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Centerville City forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

Centerville City – 043737 (Montgomery) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/25/2026

Centerville City’s own notes and assumptions for this forecast (PDF) →

Every Ohio school district files a budget forecast with the state: three years of actual figures, this year’s budget and the years ahead. On its own forecast, Centerville City stays above zero through FY2029 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes.

FY2027 fallfiled July–August 2026 FY2026 spring updatefiled February 2026
Cash, June 30, 2025
$41.6M

4.2 months of that year’s spending

Runs short
Not by FY2029

on its own forecast, if its levies are renewed and no new one passes

New levy in the forecast
None

it counts no levy voters have not approved

Centerville City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Centerville City Schools has no tax issue on this ballot, on the Ohio Secretary of State’s list of local questions and issues as of September 18, 2026.

How its earlier votes went: since March 17, 2020, voters have decided 4 Centerville City Schools tax issues — 2 passed and 2 failed. Renewals passed 1 of 1; of the issues asking for new money, 1 of 3 passed.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Montgomery County →

Centerville City: cash, unencumbered, unreserved — four different balances

The forecast has four balance lines, and each is the one before it with something taken away or added. They are easy to mix up, and they are not the same number.

Line ActualFY2025 BudgetFY2026 ForecastFY2029
07.020 Cash balance at June 30Everything in the general fund's account at the end of the year. 41,579,084 50,107,001 49,630,794
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 551,063 − 600,000 − 600,000
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 41,028,021 49,507,001 49,030,794
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 41,028,021 49,507,001 49,030,794
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 41,028,021 49,507,001 49,030,794

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For past years the state asks for no renewal or new-levy money, so the unencumbered and unreserved balances are the same; cash is larger by what is already committed and set aside. In a forecast year the unreserved balance counts any new levy as if it had passed.

Centerville City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Centerville City filed it with the state, in the state’s own format. Tap or hover over a line to see what it means.

Forecast line and description ActualFY2023 ActualFY2024 ActualFY2025 Current year budgetFY2026 Forecast year 1FY2027 Forecast year 2FY2028 Forecast year 3FY2029
01.010 General Property Tax (Real Estate)

Property tax on land and buildings — homes, farms and businesses — from levies voters have already approved.

 83,852,162 86,164,012 92,799,369 99,030,535 100,385,160 101,665,788 102,402,851
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

Property tax on the equipment of utilities, such as power lines, pipelines and power plants.

 3,811,669 4,153,274 4,769,459 5,636,735 6,180,920 6,353,548 6,542,139
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

State aid the district may spend on anything — mostly Ohio's school funding formula.

 13,222,874 14,064,825 14,421,990 15,568,824 15,609,116 15,649,515 15,690,022
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

State aid that must be spent on set purposes, such as help for pupils from low-income families.

 814,823 1,333,923 1,106,740 797,112 797,112 797,112 797,112
01.050 State Reimbursement for Property Tax Credits

The part of homeowners' property tax the state pays for them: the 10% and 2.5% rollbacks and the homestead exemption.

 8,645,243 8,733,053 8,971,947 8,999,519 9,085,733 9,163,405 9,178,884
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

Everything else that comes in: fees, tuition from other districts, interest, rentals and gifts.

 3,484,404 4,464,913 4,913,670 4,702,296 4,315,528 3,528,827 3,142,192
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 113,831,175 118,914,000 126,983,175 134,735,022 136,373,569 137,158,195 137,753,201
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

Money moved into the general fund from the district's other funds.

 0 0 302,299 0 0 0 0
02.050 Advances-In

Money the general fund lent to the district's other funds, coming back.

 74,000 53,000 3,100 4,000 0 0 0
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

One-off money, such as refunds of past spending or the sale of property.

 0 0 46,547 0 0 0 0
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

All of the other money coming in, lines 2.010 to 2.060, added together.

 74,000 53,000 351,946 4,000 0 0 0
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

Everything coming in for the year: revenue plus other money coming in.

 113,905,175 118,967,000 127,335,121 134,739,022 136,373,569 137,158,195 137,753,201
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 68,809,467 70,890,476 71,641,097 73,192,195 76,983,761 81,041,428 85,317,614
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

The district's share of staff pensions (STRS and SERS), health insurance, Medicare and workers' compensation.

