City Council Meeting

Speaker 15I'll let these guests talk about that. Thank you, Mayor of Council. I appreciate you guys taking the opportunity and time to recognize the importance of fire safety in our community. I'm going to let Chief Seitz talk about this year's theme here in just a second, but I just want to take this opportunity the community out to our open house which takes place every year during fall festival at fire station three we'll have activities for all ages plenty of fun come check out our firefighters get to meet them check out our equipment and chief sakes thank

Speaker 16as the mayor read in our proclamation we all live with batteries in our life every day from our to e-scooters if you're so inclined to ride those. But there's been a history over the last five years of increase in fires in our communities across Virginia and across the United States and around the world, really. These devices, when you go to charge them, ensuring that you have the right charging cords as the manufacturer instructs. And if you're ever in question, please call the fire department. We have some good resources we can share. We're going to have those at Fall Festival. Come by the fire station, pick some of those up. My office is in code administration, so if you have a vehicle and you're wanting to set up a charger at home beyond what comes with the charger or what comes with the vehicle, come talk to us at Fall Festival or give us a call.

Rachel McQuillenthank you just wanted to go over a few things that are coming up our schools in our community are very busy Katherine Johnson middle school's hosting a parent Academy tomorrow evening it will participate in blue star welcome week Fairfax high school is celebrating their homecoming this Friday and beginning with their homecoming parade at 4 p.m. followed by the tailgate and the football game. Daniels Run Elementary's fall field day is October 9th and we have our city's 50th annual fall festival October 10th. One more opportunity for residents. Registration is open for the Build Your Own Rain Barrel Workshop. It's going to be held Sunday, November 8th from 3.30 to 5.30 at Green Acres. Rain barrels help conserve water, reduce stormwater