FY 2024 Budget Questions and Answers

Page updated on February 28, 2023 at 6:21 PM

Budget Questions and Answers for the Fiscal Year 2024 budget process are listed and searchable below by subject. Use the question titles (some abbreviated to fit the character allotment) to view the question and response. A PDF version is also available at the bottom of each Q&A. To view Budget Q&As from previous years, visit the Budget Archive.

Budget QA
Date Status Name
2/28/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #001: What is the proposed schedule and add/delete process for FY 2024 budget deliberations?
3/6/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #002: How does the proposed budget reflect the memo Council endorsed last fall regarding protecting reproductive health services in Alexandria?
3/6/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #003: What would be the cost of funding another ACORP team?
3/6/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #004: What is covered by the $60,000 in the budget related to street renamings?
3/6/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #005: What is the average amount of rental assistance received by families helped by the program in recent years?
3/6/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #006: What is the cost to expand the partial tax exemption income brackets for elderly and disabled property tax relief by $10,000 or $20,000?
3/6/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #007: What would be the cost of forgiving property taxes for seniors over 70 that have lived in the city for 35 or more years as a strategy to help seniors age in place?
3/6/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #008: On average how many young persons on SNAP and TANF participate in summer OSTP programming at RPCA facilities?
3/6/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #009: What is the cost of increasing the Summer Youth Employment Program so that it could serve 50% more youth?
3/6/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #010: In an effort to expand participation at City town halls, what is the cost of providing food and/ or childcare?
3/6/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #011: How many of the proposed additional investments in Youth and Families can be linked directly to the recommendations youth provided as part of the Youth Safety and Resilience Concept focus groups and conversations?
3/6/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #012: What would it look like & cost to pilot an approach and/or position at City park and recreation facilities that is designed to better connect residents to mental health services and if needed provide onsite mental health services?
3/6/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #013: Is there funding in the budget to support any of the recommendations outlined in my December 2022 Memo to Council? Opportunities to Promote and Support Breastfeeding?
3/6/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #014: What would it take & cost to develop a coordinated childcare application system to better connect families to childcare, assess eligibility for VPI and childcare subsidy, integrate across providers and improve the family experience?
3/6/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #015: What is the cost to the City to join neighboring jurisdictions on First Net, the first high-speed, nationwide wireless broadband network dedicated to public safety?
3/6/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #016: What is the cost of securing additional cameras with battery capability that could be placed around the City more easily?
3/10/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #017: What would be the cost of an add that would give the school board 3 aides, similar in pay & benefits as our part-time council aides?
3/10/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #018: Of the FTEs added to the City staff in the FY 2023 budget, how many have yet to be filled? Are these vacant positions all retained in the FY 2024 budget?
3/10/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #019: Could you break down how you expect the City Council Town Hall additional funding will be spent?
3/10/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #020: Does our City’s benefits package include student loan repayment aid? If so, how many employees participate in that program, what does it cost, and how is participation encouraged?
3/10/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #021: Could staff estimate how the City Manager’s proposed ACPS allocation would fit into the 9 category allocation defined by the Virginia Board of Education?
3/10/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #022: What programs, outside of the schools, does the proposed budget fund in regards to addressing and preventing opioid addiction?
3/14/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #023: Are there any opportunities for efficiencies in joining the ACPS contract security officer contract, or other City security contracts, to incorporate coverage for the library security needs?
3/14/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #024: Can we prepare a updated memo on the unfunded DASH service expansion requests?
3/14/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #025: What would be the costs associated with implementing an annual or semi-annual rental inspection program for rental properties in Alexandria?
3/14/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #026: Is it possible to get a chart of the current pay for the most common library positions compared to neighboring jurisdictions?
3/14/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #027: Can you breakdown the extent to which, FY24 vehicle property tax recommendations accounts for the current vehicle pricing market?
3/14/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #028: Can General Services address the drop in the percentage of the City’s total electricity that comes from renewable energy sources from 95% in FY20 to 90% in FY21 and when figures will be available for FY22?
3/14/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #029: Can we update budget question #80 from FY23 and evaluate whether Council aides are currently compensated at a competitive rate to surrounding jurisdictions?
3/14/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #030: What are the budget and policy implications of various clean fuel vehicle tax options?
3/14/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #031: Can you provide an update on the City’s implementation of the Alternative Fuel Policy adopted in 2021 including the goals over the next 10 years?
3/14/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #032: Please supply an updated budget memo on what is needed for Metro Stage?
3/14/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #033: Please prepare a budget memo on the cost per year of what the City gives to non-profits and what those non-profits are?
3/15/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #034: How many Fire Marshal positions are vacant today? Which positions? How long have we had these vacancies?
3/15/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #035: What would be the fiscal impact of funding childcare services at Board & Commission meetings?
3/15/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #036: Could we do an updated memo on Question 83 from FY23 regarding the Inova Funding Contingency?
3/15/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #037: How does our most recently measured office and retail vacancy rate compare to our regional neighbors and/or other relevant comparators?
3/16/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #038: Please provide an update on the potential state reduction in Older Americans Act funding.
3/16/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #039: What authority does the City have to create a housing voucher program and how many would be served by $5 million?
3/16/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #040: Now that collective bargaining has been established, what is the schedule for other compensation studies?
3/16/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #041: Who receives what dental services from which providers and what services do other jurisdictions provide?
