So what we've heard consistently from the residents of El Paso is that they want to take care of police and fire. The over 56% of our budget is just police and fire. This year we're going to have an additional two police academies, we have an additional three fire academies. And all that costs a significant amount of dollars. We're currently in negotiations with the fire department and that's going to collective bargaining. That's going to increase our budget by a significant amount of money. (03:38–03:45)
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Asserts that El Paso will have two additional police academies and three additional fire academies this year.
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