FAIRFAX CITY, VA — Stacy Hall supported Fairfax City's last two annual budgets while opposing the 2026 meals-tax increase. She also backed cancellation of George Snyder Trail and voted against the city's accessory dwelling unit ordinance.
Hall is running for a City Council seat in the Nov. 3 election, according to the official sample ballot. This review examines votes cast while serving on the council in 2025 and 2026.
SEE: How Four Fairfax Candidates Voted On Taxes, Trails, Housing And Willard-Sherwood
Hall supported the fiscal 2025 budget adopted May 6, 2025, and the fiscal 2027 budget adopted May 5, 2026. Both overall budget votes were unanimous.
On May 5, 2026, Hall opposed setting the meals-tax rate at 4.5%, effective July 1. The measure passed 4-2, with Hall and McQuillen opposed.
"While I do not support this increase in our meals tax and wish we had found an alternative means, I do understand it is needed to support a balanced budget," Hall said in a statement entered into the May 5 minutes.
Hall supported the separately adoptedreal estate tax rate of $1.0725 per $100 of assessed value. In July, Hall also supported requesting a November referendum on a sales tax of up to 1% for school and/or public transportation capital projects. That was a request for a referendum, not voter approval of the tax.
Hall opposed all six October 2025 land-use and design approvals for the Willard-Sherwood city and county sites.
In April 2026, Hall supported proceeding with construction, excluding the optional performing-arts renovation and addition at Sherwood, and amending the joint development agreement. The authorization passed unanimously.
The October votes concerned land-use permissions and design. The April vote concerned moving ahead with construction under the stated scope. Comparing them requires keeping those separate decisions in view.
On Jan. 13, 2026, Hall opposed appropriating an additional $4.6 million for George Snyder Trail. The motion failed on a 3-3 council split.
Hall then supported canceling the trail in its entirety. Cancelation passed 4-2. Those votes concern this specific project and do not establish a position on every trail or bicycle proposal.
Hall supported adoption of the Affordable Housing Strategic Plan in February 2026 as a framework, with future actions subject to resources and council approval.
On July 28, Hall supported postponing the accessory dwelling unit ordinance until Sept. 8. After the deferral failed 3-3, Hall opposed the original ordinance motion. It passed 4-2.
In 2025, Hall opposed the Davies property rezoning and development plan. Later that year, Hall supported denying both the Combined Courthouse special exceptions and its certificate of appropriateness.
Hall supported Peterson's request to postpone the Highlands at Mantua decision until Oct. 13. She said council members should have time to consider what they heard at a public hearing. That explanation concerned delay; it does not establish a complete rationale for her later votes against rezoning and design approval.
The postponement failed after a 3-3 council split and Mayor Catherine Read's vote against delay. Hall and McQuillen opposed both the rezoning and design certificate, each approved 4-2.
The separate Highlands comprehensive-plan amendment passed unanimously. The project approvals and the earlier postponement request were distinct motions.
This review covers selected votes in 2025 and 2026 on four issue areas. It draws on city minutes, the Council Reporter and Patch reporting. It examines four incumbent candidates, not every candidate in either race. Research is current through Sept. 23, 2026.
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