Parma council adopts 2025 budget after multi-month review; auditors cite roughly 8% increase over 2024

Parma City Council on Tuesday night adopted Ordinance 142-24, the city’s 2025 appropriations ordinance, after a multi-month budget review process and committee hearings.

The measure passed on a unanimous roll-call vote after the city auditor and treasurer briefed council on revenue and expense projections. Auditor Brian Day said the changes presented since council’s last hearing left the city with a general fund balance of about $76.0 million — “about an 8% increase over last year,” he said — and described the overall package as “fiscally responsible.” Treasurer Thomas Mastriani told council staff had projected income tax receipts to be essentially flat given economic uncertainty, including tariff concerns and some employees returning to downtown work locations.

The mayor thanked department heads and…