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Wadsworth City forecasts running short in FY2028

Wadsworth City – 044974 (Medina) · Fiscal Year 2026 Required Update to Forecast

Submission date: 02/25/2026

Wadsworth 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, Wadsworth City goes below zero in FY2028 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
$16.9M

3.2 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
None

it counts no levy voters have not approved

Wadsworth 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.

The City of Wadsworth has 2 tax issues of its own on this ballot: see them on Medina County’s ballot.

How its earlier votes went: since March 17, 2020, voters have decided 2 Wadsworth City Schools tax issues — 1 passed and 1 failed. Of the issues asking for new money, 1 of 2 passed.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Medina County →

Wadsworth 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. 16,883,060 13,182,640 (19,181,329)
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 1,482,906 − 0 − 0
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 15,400,154 13,182,640 (19,181,329)
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 15,400,154 13,182,640 (19,181,329)
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 15,400,154 13,182,640 (19,181,329)

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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.

Wadsworth City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Wadsworth 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.

 25,643,823 25,882,927 26,507,982 26,902,175 27,683,838 28,376,596 29,195,317
01.020 Tangible Personal Property Tax

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

 6,631,331 6,752,380 7,343,892 8,220,601 8,053,537 8,134,073 8,215,413
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 17,396,564 17,351,023 17,498,665 17,893,963 17,892,016 17,897,617 17,903,330
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 1,753,516 2,104,332 1,980,129 1,901,775 1,904,732 1,913,562 1,922,481
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.

 2,603,962 2,615,550 2,644,715 2,644,715 2,644,715 2,644,715 2,644,715
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 2,207,690 3,173,361 3,072,032 3,522,119 2,735,216 2,573,443 2,611,803
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 56,236,886 57,879,573 59,047,415 61,085,348 60,914,054 61,540,006 62,493,059
02.050 Advances-In

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

 1,853,533 365,780 3,758,777 2,899,762 200,000 200,000 200,000
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 530,603 205,207 7,892 51,000 55,000 55,000 55,000
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 2,384,136 570,987 3,766,669 2,950,762 255,000 255,000 255,000
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 58,621,022 58,450,560 62,814,084 64,036,110 61,169,054 61,795,006 62,748,059
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 33,117,949 35,447,717 37,879,035 38,701,459 39,110,765 40,139,188 41,744,756
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 10,859,622 12,108,025 14,078,898 16,135,734 17,444,813 18,670,553 20,086,433
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 7,070,850 7,441,604 8,106,890 8,358,213 8,488,638 8,840,447 9,186,939
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 2,105,254 2,130,788 2,940,556 2,828,073 2,878,661 2,906,085 2,985,420
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 760,466 1,249,728 397,371 572,415 773,594 802,023 829,593
04.300 Other Objects

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

 660,430 690,126 755,897 795,585 818,311 842,785 867,085
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 54,574,571 59,067,988 64,158,647 67,391,479 69,514,781 72,201,081 75,700,226
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 48,272 48,289 53,946 40,000 20,000 20,000 20,000
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 365,780 3,758,777 2,794,711 305,051 200,000 200,000 200,000
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 414,052 3,807,066 2,848,657 345,051 220,000 220,000 220,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 54,988,623 62,875,054 67,007,304 67,736,530 69,734,781 72,421,081 75,920,226
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.

 3,632,399 (4,424,494) (4,193,220) (3,700,420) (8,565,727) (10,626,075) (13,172,167)
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.

 21,868,375 25,500,774 21,076,280 16,883,060 13,182,640 4,616,913 (6,009,162)
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.

 25,500,774 21,076,280 16,883,060 13,182,640 4,616,913 (6,009,162) (19,181,329)
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 1,307,725 1,845,857 1,482,906 0 0 0 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.

 24,193,049 19,230,423 15,400,154 13,182,640 4,616,913 (6,009,162) (19,181,329)
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.

 24,193,049 19,230,423 15,400,154 13,182,640 4,616,913 (6,009,162) (19,181,329)
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.

 24,193,049 19,230,423 15,400,154 13,182,640 4,616,913 (6,009,162) (19,181,329)

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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.

Wadsworth City’s levies, spending and test scores →

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