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Cleves finance staff presents five‑year forecast; council adopts 2026 budget for auditor
Summary
Finance staff presented a five‑year forecast showing the general fund trending negative by 2029 if no new revenue is approved; council unanimously adopted the 2026 budget and will submit the forecast to Hamilton County.
Cindy Hoser, a finance staff member for the Village of Cleves, told council on July 3 that the village’s five‑year forecast — a document the county requests annually — projects the general fund will show a deficit by 2029 if no new levies are approved.
The forecast, Hoser said, uses actual revenues and expenditures from 2021–2024 and projects forward under current assumptions. “This is something we have to report every year to the county,” Hoser said. She emphasized the forecast assumes no new levies beyond levies…
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