Management & Finance
Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Information
Budget News and Updates
County Manager provided midyear review of FY 2013 to County Board on March 14, 2013.
County Manager provided FY 2013 third-quarter financial review memo to the County Board on April 5, 2013.
County Board Adopts FY 2013 Budget
On April 21, 2012 the Arlington County Board adopted a $1.052 billion General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 that includes a 1.3-cent increase in the property tax rate and additional funding for affordable housing, maintenance of County-owned facilities and infrastructure, employee compensation and core services.
The real estate tax rate will rise by 1.3 cents, from 95.8 cents per $100 of assessed value (including the sanitary district tax) to 97.1 cents per $100 of assessed value. The overall tax and fee burden for the average Arlington homeowner will increase 2.4% -- or about $13 a month. That amount includes the increase in real estate assessments and fee changes. The FY 2013 budget includes no increases for personal property tax, business tangible property, business and professional licenses, or the commercial transportation tax rates. Trash and recycling fees will decrease $32, to $294 per household.
The total FY 2013 transfer to Arlington Public Schools is $405.1 million, including $6.2 million in one-time FY2012 tax revenues.
View detailed information for the FY 2013 adopted budget.
Summary information for the FY 2013 adopted budget:
- Press Release: County Board adopts FY 2013 budget.
- County Government Summary
- All Funds Expense Summary
- Expenditure Comparison Table
- General Fund Summary; Expense & Revenue Pie Charts
- Position Changes
- Impact to the Average Homeowner
Other Budget News and Updates
- Press Release: County Board adopts FY 2013 budget.
- FY 2013 Proposed Budget public hearing presentation.
- FY 2013 Proposed Budget tax rate public hearing presentation.
- Press Release: County Board advertises proposed tax rate for CY 2012
- Press Release: County Manager presents overview of FY 2013 proposed budget.
- Press Release: Arlington County Property Values Up 6.6% Overall
- Compensation presentation to the County Board (pdf) - January 2012
- Community online chat with the County Manager - Transcript (pdf)
- County Manager's community budget forum presentation (pdf).
- County Board's fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget guidance to the Manager.
County Manager's Proposed Budget for FY 2013
- FY 2013 Proposed Budget
- FY 2013 proposed budget overview presentation (pdf)
- County Manager's FY 2013 message and summaries of budget priorities (pdf)
- FY 2013 proposed budget financial summaries (pdf)
Budget Planning For FY 2013
Budget planning for fiscal year 2013 began in September 2011 with the Department of Management and Finance providing projected revenues and expenditures for the County based on limited data and information.
- FY 2013 forecast and overview (pdf). December 1, 2011
- Staff presentation for FY 2011 closeout and FY 2013 budget planning (pdf). November 29, 2011.
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