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Ottawa-Glandorf Local forecasts no shortfall through FY2029

Ottawa-Glandorf Local – 049379 (Putnam) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/24/2026

Ottawa-Glandorf Local’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, Ottawa-Glandorf Local stays above zero through FY2029 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes.

Cash, June 30, 2025
$8.3M

5.0 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

Ottawa-Glandorf Local Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Ottawa-Glandorf Local 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 3 Ottawa-Glandorf Local Schools tax issues — 3 passed and 0 failed. Renewals passed 3 of 3.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Putnam County →

Ottawa-Glandorf Local: 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. 8,295,181 7,961,979 8,850,941
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 565,246 − 565,246 − 565,246
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 7,729,935 7,396,733 8,285,695
11.300 Renewal leviesExisting levies the district expects voters to renew, added year by year. + 0 + 0 + 1,138,695
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 7,729,935 7,396,733 9,424,390
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 7,729,935 7,396,733 9,424,390

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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.

Ottawa-Glandorf Local’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Ottawa-Glandorf Local 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.

4,731,894 5,481,972 6,064,736 6,127,393 6,203,151 6,262,085 6,289,887
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

464,455 468,261 476,929 477,095 476,232 481,294 491,203
01.030 Income Tax

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

5,426,288 5,180,863 5,931,714 5,967,720 6,027,397 6,087,670 6,148,546
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

6,441,660 7,001,593 6,918,771 6,607,593 6,366,899 6,368,398 6,369,920
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

412,105 563,385 513,962 460,121 409,838 409,838 409,838
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.

650,074 732,993 819,946 619,469 1,489,633 845,053 848,730
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

802,945 1,004,024 1,287,801 1,081,629 1,070,333 1,059,350 1,048,673
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

18,929,421 20,433,091 22,013,859 21,341,020 22,043,482 21,513,687 21,606,796
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

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

32,641 0 0 0 0 0 0
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

10,560 4,256 3,969 4,732 4,732 4,732 4,732
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

43,201 4,256 3,969 4,732 4,732 4,732 4,732
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

18,972,622 20,437,347 22,017,828 21,345,752 22,048,214 21,518,419 21,611,528
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

8,671,553 9,253,825 9,929,730 10,322,298 10,668,085 11,026,215 11,406,825
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

4,189,996 4,262,981 4,356,175 4,445,640 4,634,155 4,873,372 5,129,344
03.030 Purchased Services

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

2,866,565 2,946,980 3,481,982 3,521,127 3,624,579 3,731,686 3,842,588
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

792,433 733,668 943,660 927,900 946,458 965,387 984,695
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

282,463 182,941 1,061,688 357,662 354,816 361,912 369,150
04.300 Other Objects

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

261,681 272,492 307,765 313,919 320,198 326,602 333,134
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

17,064,691 17,652,887 20,081,000 19,888,547 20,548,291 21,285,174 22,065,737
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

333,475 175,814 4,059,814 1,790,407 130,000 130,000 130,000
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

333,475 175,814 4,059,814 1,790,407 130,000 130,000 130,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

17,398,166 17,828,701 24,140,814 21,678,954 20,678,291 21,415,174 22,195,737
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.

1,574,456 2,608,646 (2,122,986) (333,202) 1,369,924 103,246 (584,208)
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.

6,235,065 7,809,521 10,418,167 8,295,181 7,961,979 9,331,903 9,435,149
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.

7,809,521 10,418,167 8,295,181 7,961,979 9,331,903 9,435,149 8,850,941
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

460,537 409,096 565,246 565,246 565,246 565,246 565,246
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.

7,348,984 10,009,071 7,729,935 7,396,733 8,766,657 8,869,903 8,285,695
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 0 234,969 451,863 451,863
11.300 Cumulative Balance of Replacement/Renewal Levies

The renewals above, added up year after year.

0 0 0 0 234,969 686,832 1,138,695
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.

7,348,984 10,009,071 7,729,935 7,396,733 9,001,626 9,556,735 9,424,390
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.

7,348,984 10,009,071 7,729,935 7,396,733 9,001,626 9,556,735 9,424,390
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

112 107 104 76 80 85 83
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

1,358 1,329 1,335 1,286 1,242 1,170 1,118

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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.

Ottawa-Glandorf Local’s levies, spending and test scores →

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