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El Paso Tax Watch

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Source directory

A working map of the scattered official systems that describe El Paso public money, decisions, property, projects, and services.

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Official source groups

Government publishers and official public-data systems.

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Machine reachable

A failed check remains visible rather than disappearing.

570

Indexed documents

Relevant official document links currently discovered.

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Evidence categories

Finance, geography, education, utilities, ethics, health, and more.

Priority records: El Paso Central Appraisal District open data · City campaign-finance filings · El Paso Water Public Service Board meetings · City permits, inspections, and work-order GIS · Socorro ISD financial transparency · Ysleta ISD financial transparency

Showing 28 of 28 sources.

City representative districts and capital-project GIS

Official district boundaries, representatives, capital-project locations, project status, and published budgets.

Evidence: Official publisher index

District path: Entity-level source; district attribution requires a project location or explicit district field.

Reconcile with: No safe automatic join defined yet

0 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

County commissioner precincts and infrastructure GIS

Official commissioner precinct polygons and infrastructure-project points, phases, funding sources, and budgets.

Evidence: Official publisher index

District path: Entity-level source; district attribution requires a project location or explicit district field.

Reconcile with: No safe automatic join defined yet

0 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

City campaign-finance filings

Candidate, officeholder, PAC, and direct-campaign-expenditure filings that can be reconciled with vendors and public decisions.

Evidence: Official publisher index

District path: Entity-level source; district attribution requires a project location or explicit district field.

Reconcile with: No safe automatic join defined yet

29 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

El Paso Water financial reports

Utility budgets, ACFRs, single audits, investment reports, debt, rates, and capital plans.

Evidence: Official publisher index

District path: Entity-level source; district attribution requires a project location or explicit district field.

Reconcile with: No safe automatic join defined yet

40 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

El Paso Central Appraisal District open data

Appraisal rolls, parcels, ownership, property values, tax jurisdictions, deeds, and certified export files.

Evidence: EPCAD Open Government bulk CAMA exports and documented property-search API

District path: Join parcels through official parcel identifiers and geometry, then spatially assign City districts and County precincts. Tax jurisdictions remain separate geographies.

Reconcile with: property ID · GeoID · parcel · address · tax jurisdiction · coordinates

10/10 official data assets reachable

10 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

El Paso MPO transportation plans and obligations

Transportation improvement programs, amendments, project readiness, obligated-project listings, and planning expenditures.

Evidence: Official publisher index

District path: Entity-level source; district attribution requires a project location or explicit district field.

Reconcile with: No safe automatic join defined yet

4 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

City 311 and resident service-request GIS

Location-based service requests can show where street, code, sanitation, and neighborhood needs accumulate.

Evidence: ArcGIS service catalog

District path: Spatial join request coordinates to City district polygons.

Reconcile with: coordinates · request type · opened date · status

0 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

City permits, inspections, and work-order GIS

Permits, work orders, parcels, facilities, and operational geography can corroborate where projects and enforcement occur.

Evidence: ArcGIS map service

District path: Use published coordinates or parcel geometry; retain records without geometry as unassigned.

Reconcile with: address · parcel · permit · work order · coordinates

0 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

City lobbyist registrations and activity

Registered lobbyists, clients, and activity reports can be reconciled with contracts, incentives, votes, and campaign filings.

Evidence: City Clerk filing index

District path: Decision-level, not geographic unless an underlying matter names a district or project location.

Reconcile with: person · client · company · matter · date

40 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

County property-tax notices for 38 taxing entities

Rate notices and calculation worksheets cover cities, school districts, EPCC, UMC, ESDs, MUDs, and water districts.

Evidence: Official tax-rate notices and worksheets

District path: Taxing-jurisdiction boundaries differ from City and County political districts; compare rather than merge them.

Reconcile with: taxing entity · tax year · rate · levy

4 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

County American Rescue Plan spending portfolio

Program-level recovery appropriations, infrastructure initiatives, partner agencies, and project progress.

Evidence: County spending portfolio

District path: Assign only projects with an official facility, address, service area, or precinct reference.

Reconcile with: project · partner · appropriation · location

4 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

County boards, commissions, and appointments

Membership and appointment records expose oversight relationships for hospital, emergency, ethics, transportation, and other public bodies.

Evidence: County directory

District path: Attribute appointments to a precinct only when the official record names the appointing commissioner.

Reconcile with: member · board · appointing authority · term

19 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

El Paso Water Public Service Board meetings

Utility contract awards, capital projects, rates, rules, and board decisions complement EPWater financial reports.

