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County-Related Questions
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Number
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School-Related Questions
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1
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Please provide the number of miles driven annually by County vehicles
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9
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Provide a list of school-related services and positions provided in support of school functions
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2
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Please provide information on county employee travel and training expenses, by department/agency/division travel and Training Expenditures by County Agencies
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12
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Identify sites and number of porta-johns at school athletic field sites
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3
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Please summarize County spending on behalf of the Circuit and General District Courts annually as well as ongoing capital project and information technology costs between FY 2005 and FY 2009
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51
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Please provide information on the current number of pupils in Fairfax County Schools receiving free and reduced lunches. Has this increased since last year?
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4
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Please provide a cost per capita comparison between Fairfax County Public Libraries and other similar library systems
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104
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What are the number of students (unduplicated) and proportion of students to the entire population that would be captured in at least one of the three specialized categories (Special Education; ESOL; Students Eligible for Free/Reduced Meals)? Is there any comparison data to other jurisdictions available on this?
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5
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How much savings would be generated if regional libraries were closed on a schedule consistent with what is proposed for community libraries?
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105
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How will proposed program redesigns impact at-risk students? Would redesigns impact outcomes such as narrowing the achievement gap?
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6
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Are there any building related issues with closing community libraries on Friday and Sunday while opening them on Saturday?
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106
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Should FCPS eliminate or modify the Foreign Language in Elementary Schools (FLES) program before increasing class size?
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7
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What specific meeting space is available at each community library during closed hours?
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107
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Of the reduction options in Tier 3, what percentage of the personnel reductions are school based and what percentage are non-school based?
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8
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What community/after school programs will be impacted by closure of libraries on Friday? Please breakdown response by demographic group (seniors, youth etc.)
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108
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Please review opportunities for fee enhancements at FCPS. What are available options, and how much could potentially be generated?
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10
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Please provide a breakout of the number of visits by library
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113
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What is the cost per student for the Head Start program? How does this compare to other jurisdictions?
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11
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Provide information by zip code summarizing the usage patterns of community libraries
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115
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What is the methodology for defining school-based versus nonschool-based services?
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13
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Identify sites and number of porta-johns at park sites
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149
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Please discuss the County's current policy requiring students who ride a school bus to an event being required to return on a school bus. Has consideration been given for when sufficient cars are available, allowing or even mandating that families provide transportation following an event so that there are not buses sitting with engines running for hours?
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14
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How many children are served in the RecPac program?
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151
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FCPS receives around $700,000 in federal funds and around $140,000 from the state for the adult ESOL program. There is a county match for local maintenance of effort. What is the status of those funds for that program?
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15
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Do other jurisdictions provide a subsidy to support youth officiating? If not, what (if any) support is provided?
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16
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Geographically, where and who are the people that will be impacted by the proposed Dial-a-Ride program reduction?
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17
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Provide the criteria used by the Department of Community and Recreation Services in preparing the recommendation to close three of the existing seven Senior + program sites at the Lorton Senior Center, the Lincolnia Senior Center and the Sully Senior Center
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18
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Provide a breakout of the dollars associated with the proposed reduction of signage, portable toilets, and monitoring funding for the walk-on use prevention program currently provided by the Department of Community and Recreation Services
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19
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What is the total cost of the field monitoring program at athletic facilities at school sites as provided by the Department of Community and Recreation Services (CRS)?
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20
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Provide a summary of how many youth are served and the locations of Middle School After School (MSAS) programs operated by Community Recreation Services
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21
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Provide a summary of the sites and number of youth served in the Values in Prevention (VIP) program operated by the Department of Community and Recreation Services (CRS)
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22
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Provide a list of existing Computer Learning Centers’ Partnership (CLCP) and computer clubhouse sites operated by the Department of Community and Recreation Services and what criteria will be used in deciding additional CLCP facilities to close
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23
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How many youth are served at each Computer Learning Centers’ Partnership (CLCP) and computer clubhouse sites? What is the cost/staff differential between CLCP and computer clubhouse sites?
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24
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Where applicable, provide unduplicated program utilization numbers/data for the Department of Community and Recreation Services programs
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25
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Provide a chart summarizing number and specific functions of Public Information Officers (PIOs) by agency
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26
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Provide information on the potential for foreclosures of non-residential/commercial properties in Fairfax County
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27
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Provide a list of all the programs provided at senior centers by agency, including both those proposed for reduction and those not. Response needs to be coordinated with Department of Family Services (DFS), Health, Housing, and others as needed.
