File #: 26-0178    Name: City Council Schedule
Type: Written Report Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 8/27/2025 In control: City Council Legislative Meeting
On agenda: 9/9/2025 Final action:
Title: Consideration of City Council Schedule.
Attachments: 1. 26-0178_Attachment 1: 2025 Council Look Ahead Calendar 2025, 2. 26-0178_Attachment 2: City Council Calendar _Calendar _ City of Alexandria, VA (Oct 2025)

City of Alexandria, Virginia

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MEMORANDUM

 

 

 

DATE:                     SEPTEMBER 4, 2025

 

TO:                                          THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

 

FROM:                     JAMES F. PARAJON, CITY MANAGER

 

DOCKET TITLE:                     

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Consideration of City Council Schedule.

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ISSUE:  City Council Schedule.

 

RECOMMENDATION:  That City Council:

 

(1)                     Approve the City Council Look Ahead schedule to include the following:

 

  • Citizenship Day, Friday, September 12, 2025, 1:00 p.m., Market Square Plaza, City Hall
  • Constitution Day, Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 1:00 p.m., City Council Chamber
  • Virginia Municipal League Annual Conference, October 11 – October 14, 2025, Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center, Roanoke, Virginia (three or more members may be in attendance)
  • National League of Cities City Summit, November 20 – November 22, 2025, Salt Lake Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (two or more members may be in attendance)
  • Annual Holiday Tree Lighting, Saturday, November 22, 2025, 6:00 p.m., Market Square Plaza, City Hall; and

 

(2)                     Receive the City Council Calendar from September 2025 – December 2025, including                      the following meetings (including budget development dates):

 

  • DASH (ATC Board)/Council Stakeholders Meeting, Wednesday, September 10, 2025 5:30 p.m., City Hall, Sister Cities Conference Room
  • ACPS Board/DASH/City Council Work Session, Monday, September 29, 2025, 6:00 p.m., City Hall, Sister Cities Conference Room
  • City Council Town Hall Meeting, Saturday, October 4, 2025, 1:00 p.m., TBD
  • CIP and Economic Development Strategy Update, Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 5:30 p.m., City Hall
  • City Council Budget Retreat, Saturday, November 1, 2025, 9:00 a.m., Del Pepper Community Resource
  • City Council Town Hall Meeting, Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 6:00 p.m., TBD

 

Additional Budget Development Dates:

 

  • City Manager’s Proposed Budget Presentation, Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 7:00 p.m., Del Pepper Resource Center
  • Budget Work Session #1 – CIP, Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 7:00 p.m., Del Pepper Resource Center
  • Proposed Public Budget Presentation, Thursday, February 26, 2026, 7:00 p.m., TBD
  • Budget Work Session #2 – ACPS, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 7:00 p.m., Del Pepper Resource Center
  • Budget Public Hearing, Monday, March 9, 2026, 5:30 p.m., Del Pepper Community Resource Center
  • Budget Work Session #3, Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 7:00 p.m., Del Pepper Community Resource Center
  • Additional Budget Public Hearing,  Saturday, March 14, 2026, 9:30 a.m., Del Pepper Community Resource Center
  • Budget Work Session #4, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 7:00 p.m., Del Pepper Community Resource Center
  • Budget Work Session #5, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 7:00 p.m., Del Pepper Community Resource Center
  • Tax Rate Public Hearing (during regular Saturday public hearing meeting), Saturday, April 18, 2026, 9:30 a.m.,  Del Pepper Community Resource Center
  • Add/Delete Public Hearing (during regular Saturday public hearing meeting), Saturday, April 18, 2026, 9:30 a.m., Del Pepper Community Resource Center
  • Budget Work Session #6 – Preliminary Add/Delete Work Session, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 7:00 p.m., Del Pepper Community Resource Center
  • Budget Work Session #7 – Final Add/Delete Work Session (if needed), Monday, April 27, 2026, 7:00 p.m., Del Pepper Community Resource Center
  • FY 2027 Special Budget Adoption Meeting, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 6:00 p.m., Del Pepper Community Resource Center

 

DISCUSSION:  Legislative Meetings and Public Hearings of the Alexandria City Council are being held in the Council Chamber (301 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314) and electronically.  Members of City Council and staff are participating either in-person or from remote locations (under the electronic meeting policy).  This will give the public the ability to provide public comment to the City Council through a video conference call on Zoom or in-person.  The meetings can be accessed by the public in the City Council Chamber, through the live broadcast on the government channel 70, streaming on the City’s website, and can be accessed via Zoom.

 

Please Note: Staff will reference the official City Calendar that is published on the City’s website in this docket item.  Staff will provide a list of the City Council meetings from that City Calendar for Council’s review and approval at each legislative meeting.  The full calendar can be reviewed on the City’s webpage, and the City Council filtered calendar on the City Council’s webpage.

 

 

ATTACHMENTS:

Attachment 1:  Look Ahead Calendar September 2025 – December 2025

Attachment 2: City Council Calendar

 

STAFF:

Gloria Sitton, City Clerk and Clerk of Council