3/16/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #042: What substance abuse services does the Commonwealth of Virginia offer for court involved youth? What do other states provide?
3/21/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #043: Can staff provide a summary of ARPA funding?
3/21/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #044: Please provide a comprehensive list of ARPA projects, remaining balances, and project statuses.
3/27/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #045: What would an hourly increase in garage parking prices look like for revenue?
3/27/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #046:Do we track information about the usage of the Alexandria fleet vehicles for non-heavier or specific-use purposes such as employee travel as compared to equipment hauling, street cleaning, and snow removal?
3/27/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #047: Is this a Dillion Rule or city ordinance procedure? Is Alexandria able to incentivize developers/landlords if this were able to occur? How would choice of rent control units be established in rental housing options?
3/27/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #048: Alexandria has approximately 25% single family housing zoning. With that being the case, and generational wealth being established in that zone already, what is the estimate of generational wealth lost if zoning changes occur?
3/27/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #049: What were the recommendations of the City of Alexandria Gang Prevention Community Task Force to City Council in October 2022?
3/27/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #050: What would it cost to start up employee resource groups within the City of Alexandria?
3/27/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #051: What would be the cost and benefits associated with creating a multi-lingual office or division of immigration affairs?
3/27/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #052: What is the cost of the School Resource Officers (SRO) program including the number of officers and the campuses they serve?
3/27/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #053: Would the proposed funding increase for election mailers be mandated by state law to continue at that level?
3/27/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #054: Could the proposed new Planning & Zoning senior planning technician position be funded by permit fee revenue?
3/27/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #055: What is the level of funding in the proposed budget for Visit Alexandria advertising, printing, and web site support and AEDP targeted business outreach and lead generation and business attraction?
3/27/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #056: What would it cost to print copies of the budget document for the public?
3/27/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #057: Can staff estimate the cost of installing along Mount Vernon Avenue between Uhler Avenue and Windsor Avenue solar-powered street lighting/lamps to increase visibility and pedestrian safety?
3/27/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #058: Would it be possible to get a budget memo for costs to run a similar voucher program for security cameras as done in PG County?
3/27/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #059: Could OMB staff prepare a memo on the unfunded requests from the Sheriff’s Association?
3/27/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #060: Could staff prepare a memo describing funding of state employees by department?
3/29/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #061: Can you provide a list of the operating budget reductions that were considered but ultimately not included in the proposed budget?
3/29/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #062: Can you provide additional detail on the $150,000 proposed for “Office Space Accommodation” included in the Communications and Public Information budget?
3/29/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #063: Can you provide the expected outcomes and products of the proposed $200,000 Disparity Study? Are there other alternatives available to achieve these outcomes?
3/29/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #064: Can you provide additional detail relating to the proposed $250,000 for contractual services to support maintenance services? What maintenance services will this funding support?
3/29/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #065: What is the City Manager’s intentions for the $83,595 budgeted to support the Night/Weekend Zoning Inspector Position?
3/29/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #066: Can you provide a refresh of Budget Question 22 from FY 2023?  Can you please provide a detailing of the number of children served across the Early Childhood Program Area?
3/29/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #067: Can you please provide restoration scenarios for the reduction in security guard services proposed for the Alexandria Libraries? Please show the fiscal impact of a full restoration and a partial restoration.
3/29/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #068: Can you please provide the fiscal impact of potential expansions to the Visit Alexandria regional/national/international advertising budget designed to increase visitation and consumption tax revenue?
3/29/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #069: Can you provide a recent staffing history for the Department of Emergency Communications, including details on authorized, filled, vacant and over-hire positions for the past 5 years, as available?
3/29/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #070: Can you provide recent staffing history for the Alexandria Police Department, including details on authorized, filled, vacant and over-hire positions for the past 5 years?
3/29/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #071: Can you provide a staffing overview of Parking Enforcement? How many positions does the proposed budget fund? What revenue assumptions are made at that staffing level?
3/29/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #072: Can you please provide the revenue impact and expenditure impact for the placement of 5 such cameras in school zones prioritized by Transportation & Environmental Services in alignment with the City’s Vision Zero Action Plan?
3/31/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #073: Please provide a summary of Revenue Re-Estimates and Technical Adjustments for Add/Delete and recommendations for use of additional revenues.
4/3/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #074: What would be the staffing and fiscal impacts to update the current work plan to include a cycle track on the Mill Road corridor connecting to Eisenhower west of Telegraph and to the intersection with the Residence Inn?
4/3/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #075: Can you provide the fiscal impact if the City were to fund an FTE in DCHS to serve as a one stop shop/central coordinator for immigrant affairs?
4/5/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #076: What options exist to coordinate with ACPS on combining City and ACPS health insurance benefits?
4/5/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #077: What fee increase would be required for full fee Out of School Time Program (OSTP) participants to cover the $200,000 funding request for part-time positions?
4/5/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #078: What could we do with more money for talent acquisition?
4/5/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #079:What is the long-term strategy for Alexandria Criminal Justice Services?
4/5/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #080: What are the prior year actual expenditures for the Police Department in FY 2021, 2020, and 2019?
4/5/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #081: How much funding would be required to increase the citywide language stipend to the DCHS pilot amount?
4/6/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #082: What would it cost to add a 0.5 FTE to assist women’s initiatives and the Commission for Women?
4/7/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #083: Please provide a summary of Add/Delete proposals received from City Council.
4/27/2023 Completed FY 24 Budget Q&A #084: Please provide a summary of the City Council’s final decisions for budget adoption.