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Tallmadge City forecasts running short in FY2028

Tallmadge City – 044883 (Summit) · Fiscal Year 2027 First Required Forecast (Fall)

Submission date: 08/28/2026

Tallmadge 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, Tallmadge City goes below zero in FY2028 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes. It has written in a new income tax levy from FY2027 — $6,107,140 in FY2030 — that voters have not approved.

FY2027 fallfiled July–August 2026 FY2026 spring updatefiled February 2026
Cash, June 30, 2026
$1.2M

0.4 months of that year’s spending

Runs short
FY2028

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

Tallmadge City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

  1. Income tax, 1%

    New Schools

    Current expenses · Continuing · 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 6 Tallmadge City Schools tax issues — 4 passed and 2 failed. Renewals passed 3 of 3; of the issues asking for new money, 0 of 2 passed; of the other 1 (a replacement), 1 passed.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Summit County →

Tallmadge 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. 1,211,002 241,567 (6,785,191)
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 111,658 − 106,542 − 0
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 1,099,344 135,025 (6,785,191)
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 1,099,344 135,025 (6,785,191)
13.030 New leviesLevies the district has written into its forecast. Not yet voted on. + 0 + 318,305 + 15,958,410
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 1,099,344 453,330 9,173,219

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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.

Tallmadge City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Tallmadge 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.

 19,008,610 19,297,421 19,808,433 19,089,758 19,280,275 19,338,846 19,511,969
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 674,346 704,432 746,274 813,810 837,916 849,660 857,149
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 10,249,801 10,820,581 11,090,970 8,892,488 8,553,856 8,708,370 8,768,317
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 365,195 246,482 436,122 850,276 723,007 535,876 433,688
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.

 2,117,938 2,107,665 2,150,878 2,143,944 2,165,058 2,171,209 2,194,578
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 1,891,117 2,010,244 1,411,836 2,075,514 2,112,010 2,156,402 2,208,063
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 34,307,007 35,186,825 35,644,513 33,865,790 33,672,122 33,760,363 33,973,764
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 111,969 311,984 6,084 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.

 111,969 311,984 6,084 0 0 0 0
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 34,418,976 35,498,809 35,650,596 33,865,790 33,672,122 33,760,363 33,973,764
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 17,217,092 18,177,494 18,670,705 18,323,520 18,482,584 18,548,195 18,846,001
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 7,459,277 7,704,475 7,172,338 6,576,349 6,589,067 6,967,482 7,185,403
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 8,609,640 8,903,204 9,717,201 7,934,268 8,179,683 8,432,880 8,694,112
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 1,063,760 1,206,829 1,214,846 1,082,088 1,136,193 1,193,002 1,252,652
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 134,928 372,946 118,034 0 0 0 0
04.300 Other Objects

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

 734,249 798,335 921,359 919,000 946,570 974,967 1,004,216
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 35,218,946 37,163,283 37,814,483 34,835,225 35,334,097 36,116,526 36,982,384
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 35,218,946 37,163,283 37,814,483 34,835,225 35,334,097 36,116,526 36,982,384
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.

 (799,970) (1,664,474) (2,163,887) (969,435) (1,661,975) (2,356,163) (3,008,620)
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.

 5,839,331 5,039,362 3,374,888 1,211,002 241,567 (1,420,408) (3,776,571)
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.

 5,039,362 3,374,888 1,211,002 241,567 (1,420,408) (3,776,571) (6,785,191)
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 186,542 126,755 111,658 106,542 100,633 97,500 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.

 4,852,820 3,248,133 1,099,344 135,025 (1,521,041) (3,874,071) (6,785,191)
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.

 4,852,820 3,248,133 1,099,344 135,025 (1,521,041) (3,874,071) (6,785,191)
13.010 Income Tax - New

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

 0 0 0 318,305 3,798,080 5,734,885 6,107,140
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 0 318,305 4,116,385 9,851,270 15,958,410
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.

 4,852,820 3,248,133 1,099,344 453,330 2,595,344 5,977,199 9,173,219
20.010 Kindergarten - October count

Kindergarten pupils enrolled, counted each October.

 150 170 169 147 153 177 201
20.015 Grades 1-12 - October count

Pupils in grades 1 to 12, counted each October.

 2,301 2,314 2,300 2,322 2,316 2,293 2,269

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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.

Tallmadge City’s levies, spending and test scores →

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