Monday, September 24, 2012
How do you think Fairfax County should fund $3 billion in needs over 10 years?
Fairfax County residents can provide input starting Monday on how the county should fund an estimated $3 billion gap in transportation funding over the next 10 years. From Monday to Sept. 12, residents can take an online survey and submit their thoughts on how Fairfax County transportation needs should be funded. The Board of Supervisors and the Transportation Advisory Committee will also host a series of nine public meetings in the coming weeks before making a decision. The first meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at Springfield Government Center, 6140 Rolling Road, in Springfield. Officials have outlined 20 potential options to increase revenues for transportation infrastructure, including a 1 percent sales tax on services and a .5 …
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The package preserves critical human services and establishes a reserve for future shortfalls.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a 2012 budget carryover package that closes funding shortfalls in human services and sets money aside in case of federal budget cuts. The package, which the board approved in a 9-0 vote, addresses a $9.5 million projected shortfall in the 2013 budget for the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB), an organization that organizes and provides services for residents with mental health issues, substance abuse disorders and developmental disabilities. After months of public input and toiling in coordination with the county’s Human Services Council, County Executive Ed Long proposed recommendations to close the shortfall, but more than $2 million in reductions will be made…
Monday, July 16, 2012
Proposal includes three pools of money for reserves, operations and new projects.
The Reston Association Board of Directors is considering a new method of budgeting funds to pay for improvements on existing facilities and organize capital for new projects. At a meeting last week, RA Vice President Andy Sigle presented directors with an outline of the new process. In the current structure, assessment revenue and investment income are placed into the operating fund. Meanwhile, only investment income funds the reserve and replacement (R & R) pool. Under the new proposal, all income will go to three pools — an R & R fund, an operating fund and a new capital projects fund. A set amount would be moved to the R & R Fund annually based on a 10-year forecast; the R & R fund would also have a set minimum balance, and the board …
Tony Z
12:35 pm on Wednesday, September 26, 2012
For the record T-Bird, a license to operate a motor vehicle and ownership of a motor vehicle is a privilege, not a right. So there is no reason why the government can't regulate the drivers/vehicles more thoroughly. And if drivers would follow the basic rules we were taught in drivers education traffic would flow more smoothly in the area. more ›