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Northmont City forecasts running short in FY2029

Northmont City – 048728 (Montgomery) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/24/2026

Northmont 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, Northmont City goes below zero in 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
$27.0M

4.9 months of that year’s spending

Runs short
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

Northmont City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Northmont 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 Northmont 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 →

Northmont 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. 26,999,221 22,924,163 (14,687,192)
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 832,963 − 602,705 − 602,705
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 26,166,259 22,321,458 (15,289,897)
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 26,166,259 22,321,458 (15,289,897)
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 26,166,259 22,321,458 (15,289,897)

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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.

Northmont City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Northmont 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.

 29,032,936 29,604,573 30,556,628 32,281,628 33,956,628 34,056,628 34,156,628
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 1,487,801 1,650,898 1,884,728 2,083,192 2,281,655 2,480,118 2,678,582
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 22,150,949 23,972,562 24,228,374 23,108,579 21,966,112 21,966,112 21,966,112
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 1,860,366 2,484,488 2,314,886 1,988,424 1,988,424 1,988,424 1,988,424
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.

 3,884,304 3,871,573 3,907,425 3,918,985 3,930,545 3,942,105 3,953,665
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 2,965,902 4,115,962 3,991,193 3,738,153 3,338,153 2,738,153 2,538,153
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 61,382,258 65,700,056 66,883,235 67,118,961 67,461,517 67,171,540 67,281,564
02.050 Advances-In

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

 863,918 1,552,527 420,922 32,902 40,000 40,000 40,000
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 196,359 292,063 160,458 107,481 107,588 107,696 107,696
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 1,060,277 1,844,590 581,380 140,383 147,588 147,696 147,696
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 62,442,535 67,544,646 67,464,614 67,259,344 67,609,105 67,319,236 67,429,260
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 38,204,054 38,370,745 39,673,867 41,468,000 43,934,000 46,550,000 49,284,000
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 16,803,893 17,989,222 17,795,127 18,374,000 19,624,000 20,360,000 21,665,000
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 4,261,665 3,265,980 3,414,909 5,202,600 5,650,000 5,901,000 6,342,000
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 1,424,723 1,194,942 1,528,869 1,492,300 1,625,000 1,755,000 1,881,000
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 637,166 519,314 484,703 719,000 725,000 856,000 905,000
04.300 Other Objects

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

 2,536,511 3,129,539 3,200,895 4,016,000 4,050,000 4,165,000 4,500,000
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 63,868,012 64,469,741 66,098,370 71,271,900 75,608,000 79,587,000 84,577,000
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 7,298 8,043 2,352,314 22,502 25,652 25,652 25,652
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 1,552,527 420,922 32,902 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 1,559,825 428,965 2,385,217 62,502 65,652 65,652 65,652
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 65,427,837 64,898,706 68,483,587 71,334,402 75,673,652 79,652,652 84,642,652
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.

 (2,985,302) 2,645,940 (1,018,972) (4,075,058) (8,064,547) (12,333,416) (17,213,392)
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.

 28,357,556 25,372,254 28,018,194 26,999,221 22,924,163 14,859,616 2,526,200
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.

 25,372,254 28,018,194 26,999,221 22,924,163 14,859,616 2,526,200 (14,687,192)
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 400,634 918,923 832,963 602,705 602,705 602,705 602,705
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.

 24,971,620 27,099,270 26,166,259 22,321,458 14,256,911 1,923,495 (15,289,897)
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.

 24,971,620 27,099,270 26,166,259 22,321,458 14,256,911 1,923,495 (15,289,897)
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.

 24,971,620 27,099,270 26,166,259 22,321,458 14,256,911 1,923,495 (15,289,897)

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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.

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