And the city cut about $26 million out of our budget before we had to come to this point. In addition to that, We've got rid of 75% of our vacant positions, which also save money. But I wanted to be transparent in this budget, some of the biggest headwinds we have are there's a lot of federal and state cuts that are affecting the city of El PASO. (01:19–01:25)
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