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Findlay City forecasts no shortfall through FY2030

Findlay City – 043984 (Hancock) · Fiscal Year 2027 First Required Forecast (Fall)

Submission date: 08/25/2026

Findlay 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, Findlay City stays above zero through FY2030 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes.

FY2027 fallfiled July–August 2026 FY2026 spring updatefiled February 2026
Cash, June 30, 2026
$5.3M

0.9 months of that year’s spending

Runs short
Not by FY2030

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

Findlay City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Findlay 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 5 Findlay City Schools tax issues — 1 passed and 4 failed. Of the issues asking for new money, 1 of 5 passed.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Hancock County →

Findlay 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. 5,290,129 6,349,918 20,538,396
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 1,414,836 − 800,000 − 800,000
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 3,875,293 5,549,918 19,738,395
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 3,875,293 5,549,918 19,738,395
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 3,875,293 5,549,918 19,738,395

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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.

Findlay City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Findlay 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.

 25,895,811 25,067,047 26,408,153 27,200,397 28,016,409 28,856,901 29,722,608
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 5,173,885 5,995,963 7,054,555 7,266,191 7,484,177 7,708,702 7,939,964
01.030 Income Tax

The school district income tax its residents pay on their earnings, where voters have approved one.

 0 0 1,102,292 9,208,591 13,155,130 13,681,335 13,954,962
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 24,800,448 25,061,576 24,303,315 24,262,188 24,968,320 25,695,568 26,444,566
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 2,403,305 2,151,109 2,598,088 2,238,916 2,261,726 2,284,940 2,308,565
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.

 2,853,371 2,869,970 2,933,543 2,936,258 2,970,028 3,004,225 3,038,854
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 3,563,365 3,855,537 3,467,145 3,134,108 3,204,783 3,285,215 3,368,581
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 64,690,185 65,001,202 67,867,091 76,246,649 82,060,573 84,516,888 86,778,100
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

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

 0 0 254,974 0 0 0 0
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 62,201 27,524 152,132 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 62,201 27,524 407,106 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 64,752,386 65,028,726 68,274,197 76,271,649 82,085,573 84,541,888 86,803,100
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 39,141,218 42,595,956 39,847,651 43,588,663 44,897,698 46,219,933 47,580,577
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 16,596,466 18,935,966 20,481,342 21,421,221 22,279,619 23,003,186 23,623,774
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 6,278,727 5,902,950 6,243,687 6,281,453 6,412,832 6,548,296 6,687,979
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 2,231,968 1,980,369 1,933,852 1,994,306 2,038,515 2,085,327 2,132,351
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 451,112 298,471 600,241 390,605 364,211 375,138 378,889
04.300 Other Objects

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

 942,212 472,171 836,636 735,612 730,751 737,914 745,092
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 65,641,703 70,185,883 69,943,409 74,411,860 76,723,626 78,969,794 81,148,662
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 1,204,041 800,000 800,000 800,000 800,000
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 0 0 5,925 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.

 0 0 1,209,966 800,000 800,000 800,000 800,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 65,641,703 70,185,883 71,153,375 75,211,860 77,523,626 79,769,794 81,948,662
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.

 (889,317) (5,157,157) (2,879,178) 1,059,789 4,561,946 4,772,094 4,854,438
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.

 14,215,781 13,326,464 8,169,307 5,290,129 6,349,918 10,911,864 15,683,958
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.

 13,326,464 8,169,307 5,290,129 6,349,918 10,911,864 15,683,958 20,538,396
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 991,405 1,521,200 1,414,836 800,000 800,000 800,000 800,000
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.

 12,335,059 6,648,107 3,875,293 5,549,918 10,111,864 14,883,958 19,738,395
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.

 12,335,059 6,648,107 3,875,293 5,549,918 10,111,864 14,883,958 19,738,395
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.

 12,335,059 6,648,107 3,875,293 5,549,918 10,111,864 14,883,958 19,738,395

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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.

Findlay City’s levies, spending and test scores →

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