Alexandria City Council

More than a dozen Alexandria residents packed City Council chambers Saturday morning to demand elected officials publicly condemn what they described as Sheriff Sean Casey’s voluntary collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The speakers, part of the ICE Out of Alexandria coalition, called on council members during the scheduled public hearing to take a public stance against the sheriff’s practice of holding inmates beyond their release time and making courtesy calls to ICE about upcoming releases.

The Alexandria City Council will convene for a public hearing Saturday morning to consider several development projects and zoning ordinances, including two major residential conversion proposals in Old Town.

The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. at City Hall, 301 King St., and is open to the public in person and virtually via Zoom.

Alexandria City Manager James Parajon presented a sobering economic outlook to the City Council Tuesday night, warning of troubling trends in unemployment, consumption taxes, and consumer confidence despite the city’s recent achievement of crossing $1 billion in visitor spending.

The monthly State of the Economy report, part of a series requested by Mayor Alyia Gaskins and members of the City Council, highlighted deepening concerns about national economic uncertainty and its local impacts as the city prepares for budget discussions.

The Alexandria City Council will consider a grant application for flood mitigation projects and vote on dozens of board appointments when it convenes Tuesday, October 14 at City Hall.

The Legislative Meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. at 301 King St., will be preceded by a Landmark Community Development Authority meeting at 5:45 p.m. and a closed executive session (if needed) regarding specific legal matters pertaining to the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

Alexandria City Council members grappled with difficult decisions on Tuesday evening about which major infrastructure projects deserve funding over the next decade, as Alexandria approaches its debt capacity limits while facing $307 million in unfunded needs.

The work session at City Hall focused on prioritizing projects within the city’s Capital Improvement Plan — a $2.1 billion blueprint for infrastructure investments through 2035 that includes everything from school replacements to fire station upgrades and recreation facilities.