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Westlake City forecasts running short in FY2030

Westlake City – 045062 (Cuyahoga) · Fiscal Year 2027 First Required Forecast (Fall)

Submission date: 08/26/2026

Westlake 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, Westlake City goes below zero in FY2030 if its current levies are renewed and no new one passes.

FY2027 fallfiled July–August 2026 FY2026 spring updatefiled February 2026
Cash, June 30, 2026
$23.3M

4.4 months of that year’s spending

Runs short
FY2030

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

Westlake City Schools on the November 3, 2026 ballot

Westlake 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.

Every tax issue on the ballot in Cuyahoga County →

Westlake 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. 23,290,156 16,566,420 (5,186,585)
08.010 Already committedEncumbrances: purchase orders and contracts signed, not yet paid. − 737,405 − 1,100,000 − 1,100,000
10.010 Unencumbered balanceWhat is free to spend. The state calls it the fund balance for certification of appropriations. 22,552,751 15,466,420 (6,286,585)
12.010 With renewalsThe balance if every renewal passes and nothing new does. 22,552,751 15,466,420 (6,286,585)
15.010 Unreserved fund balanceThe state's bottom line. In a forecast year it counts any new levy above as if it had passed. 22,552,751 15,466,420 (6,286,585)

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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.

Westlake City’s forecast, line by line

Each line as Westlake 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.

 45,922,082 47,289,919 48,549,686 48,414,345 48,656,417 48,899,699 49,144,197
01.035 Unrestricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 3,652,381 3,974,342 5,058,136 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000
01.040 Restricted Grants-in-Aid

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

 563,050 604,477 467,774 350,000 350,000 350,000 350,000
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.

 4,557,668 4,735,107 4,873,653 4,500,000 4,500,000 4,500,000 4,500,000
01.060 All Other Operating Revenue

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

 4,741,878 3,866,016 3,350,597 2,500,000 2,400,000 2,300,000 2,200,000
01.070 Total Revenue

All of the revenue above, added together.

 59,437,059 60,469,861 62,299,846 60,764,345 60,906,417 61,049,699 61,194,197
02.040 Operating Transfers-In

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

 0 0 0 0 0 10,000,000 0
02.050 Advances-In

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

 2,815,166 876,175 485,528 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000
02.060 All Other Financing Sources

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

 420,758 431,139 314,628 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000
02.070 Total Other Financing Sources

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

 3,235,924 1,307,314 800,156 325,000 325,000 10,325,000 325,000
02.080 Total Revenue and Other Financing Sources

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

 62,672,983 61,777,175 63,100,002 61,089,345 61,231,417 71,374,699 61,519,197
03.010 Personal Services - Employee Salaries & Wages

Salaries and wages for teachers and every other employee.

 34,185,716 36,912,152 36,990,103 38,469,707 39,623,798 40,812,512 42,036,888
03.020 Employees' Retirement and Insurance Benefits

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

 13,919,092 14,857,037 15,779,270 17,332,548 18,034,165 19,463,190 21,032,765
03.030 Purchased Services

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

 6,579,250 6,962,065 7,210,688 8,222,444 8,000,000 8,100,000 8,200,000
03.040 Supplies and Materials

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

 1,409,157 1,902,881 1,667,183 2,163,906 1,900,000 1,900,000 1,900,000
03.050 Capital Outlay

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

 305,059 601,516 655,260 619,656 650,000 650,000 650,000
04.300 Other Objects

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

 841,396 1,031,238 944,275 994,820 900,000 900,000 900,000
04.500 Total Expenditures

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

 57,239,670 62,266,889 63,246,779 67,803,081 69,107,963 71,825,702 74,719,653
05.010 Operational Transfers-Out

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

 2,143,976 10,068,405 392,563 10,000 50,000 50,000 50,000
05.020 Advances-Out

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

 876,175 485,528 314,109 0 25,000 25,000 25,000
05.040 Total Other Financing Uses

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

 3,020,151 10,553,933 706,672 10,000 75,000 75,000 75,000
05.050 Total Expenditures and Other Financing Uses

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

 60,259,821 72,820,822 63,953,451 67,813,081 69,182,963 71,900,702 74,794,653
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.

 2,413,162 (11,043,647) (853,449) (6,723,736) (7,951,546) (526,003) (13,275,456)
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.

 32,774,090 35,187,252 24,143,605 23,290,156 16,566,420 8,614,874 8,088,871
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.

 35,187,252 24,143,605 23,290,156 16,566,420 8,614,874 8,088,871 (5,186,585)
08.010 Estimated Encumbrances June 30

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

 1,099,821 585,051 737,405 1,100,000 1,100,000 1,100,000 1,100,000
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.

 34,087,431 23,558,554 22,552,751 15,466,420 7,514,874 6,988,871 (6,286,585)
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.

 34,087,431 23,558,554 22,552,751 15,466,420 7,514,874 6,988,871 (6,286,585)
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.

 34,087,431 23,558,554 22,552,751 15,466,420 7,514,874 6,988,871 (6,286,585)

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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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