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Council reviews draft 2026 legislative program; 1% sales tax for school construction tops priorities
Summary
At a public hearing, staff presented the proposed 2026 legislative program. Council discussed making charter amendments and a 1% local sales-tax for school capital projects the top priorities, and considered new language on data centers, invasive species funding, integrated resource plans, and local authority over cannabis taxation.
Acting city manager Melanie Zip presented the draft City of Fairfax 2026 legislative program at a public hearing and asked council for priority ordering and edits for the one-page summary circulated to legislators.
Key items in staff’s presentation included: sending charter amendments to the Department of Legislative Services (already submitted); proposing enabling legislation that would allow counties and cities to adopt an extra 1%…
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