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Fairfax approves bevy of tax increases designed to counter economic decline
- Fairfax County supervisors on Monday approved a grocery list of tax and fee increases meant to counter an escalating economic downturn, along with a slightly shrunken budget.
Fairfax revenue projections drop, leave $25M shortfall
- Shrinking investment revenue, rising fuel costs and diminished sales tax receipts have led Fairfax County into a new $25 million shortfall, according to the latest economic forecasts.
Fire department ladder truck staffing gap won’t get fixed under next year’s budget
- Next year’s budget offers no solution to one of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department’s most glaring gaps in staffing: the lack of a fourth person on trucks that carry extendable ladders to fires.
Tapping reserves raises concerns over Fairfax budget’s long-term effects
- Fairfax County’s plan to tap a handful of funding pools to pump up the county’s budget has budget chairwoman Sharon Bulova worried.
