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Discussion on the Proposed FY26 Budget
0:13Ms. SummerfieldstaffI don't, I can certainly send Council one. I don't have a total. MR. do have ones that I've earmarked as potentially available to defer or yeah defer and then I would say at the beginning of this budget process JC and I worked together to defer the Van Dyke redevelopment project by two years out to FY 28 and that was driven largely by the potential Willard Sherwood project and so the Willard Sherwood facility would change the way that that space is there and a number of other programs so once that project was completed looking at then starting Van Dyke Park so both of those are not running simultaneously and
Thomas Petersonthere been any consideration as a part of this budget process of looking at at least just at a conceptual level alternate design scenarios that might actually be at a smaller scale or something that change the financial outlays associated with that?
Leslie Abashianstafflike a like a city decided to the agency you have to do everything that's core with that and that This includes the legislative and regulatory requirements. And I know there are local cities that try to do their own, but there's some pros and cons for that. So with the social services, the proposed budget for FY26 is $1,296,244. That's an estimate. these I think we know that Fairfax County is going through their budget process too so there may be some adjustments I know they're going through some reductions but just some numbers and this is from FY 2024 because a lot of times some of these stats I don't get to the end of the fiscal year so you know they're a little behind but like with adult protective services let's see