Evidence: Public Service Board agendas and minutes

District path: Spatially join named utility projects; board votes themselves are systemwide.

Reconcile with: agenda item · contract · vendor · project · amount

17 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

El Paso ISD budgets, documents, and board records

Adopted budgets, audits, contracts, board items, bonds, and school-facility decisions.

Evidence: District documents and board agenda portal

District path: School trustee districts and attendance zones are separate geographies; school addresses can be cross-walked to City and County districts.

Reconcile with: vendor · school · project · board item · amount

2 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

Socorro ISD financial transparency

Check registers, payments, contracts, budgets, debt, audits, tax rates, and monthly financial statements.

Evidence: School district financial portal

District path: Use school, facility, or project address; never assign a district from vendor address alone.

Reconcile with: vendor · check · contract · school · project

12 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

Ysleta ISD financial transparency

Check registers, wire transfers, budgets, audits, debt, rates, board reimbursements, gifts, and business transactions.

Evidence: School district transparency portal

District path: Use school, facility, or project address; trustee districts remain a separate boundary system.

Reconcile with: vendor · check · wire transfer · school · project

25 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

Canutillo ISD transparency reports

Budgets, annual reports, payroll summaries, tax rates, wire transfers, and FIRST accountability reports.

Evidence: School district transparency portal

District path: Use facility or project geography; do not collapse school-board and political-district boundaries.

Reconcile with: vendor · wire transfer · school · project

40 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

Clint ISD expense registers and procurement

Expense registers and purchasing records extend transaction coverage into eastern El Paso County.

Evidence: School district expense register

District path: Use school or project location; vendor location is not a benefit location.

Reconcile with: vendor · expense · school · project

39 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

El Paso Community College finance and board records

Budgets, investments, payments, procurement, contracts, grants, financial statements, and trustee actions.

Evidence: College finance and board portals

District path: Campus and facility projects can be spatially joined; EPCC trustee districts remain separate.

Reconcile with: vendor · contract · board item · campus · amount

32 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

El Paso County Hospital District and UMC oversight

Hospital District board appointments, terms, governance links, budgets, tax decisions, clinics, and capital oversight.

Evidence: County Hospital District board record

District path: Clinic and facility locations can be spatially joined; board appointments can retain appointing precinct.

Reconcile with: board member · appointing authority · facility · project · amount

3 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

County accounts-payable and payroll registers

Vendor payments, payroll registers, recurring payments, and transaction-level changes.

Evidence: Official publisher index

District path: Entity-level source; district attribution requires a project location or explicit district field.

Reconcile with: No safe automatic join defined yet

6 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

City budgets and quarterly financial reports

Budget-to-actual performance, revenue, expenditures, encumbrances, ACFRs, and single audits.

Evidence: Official publisher index

District path: Entity-level source; district attribution requires a project location or explicit district field.

Reconcile with: No safe automatic join defined yet

74 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

County financial, investment, claims, travel, and utility reports

Monthly interim reports, ACFRs, budgets, investments, claims, travel, and utility costs.

Evidence: Official publisher index

District path: Entity-level source; district attribution requires a project location or explicit district field.

Reconcile with: No safe automatic join defined yet

30 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

City and County purchasing records

Procurement forecasts, solicitations, awards, amendments, sole-source records, and vendor disclosures.

Evidence: Official publisher index

District path: Entity-level source; district attribution requires a project location or explicit district field.

Reconcile with: No safe automatic join defined yet

33 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

City and County audit findings

New audit reports, findings, questioned costs, recommendations, and management responses.

Evidence: Official publisher index

District path: Entity-level source; district attribution requires a project location or explicit district field.

Reconcile with: No safe automatic join defined yet

45 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

Texas Comptroller local-government disclosures

Chapter 380/381 agreements, hotel-tax allocations, local debt, bond projects, and required reports.

Evidence: Official publisher index

District path: Entity-level source; district attribution requires a project location or explicit district field.

Reconcile with: No safe automatic join defined yet

41 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

Texas Bond Review Board local debt

Issue-level debt, outstanding balances, debt service, issuance fees, advisors, underwriters, and bond elections.

Evidence: Official publisher index

District path: Entity-level source; district attribution requires a project location or explicit district field.

Reconcile with: No safe automatic join defined yet

21 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

USAspending federal awards

Federal grants, contracts, loans, and award modifications involving El Paso governments and local performance.

Evidence: Official publisher index

District path: Entity-level source; district attribution requires a project location or explicit district field.

Reconcile with: No safe automatic join defined yet

0 document links indexed · Checked 2026-10-08

Reconciliation rules

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