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Fairfield City forecasts running short in FY2030

Fairfield City – 046102 (Butler) · Fiscal Year 2027 First Required Forecast (Fall)

Submission date: 08/21/2026

Fairfield 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, Fairfield City goes below zero in FY2030 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes. It has written in a new income tax levy from FY2027 — $26,155,129 in FY2030 — that voters have not approved.

FY2027 fallfiled July–August 2026 FY2026 spring updatefiled February 2026
Cash, June 30, 2026
$39.9M

4.2 months of that year’s spending

Runs short
FY2030

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

New levy in the forecast
Income tax

from FY2027, not yet approved by voters

Fairfield City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

  1. Income tax, 1.25%

    New Schools

    Current expenses · 5 years · from Jan 1, 2027

    $125 a year for every $10,000 of income it taxes

    Paid by the people who live in the district, on their income; the ballot says whether on all of it or on earnings only.

How its earlier votes went: since March 17, 2020, voters have decided 2 Fairfield City Schools tax issues — 0 passed and 2 failed. Of the issues asking for new money, 0 of 2 passed.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Butler County →

Fairfield 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 ActualFY2026 BudgetFY2027 ForecastFY2030
07.020 Cash balance at June 30Everything in the general fund's account at the end of the year. 39,940,748 31,519,555 (20,265,411)
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 3,436,661 − 0 − 0
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 36,504,087 31,519,555 (20,265,411)
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 36,504,087 31,519,555 (20,265,411)
13.030 New leviesLevies the district has written into its forecast. Not yet voted on. + 0 + 1,363,209 + 68,345,294
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 36,504,087 32,882,764 48,079,883

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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.

Fairfield City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Fairfield 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 ActualFY2024 ActualFY2025 ActualFY2026 Current year budgetFY2027 Forecast year 1FY2028 Forecast year 2FY2029 Forecast year 3FY2030
01.010 General Property Tax (Real Estate)

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

 49,149,794 49,885,397 49,117,278 50,856,886 51,916,960 52,017,580 53,654,826
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 4,980,346 5,222,214 5,404,473 5,872,257 5,944,714 5,991,030 6,036,577
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 37,651,877 36,889,969 35,847,179 33,450,158 33,692,235 33,880,809 33,964,274
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 4,370,310 4,103,630 3,340,348 3,190,663 3,089,879 2,927,836 2,853,002
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.

 5,438,033 5,620,036 5,623,892 5,786,696 5,911,576 5,920,246 6,198,557
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 9,319,094 11,039,663 12,583,485 12,200,749 11,768,699 11,252,267 10,683,075
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 110,909,455 112,760,909 111,916,655 111,357,409 112,324,063 111,989,768 113,390,311
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

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

 355,981 764,465 907,713 354,305 354,305 354,305 354,305
02.050 Advances-In

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

 3,455,800 4,841,008 1,341,914 542,663 3,200,000 3,200,000 3,200,000
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 (3,867) 0 2,756 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.

 3,807,915 5,605,474 2,252,383 896,968 3,554,305 3,554,305 3,554,305
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 114,717,370 118,366,383 114,169,039 112,254,377 115,878,369 115,544,074 116,944,617
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 63,969,488 65,565,310 67,566,561 66,797,526 69,740,500 72,728,334 75,807,266
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 22,136,675 23,592,101 24,816,188 25,488,875 27,411,481 29,484,551 31,470,684
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 15,581,963 14,843,614 15,902,085 16,303,224 16,758,380 17,227,840 17,712,058
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 3,678,735 4,574,498 5,022,563 4,227,696 4,354,527 4,485,163 4,619,717
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 2,264,207 1,139,668 520,817 3,180,000 4,180,000 5,180,000 5,180,000
04.300 Other Objects

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

 812,577 734,547 1,341,558 863,550 553,614 898,028 915,785
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 108,443,645 110,449,738 115,169,772 116,860,871 122,998,502 130,003,916 135,705,510
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 648,980 8,286,395 3,046,005 614,699 614,699 614,699 614,699
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 5,096,459 1,601,908 542,663 3,200,000 3,200,000 3,200,000 3,200,000
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 5,745,439 9,888,303 3,588,668 3,814,699 3,814,699 3,814,699 3,814,699
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 114,189,084 120,338,041 118,758,440 120,675,570 126,813,201 133,818,615 139,520,209
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.

 528,286 (1,971,658) (4,589,401) (8,421,193) (10,934,832) (18,274,541) (22,575,592)
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.

 45,973,522 46,501,807 44,530,149 39,940,748 31,519,555 20,584,723 2,310,181
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.

 46,501,807 44,530,149 39,940,748 31,519,555 20,584,723 2,310,181 (20,265,411)
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 3,600,719 2,913,944 3,436,661 0 0 0 0
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.

 42,901,088 41,616,205 36,504,087 31,519,555 20,584,723 2,310,181 (20,265,411)
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.

 42,901,088 41,616,205 36,504,087 31,519,555 20,584,723 2,310,181 (20,265,411)
13.010 Income Tax - New

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

 0 0 0 1,363,209 16,266,088 24,560,868 26,155,129
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 1,363,209 17,629,297 42,190,165 68,345,294
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.

 42,901,088 41,616,205 36,504,087 32,882,764 38,214,020 44,500,346 48,079,883
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 603 560 581 590 592 586 684
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 8,083 7,933 7,737 7,679 7,627 7,584 7,436

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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.

Fairfield City’s levies, spending and test scores →

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