Fairfax County
Next Board of Supervisors Meeting:
Tuesday, 9 Dec 25, 9:30am
Board Auditorium of the Fairfax County Government Center
Meeting schedule here
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See Fairfax County Code of Ordinances here
Go here for all election schedule information.
The “My Neighborhood” map to find your district is here. You need to know which district you're in and then scroll down to your district's ballot. It's very confusing. The district name is in the upper-right corner of each ballot (which can be two pages long).
The sample ballots for all districts are here.
The Next Election is on Tuesday, 9 Dec 25
The Braddock District is having a special election for the Braddock District Fairfax County Supervisor
Early voting is open at the Fairfax County Government Center until Saturday, 6 Dec 25.
Additionally, early voting will be available at the
Burke Centre Library from 29 Nov to 6 Dec 25.
Take a look at this and if it looks like you MIGHT be in Braddock.
To be sure, then look at the My Neighborhood website to get it right.
Heads Up
Interesting Items From The Local Papers
20 Nov FFXnow - Conceptual plan approved for ‘Piazza at Tysons’ development
20 Nov Annandale Today - Del. Watts outlines legislative priorities
20 Nov Fairfax Co Times - Board passes ordinance to crack down on IMBs (illicit massage businesses)
20 Nov FFXnow - Fairfax County taps new homeless shelter operators, begins planning for future
20 Nov FFXnow - FCPS will partner with OpenAI on ‘ChatGPT for Teachers’ project
20 Nov FFXnow - Fairfax City seeks public input on new 20-year waste management plan
20 Nov FFXnow - Fairfax County seeks feedback on future of Route 29 in West Falls Church
18 Nov Annandale Today - Culmore Library to close for a year for HVAC upgrade
17 Nov WTOP - Booz Allen Hamilton to relocate headquarters out of McLean
14 Nov Fairfax Co Times - FCPS ditches vetting process for volunteers
7 Nov Fairfax Co Times - Communities continue to resist school boundary changes
13 Nov ABC7 - Another rabies-infected fox found in Alexandria community
12 Nov InsideNOVA - Del. Helmer reaches partial settlement in defamation case over assault claim
10 Oct Annandale Today - Wakefield Park gets new pickleball courts
9 Oct FFXnow - Developer to expand community with new Ritz-Carlton condos in Tysons
You might want to keep an eye on:
Interesting Items Listed On The Upcoming County Council Meeting Agenda
Chairman McKay relinquished the Chair to Vice-Chairman Smith and moved authorization to advertise publication of the FY 2026 Advertised Budget, the Effective Tax Rate Increase, the Advertised CIP, and the Required Tax Rates as outlined in the Board Agenda Item and give notice of associated public hearings. This includes the advertisement of a real estate tax rate of $1.14 per $100 of assessed value, which reflects a potential $0.015 increase over the current real state tax rate of $1.125 per $100 of assessed value.
Authorized the advertisement of a public hearing to be held before the Board on April 22, 2025, at 2:30 p.m., regarding proposed amendments to Articles 2, 3 and 7 of Chapter 3 of the Code of the County of Fairfax which set forth the ordinances for the Fairfax County Employees’, Uniformed and Police Officers Retirement Systems, for the purpose of adding certain provisions in support of reclassification of the Animal Control Police Officer positions.
Authorized the advertisement of a public hearing to be held before the Board on April 22, 2025, at 3 p.m., to consider amendments to Chapter 4, Article 13 of the Fairfax County Code, that would increase the local tax rate for transient occupancy from four percent to six percent, with an effective date of July 1, 2025, and would make other technical amendments to Article 13.
Authorization to Advertise a Public Hearing to Consider Amendments to the Code of the County of Fairfax, Virginia—Chapter 4 (Taxation and Finance), by Adding a New Article 31 Relating to Food and Beverage Tax and Admin 8 – Authorization to Advertise Publication of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Budget and Required Tax Rates, the FY 2026 Effective Tax Rate Increase, the Advertised Capital Improvement Program for FYs 2026-2030 (with Future FYs to 2035), and Notice of Associated Public Hearings will be considered separately.
Authorized the advertisement of a public hearing to be held before the Board on May 13, 2025, at 4 p.m.
- For the enlargement of Merrimac Area 1 Sanitary District for refuse/recycling collection services and the de-creations/re-creation of the Hyacock Road Area 2 Sanitary District to remove vacuum leaf collection services (Dranesville District)
- For the enlargement of Pleasant Ridge Area 5 Sanitary District for refuse/recycling collection services and the de-creations/re-creation of the Maryalice Place Area 2 and Spring Lane Community Association to remove to remove vacuum leaf collection services (Mason District)
- For the de-creations/re-creation of the Shreve Rd to remove vacuum leaf collection services (Providence District)
2024 REPORT OF ACTIONS OF THE FAIRFAX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
You can find the report here.
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