By Elida S. Perez and Cindy Ramirez, El Paso Matters El Paso voters in November approved multimillion-dollar bonds for the county and hospital district that would lead to increased taxes to fund projects from Ascarate Park upgrades to new health clinics.  Now, property owners will see their county and University Medical Center of El Paso tax bills increase this fall to start paying off that approved debt. 

For UMC, that amounts to about $72 more a year on an average-value home.  “All this increase is all strictly due to the interest and debt service component increasing, which came from the voter approved debt back in November 2024,” UMC Chief Financial Officer Michael Nuñez told El Paso Matters on Monday.  UMC had estimated homeowners would see an increase of about $90 on the hospital’s

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