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Votes at a glance: March 11 Alexandria City Council meeting
Summary
Summary of formal actions taken at the March 11 council meeting, including appointments, ordinance first reading and adopted resolutions and studies.
The Alexandria City Council took several formal actions at its March 11 legislative meeting. Below are the items the council approved or advanced and the recorded outcomes.
Votes at a glance
- Closed executive session: Council moved, seconded and voted to convene a closed session under Virginia Code section 2.2-3711(a)(7) to consult with legal counsel regarding probable litigation. The motion passed by voice vote. Council subsequently adopted a resolution confirming the closed session (motion by Councilman Chapman; second by Councilman Aguirre). The roll-call for the resolution recorded the council as voting in the affirmative.
- Proclamations: Council adopted proclamations recognizing National 3-1-1 Day, Women in Law Enforcement Day and March as Senior Nutrition Programs Month. Each proclamation was moved and seconded and passed by voice vote.
- Appointments: Council read ballot tallies and approved majority vote winners for multiple advisory bodies, including appointments to the Budget and Fiscal Affairs Advisory Committee, Commission for the Arts, Commission on Aging, Commission on Information Technology, Commission on Persons with Disabilities, Human Rights Commission and Traffic & Parking Board. The council approved the appointments by roll-call vote.
- Action consent docket: Council approved consent calendar items 11 through 19 with the exception of item 18 (which was pulled for discussion). The consent approval passed by voice vote.
- Docket item 18 (Ordinance amendment): Council approved first reading of an ordinance amending City Code Sec. 1-1-11 to permit interdepartmental enforcement delegation; the ordinance was scheduled for public hearing and second reading on March 15.
- Repetitive Loss Area Analysis (RLAA): Council adopted the RLAA study recommendations and authorized necessary follow-up actions (motion by Councilman Chapman, second by Councilwoman Green). Staff will submit documentation to FEMA and report annually under the Community Rating System.
- Flood insurance assessment memo: Council authorized submission of the flood-insurance assessment technical memo to FEMA (motion by Councilman Chapman, second by Councilwoman Green). The motion passed by voice vote.
- Tax-rate advertisement for FY2026: Council voted to advertise a maximum real-property tax rate equal to the manager's proposed flat rate (described in the meeting as "$1 and 13.5 cents") and to retain the existing personal-property rate. The motion, moved by Councilman McPike and seconded by Vice Mayor Bagley, carried 4'to'3 after deliberation.
Ending: Meeting minutes will record full roll-call tallies where applicable; staff said minutes and detailed vote tallies will be published with the official record.
