request and obtained a complete list of the 6,028 employees of the City of El Paso, their titles, and their salaries. Of these,…
We filed a Freedom of Information Act request and obtained a complete list of the 6,028 employees of the City of El Paso, their titles, and their salaries. Of these,…
I am pleased to report that after today’s three-hour executive session, the City Council voted 6-0 to authorize City Attorney Karla Nieman to accept a proposed Rule 11 Agreement between…
Good afternoon, Executive Session item 3 on Monday, August 14 is titled “Max Grossman v. City of El Paso; Texas Supreme Court, Case No. 21-1105. Matter No. 17-1001-171.001 (551.071).” Two…
At today’s Special Meeting, our City Council voted unanimously to cap the City tax rate at the no-new-revenue rate of $0.832001 for each $100 of property valuation. That means that…
According to page 79 of the FY 2023 Budget Book, our City owes $2,257,059,064, of which $851,565,991 is principal and interest on ten certificates of obligation that were issued without…
Cindy Ramirez of El Paso Matters published a substantive report on the ongoing budget talks in City Council. To summarize, Interim City Manager Cary Westin and CFO Robert Cortinas proposed…
In 2022 our streetcars had an operating loss of $2.9 million, with 65,000 free rides, which means that each ride was subsidized $44.62. By contrast, our buses were subsidized $8.77…
Yesterday we reported that Rep. Kennedy, Rep. Molinar, Rep. Fierro, and Mayor Leeser each made an iron-clad commitment to vote against any City budget that would increase our property tax.…
Erik Elken of KVIA aired an exclusive report last night revealing that ZTEX Construction, Inc. filed two lawsuits against the City of El Paso over of its plan to award…
In 2006, City Council adopted ordinance 16324, establishing a Public Art Program and earmarking 2% from every Capital Improvement Project budget for the acquisition of art for municipal property. Since…