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Orrville City forecasts running short in FY2029

Orrville City – 044610 (Wayne) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/19/2026

Orrville 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, Orrville 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
$5.5M

3.2 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

Orrville City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

  1. Income tax, 1%

    New Schools

    Current expenses · 5 years · from Jan 1, 2027

    $100 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 Orrville City Schools tax issues — 2 passed and 0 failed. Renewals passed 2 of 2.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Wayne County →

Orrville 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. 5,463,847 7,305,815 (2,365,603)
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 255,063 − 150,000 − 150,000
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 5,208,784 7,155,815 (2,515,603)
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 5,208,784 7,155,815 (2,515,603)
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 5,208,784 7,155,815 (2,515,603)

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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.

Orrville City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Orrville 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.

 9,172,292 9,857,155 10,717,131 10,717,131 10,733,207 10,749,307 10,765,431
01.030 Income Tax

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

 26,709 0 44,440 5,000 15,000 15,000 15,000
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 6,561,261 7,119,007 6,873,193 6,485,000 6,346,536 6,346,536 6,346,536
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 596,633 700,360 653,883 521,770 446,612 446,612 446,612
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.

 830,685 927,350 1,024,533 1,024,532 1,026,095 1,027,634 1,029,175
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 776,287 985,115 949,839 750,000 650,000 600,000 600,000
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 17,963,867 19,588,987 20,263,019 19,503,433 19,217,450 19,185,089 19,202,754
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

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

 0 0 0 3,895,943 0 0 0
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 0 0 0 3,895,943 0 0 0
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 17,963,867 19,588,987 20,263,019 23,399,377 19,217,450 19,185,089 19,202,754
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 9,433,443 10,322,369 11,102,485 11,503,284 11,848,383 12,203,834 12,569,949
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 4,043,978 4,418,371 4,746,802 4,946,412 5,213,288 5,369,687 5,530,778
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 2,408,494 3,114,811 3,651,236 3,825,217 3,844,344 3,863,565 3,882,883
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 646,143 888,011 625,398 792,494 600,000 600,000 600,000
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 152,781 502,808 317,081 65,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
04.300 Other Objects

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

 193,274 216,469 216,292 225,000 225,000 225,000 225,000
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 16,878,113 19,462,839 20,659,294 21,357,408 21,831,015 22,362,086 22,908,610
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 5,750,000 200,000 175,000 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 5,750,000 200,000 175,000 0 0
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 16,878,113 19,462,839 26,409,294 21,557,408 22,006,015 22,362,086 22,908,610
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.

 1,085,754 126,148 (6,146,275) 1,841,969 (2,788,565) (3,176,998) (3,705,856)
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.

 10,398,219 11,483,973 11,610,121 5,463,847 7,305,815 4,517,251 1,340,253
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.

 11,483,973 11,610,121 5,463,847 7,305,815 4,517,251 1,340,253 (2,365,603)
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 122,947 42,709 255,063 150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000
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.

 11,361,026 11,567,412 5,208,784 7,155,815 4,367,251 1,190,253 (2,515,603)
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.

 11,361,026 11,567,412 5,208,784 7,155,815 4,367,251 1,190,253 (2,515,603)
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.

 11,361,026 11,567,412 5,208,784 7,155,815 4,367,251 1,190,253 (2,515,603)

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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.

Orrville City’s levies, spending and test scores →

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