Tag: alexandria city council
School Board seeks staggered elections
Proposals for reducing board size, eliminating districts draw less support
BY AMY WILL
Nearly 30 years after its first election cycle, Alexandria City’s School Board is...
Bus lanes on Duke Street?
Vice mayor, former DASH director raise concerns as proposal nears council
By Amy Will
A potentially $100-million-dollar project intended to increase bus ridership, build bike lanes...
Inside the Taylor Run restoration: Passionate residents collaborate with willing city...
By Amy Will | [email protected]
Three million dollars slipped through the city’s fingers last week after City Council announced it would rescind two grants backing...
City seeks applicants for board vacancies
By Leslie Golden | [email protected]
City Council is seeking applicants to fill the vacancies on City of Alexandria boards, commissions and committees. All applicants must...
Our View: Regroup, rethink – but don’t retrench
An initiative can be both well-intended and also flagrantly in violation of the law. Such is the case of Alexandria’s paused program to give...
City manager proposes FY2024 budget
By Leslie Golden | [email protected]
On Feb. 28, City Manager James Parajon proposed an operating and capital budget for the 2024 fiscal year to...
Our View: By the numbers
Objective conclusions are difficult to come by these days. That’s one impression we take away from city staff’s presentation of 2023 property values in...
Approved FY2023 budget leaves tax rate unchanged, provides car tax relief,...
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
City Council unanimously adopted the FY2023 operating budget on May 4, keeping the real estate tax rate steady, though rising...
Council considers budget add/deletes, as firefighters plead for more funding
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
City Council is nearing the end of budget season, and with adoption of the budget set for May 4, the...
City considers police body cameras
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Police body cameras have long been a wish list item for Alexandrians, and a proposal from City Manager Jim Parajon...
