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Council authorizes staff to prepare charter-amendment resolutions on transient-occupancy tax cap, board compensation and election timing
Summary
Following council discussion, staff will prepare resolutions to introduce charter amendments removing the 4% transient-occupancy tax cap, eliminating a $50 per-meeting compensation cap for boards and commissions, and updating election timing language; a public hearing will be set for Oct. 28.
Fairfax City Council instructed staff to prepare resolutions introducing charter amendments that would remove a cap on the city’s transient-occupancy tax, delete a $50-per-meeting compensation cap for boards and commissions, and clean up election/timing references in the charter.
City Manager Bridal Foster opened the discussion by saying the chief driver for the potential charter changes was the city’s inability under the charter to raise the transient-occupancy tax above 4%, and that the council should decide whether to seek state approval to remove that cap so the option is available for next year’s budget if desired. “If you wish to pursue this… we would put a resolution on the consent agenda at your next meeting to introduce, set a public hearing for your…
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