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28
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Please provide the unfunded mandates data broken out between Federal and State.
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29
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In the Department of Community and Recreation Services (CRS), what is the relationship between decreased field use monitoring funding and future field maintenance costs?
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30
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Discuss the possibility of the Sheriff’s Office taking on additional landscaping responsibilities from the Park Authority. Are there potential cost savings? Does Sheriff have the capacity to take this work on?
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31
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Please provide the average number of prisoners in the Adult Detention Center (ADC) transported to the emergency room on a monthly basis by the Office of the Sheriff.
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32
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Have options been explored concerning using the Police training academy to train officers for other jurisdictions?
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33
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Please provide comparison data with other jurisdictions on how Fairfax County compares with regards to court security provided by the Office of the Sheriff.
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34
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In the Office of the Sheriff, please provide a breakdown of positions and dollars for administrative functions including, human resources, fiscal, administrative support staff, etc.
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35
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Please provide a summary of how the Fairfax County State Criminal Alien Assistance Program works and the amount of funding the Office of the Sheriff has received through this program.
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36
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How much of the $5.8 million in identified costs for Safety and Personnel Services for the Fire and Rescue Department (FRD) is related to wellness? Are there things FRD does well in terms of wellness that the rest of the County could possibly be doing?
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37
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Could the Fire and Rescue Department’s Peer Fitness Trainer Program (proposed reduction #16) potentially be outsourced?
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38
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Please provide comparative data on what Fire Departments in other jurisdictions do for Advanced Life Support Incentive Pay?
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39
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Please provide data on the number and types of responses for the Fire and Rescue Department’s tanker unit.
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40
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Please provide the number of calls (Advanced Life Support, Basic Life Support, and other) and response time by fire station.
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41
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Are there fire stations that can be consolidated based on activity?
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42
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How much did the Police Department expand as a result of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant funding (including COPS in Schools)?
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43
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Can fees be charged or grant funding sought for the Police Department’s Sexual Assault Free and Empowered (SAFE) program (proposed reduction #3)?
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44
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Please discuss cost sharing options with regards to Police helicopter operations in the region.
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45
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Can fees be charged to insurance companies for Police medevac transport?
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46
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What percentage of Police cadets become Fairfax County Police Officers?
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47
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What is the amount of calls received for the Police Marine Unit of the Fairfax County Police Department?
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48
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How long has the Fairfax County Police Department’s Crime Solvers Program been in existence and how many crimes has it helped solve?
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49
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What percentage of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court’s $21.8 million budget is mandated by the state?
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50
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Please explain the feasibility of the County implementing vehicle tax exemptions for 100 percent disabled veterans? How would this tax exemption affect County revenue?
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52
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Are there any cost savings achievable by aligning the opening and closing times of the Technical Operations Center and/or the Archives and Records Center functions with Library Operations?
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53
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The Fairfax County Public Library has proposed reducing library branch maintenance by two-thirds or $79,990. What does this mean?
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54
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Please provide comparison data of Fairfax County with other jurisdictions that shows the ratio between the number of Office of Sheriff medical personnel and prisoners in the Fairfax Adult Detention Center (ADC).
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55
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Can Judges require the County to provide court-related security when not already mandated by State Code?
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56
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Please provide the amount of State Revenue in the Police Department’s (PD) Internal Affairs Line of Business (LOB90-02), and also summarize the amount of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) cases and general cases handled by Internal Affairs (IA).
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57
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Are other community options/alternatives available for language immersion for Police Department personnel, including FCPS?
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58
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What is the number of current Police cold case files and what percent of all cold cases are eventually solved?
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59
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What are recidivism statistics on sex offenders (comparing youth and adults)?
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60
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The Department of Administration for Human Services (DAHS) has proposed eliminating 23/23.0 merit positions. Of these, how many are currently vacant, how long have they been vacant and how has the agency managed the workload?
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61
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Please provide additional information on the impact of reducing the number of days lunch is served at senior centers from 5 days per week to 4 days per week. Specifically, how many people will be impacted and how many individuals receive this as their only meal of the day?
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62
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Please provide additional information on the Rent Relief Program.
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63
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For the Head Start program, please provide outcome data for both students and their families.
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64
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How can the fee schedule for the School-Age Child Care (SACC) program be modified to offset the proposed reductions to the program?
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65
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What is the overall land value of properties maintained across the County by the Park Authority? Along with the value of each property please note whether it is staffed.
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66
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What are the current Park Authority fees and how are they set?
