HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston City Council kept the tax rate the same, but some council members warn something has to change due to a ballooning budget deficit.

A series of events has some Houston council members sounding the alarm. After increasing police, and fire pay, and settling a water infrastructure lawsuit, they were at odds with the mayor's plan to not increase taxes.

City officials say those three items alone are expected to add nearly $285 million to the next budget.

"Someone's going to have to deal with all of these decisions that we are making today," Council Member Edward Pollard said. "We're putting ourselves in a deeper, and deeper hole without any real explanation on how we're going to get out of it."

The hole that Council Member Pollard said could balloon to nearl

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