Return to Graphic Version

Search Site:

Index

Online Services

Our Government

News and Events

Maps, Facts & Stats

State & Federal

Board of Supervisors Meeting Podcast Transcript: Sept. 28, 2010

 

Welcome to the podcast of meeting highlights for the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting on Sept. 28, 2010.

• The Board made the following presentations:
  • To the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 2068 for the Fill the Boot Campaign. Fairfax County fire fighters and paramedics collected nearly $561,500 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association during the Labor Day weekend.
    
    
  • To designate the week of Oct. 3-9 as Fire Prevention Week in Fairfax County. The theme for 2010 is “Smoke Alarms: A Sound You Can Live With!”
    
    
  • To designate the week of Oct. 18-23 as Operation Medicine Cabinet Cleanout Week in Fairfax County. During that week the Mason, Mount Vernon, Reston and Sully District Police Stations will serve as disposal sites for unused or expired medications.
    
    
  • To designate October as African American Adoption Awareness Month in Fairfax County. Of the 18 children in foster care in Fairfax County awaiting adoptive homes, one-third are African American.
    
    
  • To designate October as Disability Employment Awareness Month in Fairfax County.
    
    
  • To designate Oct. 3-9 as Mental Illness Awareness Week in Fairfax County.
    
    
  • To recognize America’s Adopt A Soldier for providing ongoing support activities to serve and respond to the needs of veterans, soldiers and their families.
    
    
  • To designate October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Fairfax County. Efforts are being made to address domestic violence in Fairfax County through a coordinated community response facilitated by the Domestic Violence Prevention, Policy and Coordinating Council.
    
    
  • To designate October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Fairfax County.
    
    
  • To designate October as Family History Month in Fairfax County. Researching family history gives people a sense of heritage and responsibility to carry out the legacy begun by their ancestors.
    
    
  • To designate September as Transit Month in Fairfax County.
    
    
• The Board presented its 2010 Environmental Excellence Awards to:
  • Maureen Goble, director of the Advanced Placement Environmental Science Program at Lake Braddock Secondary School. 
    
    
  • Project Performance Corporation, a Tysons Corner-based management consulting firm.
    
    
  • Meghan Fellows, a natural resource specialist and invasive management coordinator for the Fairfax County Park Authority.
    
    
• The Board approved a letter to be sent to the MWAA Board of Directors and the MWAA President and CEO informing them of the Board’s position on phase 2 of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project and offering to work together to achieve cost containment, sustainability, and funding objectives.
  
  
• The Board approved a real estate transaction between the County and Inova at the Inova Fairfax Hospital campus, which would allow the County to acquire the nearby Willow Oaks Land on which to build the New Woodburn Replacement Center.
  
  
• The Board repealed the sunset provisions of the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) for the Employees,’ Uniformed and Police Officers Retirement Systems. The DROP provision in the County retirement systems is a means of providing employees who choose to work beyond their normal retirement dates the flexibility to elect to receive some of their retirement benefits in a lump sum rather than continuing to earn additional years of retirement service and higher monthly annuities.

That’s all for this podcast of meeting highlights for the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, thanks for listening.

The Office of Public Affairs uses Twitter, a social media platform that allows short messages/updates. Highlights of Board of Supervisors meetings were covered live on the county's Twitter page at www.twitter.com/fairfaxcounty.

More information about the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, including full meeting minutes and documents, can be found on the county's Web site.

This podcast is produced by the Fairfax County, VA, government.