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67
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Who is paying the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) cost? How much of the NVTA cost is the County paying?
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68
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Please give a detailed status of the current workload for Land Development Services (LDS). Please compare current workload levels to 2007 and 2006 levels.
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70
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Provide historical information on the revenue generated from the Emergency Medical Transport Fee.
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71
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Please list the number of clinic room visits by school and update the current school clusters list.
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72
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What is the cost per visit at each of the Health Department’s Community Health Care Network Center (CHCN)? Is there a more affordable way to provide this service?
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73
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Please provide additional detail on the alternative reduction options proposed by the Health Department.
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74
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Please estimate the energy cost savings that the County would realize if it filled the Energy Manager position that was funded in the FY 2009 budget but has yet to be filled? Are there any other cost savings the County might realize by filling this position?
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75
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What is the current County vehicle mileage reimbursement rate policy, what is it based on and can it be changed/lowered?
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76
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Please provide a cost chart on fuel prices over the last several fiscal years.
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77
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Provide a breakdown of limited term and part time expenditures over a number of years since FY 2001.
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78
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Please provide the cost every two years of State certification requirements on a per police officer basis.
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79
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Provide a description of the provision of administrative services within Fairfax County identifying centralized versus decentralized responsibilities providing explanations and examples of each.
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80
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If the Health Department’s Clinic Room Aide Program reduction is accepted who would take responsibility for the program? Identify costs (proposed reduction #3).
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81
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What rate increases has the Park Authority instituted on its rental houses? Please provide by house and the rate last year and the current rate.
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82
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Where are there opportunities to enhance revenues in the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB)?
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83
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If all the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board’s (CSB) proposed reductions are taken, what potential impact will there be to other County agencies? And, how will the CSB work with the community to find service alternatives?
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84
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Provide examples of benefits of programs on the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board’s (CSB) proposed reduction list.
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85
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How would the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board’s (CSB) proposed reductions impact agency performance measurement results? (Identify LOB, related performance measure and reduction that applies to it).
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86
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Provide information on how the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board’s (CSB) proposed reductions will impact how much each of its vendors will receive in funding.
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87
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Is ParkTakes included among the publications proposed for elimination as part of the Park Authority's budget reductions? What is the cost of producing it and mailing it to Fairfax County households four times a year?
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88
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What was the total Capital Facilities personnel services and recovered costs expenditures in FY 2008?
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89
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How are other jurisdictions handling the maintenance/trash collection at bus shelters?
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90
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Provide the Land Development Services (LDS) workload data (Slide 14) from FY 2007 through FY 2009.
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91
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Please provide a list of all County leases with their monthly and annual costs.
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92
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Please provide a list of all 700 parcels maintained with their monthly and annual costs.
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93
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Please provide detailed information on the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Office of Community Revitalization and Reinvestment (OCRR) leases.
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94
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How will the transfer of funding of positions in the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) (i.e., from County General Fund to FCRHA-supported funds) impact service delivery?
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95
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Which programs are impacted by the Department of Housing and Community Development’s (HCD) reduction to contract funding for language translation services?
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96
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How long have the residents currently at Lincolnia Center been living there?
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97
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What are the long-term plans for utilizing Lincolnia Center and Birmingham Green as facilities to meet the needs of the County’s aging population?
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98
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Please identify the largest landlords in the County.
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99
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Please break down the costs of the FY 2009 EDA adopted budget, including any miscellaneous costs.
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100
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Are there any efficiencies or redeployments within the EDA budget itself that could be included as part of the agency’s LOB proposal?
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101
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Please provide additional information on the option to charge fees for revenue industrial bonds. How much revenue could be generated? Please compare the Fairfax policy to other EDAs. Are there other potential revenue sources that should be considered?
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102
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Please provide additional information on the impact of eliminating all advertising in the EDA budget. Is there a breakpoint where some small amount of funding brings little to no benefit to the County? Are there other reduction options that would allow for some meaningful amount of the advertising budget to be maintained?
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103
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How much does Interoffice Mail cost?
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111
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Please discuss the possibility of the Fire and Rescue Department (FRD) being able to charge homeowner insurance policies for fire suppression calls.
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112
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Are children being immunized by the Health Department not eligible for Medicaid? If they are eligible for Medicaid, what is the County doing to get them signed up?
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114
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What is the Park Authority’s position on students using trails for walking to school? If needed, can trail modifications be made to accommodate students?
