Board Adopts Final 2013 Fairfax County Budget
The FY 2013 budget passed in an 8-2 vote.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors adopted Tuesday a fiscal year 2013 budget that raises taxes and fees to support funding for human services and other programs. The budget adoption motions were approved in an 8-2 vote. Supervisors Pat Herrity (Springfield-R) and John Cook (Braddock-R) voted against the budget, maintaining their opposition from the markup session on April 24. The budget raises the county real estate tax rate to 1.075 cents per $100 of assessed value, up a half-cent from the current 1.07 level. That half-cent was shifted from former County Executive Anthony Griffin’s proposed one-cent increase in the Stormwater Fee, which increases to 2 cents from 1.5. The shift frees up nearly $10 million that would have gone to a …
In this Article:
tracey tavares thomas
9:42 am on Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Good point.. kids elderly and disabled.. should be first.. I have a 21 yr old disabled kid who needs housing, been on list two yrs.... can take care of self, but on SSD.. our governent is messed up more ›