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West Chester Township outlines $61.7 million 2025 operational budget, no formal policy votes held
Summary
Township officials presented a proposed $61,703,089 operational budget for 2025, emphasizing public safety and road infrastructure and detailing transfers from sustainable infrastructure and other funds. The session was informational; the only formal vote recorded was to adjourn.
West Chester Township trustees met Jan. 21 for an informational work session on the township’s proposed 2025 operational budget, during which administrators presented a $61,703,089 spending plan and explained major fund transfers and priorities. No new policy decisions or ordinance votes were taken during the session; trustees adjourned at the end of the meeting.
The proposed operational budget, presented by Finance staff member Ken (Finance Director), was described as a 5.65% increase from 2024. Ken said nearly 67.6% of the proposed expenditures would fund public safety (police, fire, EMS and emergency communications) and about 14% would be assigned to roads and infrastructure. “Proposed operational budget expenditures for 2025 are $61,703,089,” Ken said.
Ken and other staff explained the township’s operational budget covers 10 primary funds (general fund, separate road funds, cemetery fund, police fund, fire and EMS funds and public information/engagement) and excludes certain non-operational funds such as tax increment financing (TIF) accounts and the sustainable infrastructure fund from the operational charts shown.
Officials described several interfund transfers in the 2025 plan: a $1,500,000 transfer from the general fund to roads, $250,000 from the general fund to the cemetery fund, and $1,000,000 from the sustainable infrastructure fund to roads. The general fund’s budgeted expenditures were listed at $11,100,000; staff said stronger-than-expected interest and certain revenue categories improved the general fund position in 2024 compared with 2023.
Ken told trustees that the operational budget document is informational and that the formal, legally required appropriations resolution (the township’s permanent appropriations) remains the official budget instrument under the Ohio Revised Code. He also reiterated that individual expenditures above the township’s approval threshold will continue to come before trustees during the year.
The trustees and staff discussed several capital and project-level items shown in the book but noted many proposals in the capital improvement plan remain unapproved and will require separate trustee authorization if pursued. At the end of the work session, Trustee Becker moved to adjourn; the motion was seconded and carried by roll call vote.
The township will proceed with the formal public notice and subsequent required budget steps; staff invited trustee input on priorities before final appropriation action.