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116
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What is the population served by the Seniors On-The-Go! Program and where would the customers go if the program was eliminated?
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117
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Compare the cost of landscaping maintenance contracts managed by the Facilities Management Department (FMD) against the cost of having the Sheriff’s Community Labor Force provide these services.
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118
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Discuss cost savings if the Park Authority were to take over currently contracted arboreal services.
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119
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Please include a column including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding amounts on the tables for Options 1 and 2 in the Consolidated Community Funding Pool (CCFP) presentation.
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120
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What capacity is there at Braddock Glen Assisted Living to accommodate the current Lincolnia Center assisted living residents?
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121
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Is it possible for the Department of Planning and Zoning (DPZ) to charge additional fees on deferred cases, especially when the case is deferred at request of the applicant?
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122
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What additional steps have the BOS and others added that has extended the plan review process in the Department of Planning and Zoning (DPZ)? Are there any “sheets of paper” that could be done without?
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123
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What additional steps has the state mandated that has extended the plan review process in the Department of Planning and Zoning (DPZ)?
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124
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Please provide additional details on the revised fee structure options that are being developed in the Department of Planning and Zoning. Provide comparison data with other jurisdictions and include the last time the fee was adjusted.
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125
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Please evaluate the fine structure for planning and zoning violations? What are the state caps, if any? Is the County maximizing the revenue that can be generated to cover our extensive costs in this area?
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126
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Please provide a chart summarizing the average number of days necessary to resolve cases in the Fairfax County Office of Human Rights and Equity Programs (OHREP) over the last few fiscal years. Also include year-to-date data if available.
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127
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Please provide detail on usage and the amount of revenue generated by the Showmobile in past years. What fee level would be required to cover the costs of the Showmobile? Also, provide deployment and revenue data (if available) for Arlington County.
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128
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What are the criteria for when an agency should have its own internal buyer instead of going through the Department of Purchasing and Supply Management (DPSM)? What agencies have buyers and what goods and services are they purchasing annually?
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129
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Through the Department of Tax Administration (DTA) or a contractor working on their behalf, does Fairfax County have authority to collect other fines and fees beyond the ones already being collected (such as grass cutting) and how much could this generate? In addition, does the County have the ability to refer judgments obtained by the County through zoning enforcement actions to the Director of DTA for collection by an outside firm?
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130
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In the Department of Tax Administration (DTA), please provide adjusted lines of business reduction options concerning allocation of merit/exempt limited term position eliminations.
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131
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Is the County charging the maximum allowed for parking tickets? Is the Department of Tax Administration (DTA) considering this in lieu of, or in concert with, outsourcing?
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132
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What are the alternatives for Celebrate Fairfax given that County agency support may be substantially reduced or eliminated?
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133
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What are the costs and potential benefits from hiring permanent law clerk-type positions in the Circuit Court?
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134
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Please provide information comparing Circuit Court fee levels compared to neighboring jurisdictions and state maximum levels.
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135
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Please provide additional information on the costs associated with towns holding elections in May, instead of November.
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136
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Please identify the monetary amount of all uncollected judgments the Office of the County Attorney has obtained as a result of the filing of zoning enforcement cases as shown on page 20 of the Office of the County Attorney’s Lines of Business presentation.
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137
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What is FCPS funding of $3.2 million for legal counsel specifically used for?
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138
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Has consideration been given to charging the public when Planning Commission cases are deferred at the request of the public? Are there any legal impediments to doing this?
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139
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What would the $100,000 for capital environmental initiative projects have been used for if not proposed for reduction?
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140
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Please provide an update on the Bus Shelter Advertising Program.
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141
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Please provide a list of fees that are currently charged with an indication of what increases might be possible for each of them.
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142
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Please provide a list of openings by “rank” in county government as of July 1, 2008 and a similar list of current openings by rank.
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143
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Please provide a history of the County contribution to Ft. Belvoir National Army Museum.
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144
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What are the cost implications between instituting retail versus institutional bond sales for a sample bond issuance?
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145
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What contracts do we have with other organizations for employees to acquire foreign language skills?
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146
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What are Employee Advisory Council funds spent on?
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147
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Provide a comparison of the County’s retirement systems with other jurisdictions.
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148
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Please provide the number of retirees in each of the County’s retirement systems.
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150
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Please provide additional information on the proposed closing of the Annandale Adult Day Health Center. Is the savings figure of around $253,000 net of any income? How much in fees, etc. does that particular program generate, and is the $253,000 the county's cost, or the total cost to provide services?
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