Tag: Budget

In its quest to make housing affordable in Alexandria, city hall may have been its own worst enemy. An astonishing 74% of residents are...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] After another financially uncertain year due to the pandemic, City Council unanimously adopted its fiscal year 2022 budget on May...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] City Manager Mark Jinks presented his proposed fiscal year 2022 budget, which included a 2-cent decrease in the real estate...

Some people re-post the same photo each year on Facebook, which provides reminders of the anniversary of prior posts. Likewise, it seems as if...

The school board budget adopted this month had to be cut slightly due to pandemic-caused shortfalls in the city’s revenues. Unfortunately, the school board opted...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] The Alexandria City School Board unanimously adopted its revised fiscal year 2021 budget during a virtual meeting on June 5. Both...

To the editor: After reading the April 16 article on the revised city budget, I was distressed by the lack of realism and unjustified collective...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] City council adopted the fiscal year 2021 operating budget on April 29, after an abridged and highly unconventional budget session...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] City council moved forward with City Manager Mark Jinks’ revised FY2021 budget with no add/delete items during Saturday’s public hearing. The...

When City Manager Mark Jinks released his original fiscal year 2021 budget back in February, we, like many in the city, were appalled by...