El Paso City Council nearly failed to pass an annual budget last week after hours of debate and discussion on the city's spending and proposed property tax increase on households. But council representatives eventually broke the deadlock to advance a budget for the upcoming fiscal year. El Paso Matters senior reporter Elida Perez joins the podcast to discuss the city council meeting this week, how much taxes will increase and divisions among city council. You can read Elida's reporting at elpasomatters.org.