Fairfax County supervisors have reacted tepidly to a staff proposal for imposing what might be termed a “trash tax” on Fairfax’s property owners to support solid waste disposal.
“I don’t think we’re ready. It’s kind of a hard sell,” Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay said in response to the proposal, floated at the May 12 meeting of the board’s Environment Committee.
As proposed by staff, a typical Fairfax homeowner would pay approximately $60 starting in fiscal year 2028, which will begin on July 1, 2027. The cost, which would be based on the value of a property, would rise to an average of about $90 annually by 2032 under the projections delivered to supervisors…