Tag: Budget
Your View: We needed a Metro bond referrendum
To the editor:
The Alexandria Times should be commended for devoting so much print to getting to the bottom of the Potomac Yard Metro station...
About Alexandria with Mark Eaton: TINA to Chance for Change
By Mark Eaton
Before the Federal Reserve implemented interest rate increases aimed at reducing inflation, the interest paid on bonds and other debt securities was...
Council sets maximum tax rate
By Denise Dunbar | [email protected]
City Council established the maximum tax rate to be advertised for residential and commercial real property and personal property at...
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...
City Hall Watch with Bill Rossello: Making Alexandria less affordable for...
In its quest to make housing affordable in Alexandria, city hall may have been its own worst enemy. An astonishing 74% of residents are...
City Council adopts FY2022 budget
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...
Proposed FY2022 budget includes tax rate decrease
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...
Our View: Kudos on the budget
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...
Our View: Bad optics in school board budget
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...
School board passes FY2021 budget
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...
