Arlington County Board Regular Meeting | November 15, 2025

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Opening remarks; federal shutdown & SNAP updates

Announcement

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Chair Takis Carantones opened the Nov.15 meeting, criticized the federal shutdown's local impact and summarized county resources: SNAP benefits are being reissued (65% by mid-November), Virginia emergency nutrition assistance was loaded to EBT and will remain available for up to 90 days. He asked colleagues to permit brief reflections and named absent member Maureen Coffey.

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Arlington County Board met Nov. 15, 2025. Public commenters raised housing, tree canopy and towing concerns; the board adopted its 2026 General Assembly legislative package (including new language supporting anti-rent-gouging measures) and moved discussion of tentative police and firefighter collective-bargaining fiscal impacts to December while receiving a fiscal closeout presentation that highlighted mounting budget pressures for FY27.

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