About the County Board

The County Board hires four positions:

• Clerk of the Board — Kendra Jacobs
• County Attorney — MinhChau Corr
• County Auditor — Jim L. Shelton
• County Manager — Mark Schwartz

View an organizational chart for Arlington County Government

The Arlington County Board: 

• Makes County policy decisions that the County Manager administers (e.g., public safety, trash collection, parks and recreation, libraries, etc.)
• Makes land use and zoning decisions within the limitations imposed by the Code of Virginia
• Sets real estate, personal property and other tax rates
• Annually provides Budget Guidance to the Manager, reviews the Manager’s proposed budget and adopts the budget
• Reviews the 10-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) every two years, adopts the CIP
• Oversees transportation policies related to such issues as widening; narrowing; and repairing County streets, sidewalks and bicycle trails
• Responds to constituent concerns: email the County Board
• Appoints community members to citizen advisory groups (Apply Online)
• Appoints the County Manager, County Attorney, County Auditor and the Clerk to the County Board
• Represents Arlington on regional, statewide and national advisory groups and commissions, including the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, Northern Virginia Regional Commission,  Virginia Association of Counties and National Association of Regional Councils.

The Office of the County Board: 

• Maintains all County Board meeting minutes — the official record of all Board actions
• Updates the Arlington County Code
• Processes citizen input on items to be discussed at Board meetings
• Receives, resolves and refers citizen concerns, providing general constituent services on the Board’s behalf
• Coordinates appointments of citizen advisory groups and their chairs and members
• Maintains lists of Arlington’s community and service organizations; civic associations; and condominium, homeowner and tenant associations
• Prepares and issues proclamations
• Arranges the publication of County Board meeting agendas
• Publishes public notices of changes to Arlington’s County Code and Zoning Ordinance, General Land Use Plan and land-use matters such as site plans, rezonings, use permits, property vacations and other items to be considered at Board meetings, as required by state law