Fairfax County Government

The Fairfax County government is one of the best run governments in the country. In fact the county was only one of two jurisdictions in the U.S. to earn top marks in all measures of quality local government in the Pew Charitable Trust’s most recent Government Performance Project. The county government is overseen by a 10-member Board of Supervisors—nine members elected from magisterial districts and a chairman elected at-large. The County Supervisors appoint seven members of the local business community to the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority Commission.

County Budget
$3.3 billion (Fiscal Year 2009). About $1.7 billion of that goes to the Fairfax County Public Schools.

Bond Rating
AAA from Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch Investors Service. Only 23 counties in the U.S. received AAA ratings from all three bond-rating agencies.

Contributions to the Commonwealth
Fairfax County contributes about 23 percent of the annual income tax revenue of the Commonwealth of Virginia and about 16 percent of the state's annual sales tax revenue.

Fairfax County Board of Supervisors

Sharon Bulova Chairman	Penelope A. Gross Vice Chairman Mason District	John Cook Braddock District	John W. Foust Dranesville District
	Michael R. Frey Sully District	Pat Herrity Springfield District	Catherine M. Hudgins Hunter Mill District
	Gerry W. Hyland Mount Vernon District	Jeff McKay Lee District	Linda Q. Smyth Providence District

FCEDA offers business counseling at Board of Supervisors’ offices!

A Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) staffer is available in several Board of Supervisors’ offices to offer free on-site, one-on-one counseling to anyone interested in joining the Fairfax County business community, expanding an existing business in Fairfax County, or learning about other business services.