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City of Fairfax · City Council
City of Fairfax City Council Meeting, Tuesday, Mar 11, 2025
City of Fairfax City Council meeting · video 5h 28m
What was decided · How each member voted
- 4 Approved, unanimously the adoption of agenda. · Unanimous Official minutes (Granicus)
- 6.b Approved, unanimously the consent agenda. · Unanimous Official minutes (Granicus)
- 12.a Approved, 4-2, Councilmembers Hall and Peterson opposed, that the City Council advertise a proposed real estate tax rate of $1.150 per $100 of assessed value. · 4-2, Councilmembers Hall and Peterson opposed Official minutes (Granicus)
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City Council: see the official minutes for the members present. Member-by-member votes will be listed here from the official record.
Moments worth watching
- 00:00:14
Pledge of Allegiance. Post
- 00:01:25
Item 3.a Presentation of a proclamation acknowledging Women’s History Month in the City of Fairfax. Post
- 00:05:50
Item 3.b Presentation of a proclamation acknowledging the 50th Anniversary of the National Association of Women Business Owners Post
- 00:10:21
Item 3.c Presentation of a proclamation acknowledging March 21, 2025 at Save Soil Day in the City of Fairfax. Post
- 00:16:24
Item 4 Adoption of the agenda. Post
- 00:49:27
Consent agenda motion. Post
- 00:50:38
Public comment / public hearing begins. Post
- 00:53:24
Item 8 Second general public comment period Post
- 01:19:22
Item 10.a Discussion and update on the George Snyder Trail project. Post
- 03:51:02
Item 10.b Discussion on the proposed FY26 budget. Post
- 05:12:57
Item 12 Items not requiring a public hearing. Post
- 05:15:07
Item 13 City Manager report out Post
- 05:17:20
Item 14 Council Comments and Committee reports out Post
- 05:27:44
Motion to enter closed session. Post
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Machine transcript (speech-to-text) produced by Coraggio Consulting. Not an official city record. Names and numbers may be misspelled; check the video at the timestamp before quoting.
On the agenda
Items as listed by the city, with staff reports. Not results.
1. Call the regular meeting to order.
2. Pledge of Allegiance.
3. Presentations and Proclamations.
- 3.aPresentation of a proclamation acknowledging Women’s History Month in the City of Fairfax.
- 3.bPresentation of a proclamation acknowledging the 50th Anniversary of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) Greater DC.
- 3.cPresentation of a proclamation acknowledging March 21, 2025 at Save Soil Day in the City of Fairfax.
4. Adoption of the agenda.
5. Initial general public comment period (A maximum of three (3) minutes per speaker for any city matters not requiring a public hearing. The speakers who have registered with the city clerk’s office (703-385-7935) prior to 5:00 p.m. the day of the meeting may speak at this time. Any remaining speak
6. Consent agenda.
7. Public hearings.
- 7.aPublic hearing on the proposed FY26 budget. (No Council action.)
8. Second general public comment period (a maximum of three (3) minutes per speaker for any city matters not requiring a public hearing – limited to speakers who did not speak under initial general public comment period).
9. Recess the regular meeting to go into a work session.
10. Work Session.
- 10.aDiscussion and update on the George Snyder Trail project.
- 10.bDiscussion on the proposed FY26 budget.