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Votes at a glance: Fairfax City Council actions June 24, 2025
Summary
Council approved multiple routine and project items on unanimous or near‑unanimous votes: appointments to boards, adoption of the purchasing resolution, tax write‑offs for 2019, a 32% PPTRA allocation, and adoption of the 2025 Emergency Operations Plan. The council also passed a quick‑take resolution for Blenheim Boulevard.
At its June 24 meeting the Fairfax City Council recorded the following formal actions and outcomes (summary of motions and roll‑call results as taken from the meeting record):
- Appointments to steering committee and boards/commissions: Motion to appoint Jason Desai and Emily Rabbit to the Move Fairfax City steering committee (and additional appointments read aloud for boards and advisory committees) passed by unanimous roll call.
- Approval of amended agenda: Council approved an amended agenda (including addition of item 5a) by unanimous roll call.
- Consent agenda handling: Council voted 5–1 to remove items 6D–6H from the consent agenda for separate consideration; those items were considered and approved subsequently.
- Purchasing resolution (2025 Fairfax City purchasing resolution): Procurement Director Patty Incente summarized two primary changes—HB 2150 (IT contracts; certain supplier terms void if inconsistent with Virginia law) and SB 913 (contract clause requiring contractors not to use products produced by child or forced labor). Council voted to adopt the purchasing resolution as recommended by staff; the motion passed unanimously.
- Tax write‑offs (tax year 2019): City staff reported the write‑offs represent a small fraction of billing: approximately $10,000 in business‑license write‑offs ($9,185,000 billed in 2019) and approximately $34,000 in personal property write‑offs ($9,721,000 billed in 2019). Council moved to write off the lists and publish them on the city website in compliance with Va. Code §58.1‑3940; the motion passed unanimously.
- Personal property tax relief allocation (PPTRA): Council adopted a resolution setting the allocation percentage for PPTRA at 32% for tax year 2025. Staff estimated this change translates to about a $22 net change per affected vehicle for residents; the motion passed unanimously.
- Emergency Operations Plan (2025 EOP): Staff presented the required four‑year EOP update and noted alignment with the regional hazard mitigation plan. Council adopted the 2025 EOP unanimously.
- Quick‑take resolution for Blenheim Boulevard multimodal improvements (UPC 107013): After a staff report, a public hearing with no speakers, and a motion to adopt the resolution with amendments (delete Parcels 004 and 047 and correct owner spellings for Parcels 008 and 054), council adopted the resolution authorizing quick‑take/condemnation powers by unanimous vote.
Votes and roll‑call notations were taken live at the meeting and are recorded in the official minutes. Items that passed unanimously were adopted by recorded roll call with all council members voting aye on the relevant motions.
What this means: Several routine procedural and budgetary items were finalized at the June 24 meeting; projects that require follow‑up or further action (contract awards, condemnation implementation, procurement execution) will return to council for subsequent procedural steps.