 33,976,171 35,462,391 34,551,737 36,184,708 37,643,224 39,179,961 40,788,207
03.030 Purchased Services

Services bought from outside: utilities, repairs, contracted services and tuition paid for pupils taught elsewhere.

 6,770,166 7,763,110 8,548,897 10,876,658 10,907,482 10,920,472 10,998,676
03.040 Supplies and Materials

Textbooks, classroom supplies, fuel, food and other things the district buys.

 2,776,075 2,552,165 3,188,559 4,056,765 4,068,262 4,073,107 4,102,275
03.050 Capital Outlay

Equipment, buses and building improvements paid for from the general fund.

 69,385 112,856 290,304 369,350 370,397 370,838 373,494
04.300 Other Objects

Other costs, such as the county's fees for collecting its taxes, audits, elections, insurance and memberships.

 1,519,346 1,536,662 1,203,681 1,531,429 1,535,769 1,537,598 1,548,609
04.500 Total Expenditures

Everything the district spends in the year, lines 3.010 to 4.300, added together.

 113,920,609 118,317,660 119,424,276 126,211,105 131,508,894 137,123,403 143,128,875
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

Money moved out of the general fund to the district's other funds, such as food service or athletics.

 0 0 302,299 0 0 0 0
05.020 Advances-Out

Money the general fund lends to the district's other funds for a while.

 53,000 3,100 4,000 0 0 0 0
05.030 All Other Financing Uses

Other one-off money going out.

 1,135,749 0 0 0 0 0 0
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

All of the other money going out, lines 5.010 to 5.030, added together.

 1,188,749 3,100 306,299 0 0 0 0
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

Everything going out for the year: spending plus other money going out.

 115,109,359 118,320,760 119,730,575 126,211,105 131,508,894 137,123,403 143,128,875
06.010 Excess Of Revenues and Other Financing Sources over (under) Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

The year's result: money in minus money out. A number in brackets means the district spent more than it took in.

 (1,204,183) 646,240 7,604,546 8,527,917 4,864,675 34,792 (5,375,674)
07.010 Beginning Cash Balance July 1 - Excluding Proposed Renewal/Replacement and New Levies

Cash in the general fund on July 1, the start of the school year — last year's ending cash.

 34,532,482 33,328,299 33,974,538 41,579,084 50,107,001 54,971,677 55,006,469
07.020 Ending Cash Balance June 30 - Excluding Proposed Renewal/Replacement and New Levies

Cash on June 30, the end of the year: the starting cash plus the year's result, before any renewal or new levy.

 33,328,299 33,974,538 41,579,084 50,107,001 54,971,677 55,006,469 49,630,794
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

Money already committed: purchase orders and contracts signed but not yet paid.

 1,401,437 891,573 551,063 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000
10.010 Fund Balance June 30 For Certification of Appropriations

What is free to spend: the ending cash less money already committed and money set aside — often called the unencumbered balance.

 31,926,862 33,082,965 41,028,021 49,507,001 54,371,677 54,406,469 49,030,794
11.010 Income Tax - Renewal

An existing income tax the district expects voters to renew. Not yet voted on.

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11.020 Property Tax - Renewal or Replacement

Existing property tax levies the district expects voters to renew or replace. Not yet voted on.

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11.300 Cumulative Balance of Replacement/Renewal Levies

The renewals above, added up year after year.

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12.010 Fund Balance June 30 For Certificates of Contracts Salary Schedules, and Other Obligations

The balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does.

 31,926,862 33,082,965 41,028,021 49,507,001 54,371,677 54,406,469 49,030,794
13.010 Income Tax - New

A new income tax the district has written into its forecast. Not yet voted on.

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13.020 Property Tax - New

A new property tax levy the district has written into its forecast. Not yet voted on.

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13.030 Cumulative Balance of New Levies

The new levies above, added up year after year.

 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15.010 Unreserved Fund Balance June 30

The state's bottom line: the balance with renewals and new levies counted as if voters approve them.

 31,926,862 33,082,965 41,028,021 49,507,001 54,371,677 54,406,469 49,030,794

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Dollars, except the two enrolment lines (20.010 and 20.015), which are pupils. A line that is zero in every year is left out, as the state’s report leaves it out — except the renewal and new-levy lines (11 and 13), which are always shown, because a zero there is the answer.

Centerville City’s levies, spending and test scores →

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