order to balance it it s going to pass with a new understanding of accountability and responsibility in order to pass this one alderman and council members had to agree on a $6.3 billion city budget holding their noses and closing their eyes as they swallowed the bitter pill i m still sitting here reeling over the cuts we had to make to health clinics and libraries these are tough decisions deb mellick mell is a veteran who has seen many budgets come through . he knows a tough budget this time will pave the way for easier budgeting in the future hopefully will will get to the point where there will be no pain in the future reaching an agreement was a difficult process unfortunately everyone is affected by this budget there are no property taxes but people are getting taxed and other ways so is it is spread around we know now that the mayor has enough votes to ensure the passage of the budget but we will not have the details for the next few days because we are told th