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Fairfax County Announces FY 2009 Budget Timeline

Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director of Public Affairs
703-324-3187, TTY 711, Fax 703-324-2010
Media Pager: 703-324-NEWS (6397)
publicaffairs@fairfaxcounty.gov

Feb. 8, 2008

Fairfax County Announces FY 2009 Budget Timeline

Fairfax County Executive Anthony H. Griffin will present his proposed fiscal plan for FY 2009 to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Monday, Feb. 25, at 10 a.m. during the regularly scheduled board meeting. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Board Auditorium of the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax. The meeting will be shown live on Fairfax County Government Channel 16, which is also video streamed live at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/cable.

The county executive’s presentation will air on Channel 16 on Friday, Feb. 29, at 9 p.m. and Friday, March 7, at 9 p.m. It also will air as part of the Board of Supervisors meeting replays on Tuesday, Feb. 26, beginning at 8 p.m., and Saturday, March 1, at 10 a.m. In addition, it will be available as video-on-demand on the county’s Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/cable throughout the month of March.

A Board of Supervisors budget workshop has been scheduled for Saturday, March 8, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Laurel Hill Golf Club, 8701 Laurel Crest Drive, Lorton, and budget committee meetings are scheduled for March 28 at 1 p.m. and April 18 at 3 p.m. in the Government Center, Conference Rooms 9 and 10.

Public hearings on the FY 2009 fiscal plan have been set for March 31 and April 1 and 2, at 7 p.m. with the School Board presentation to the Board of Supervisors scheduled on April 1 at 6 p.m. Those wishing to speak at any of the public hearings should contact the Office of the Clerk to the Board at 703-324-3151, TTY 703-324-3903, to place their name on the speakers list.

The board has scheduled the budget markup session for Monday, April 21, at 10 a.m. The formal adoption of the budget is scheduled to take place on Monday, April 28, at 10 a.m. during the regularly scheduled board meeting.

All of the board’s public hearings will be held in the Board Auditorium of the Fairfax County Government Center and will be televised live on Fairfax County Government Channel 16.

Staff from the Department of Management and Budget will be available to speak to civic organizations, homeowners associations and community groups regarding the proposed fiscal plan for 2009. To arrange for someone to speak to your group, contact the department at 703-324-2391, TTY 711, or e-mail DMBinfo@fairfaxcounty.gov.

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NOTE TO MEDIA: Copies of the budget will be available to the media on Monday, Feb. 25, as the county executive begins his presentation. Anthony H. Griffin and other county staff also will be available for media questions in the Press Room (Room 158) of the Government Center immediately following the morning session of the Board of Supervisors meeting that day. Media outlets needing any assistance should contact the Office of Public Affairs at 703-324-3187, TTY 711.

Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all county programs, services and activities. To request this information in an alternate format, call the Office of Public Affairs at 703-324-3187, TTY 711.