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State budget fight and House Bill 335 spotlight Parma’s finances, local leaders hear
Summary
State Rep. Sean Brennan outlined how competing versions of the 2026–27 state operating budget and a Senate proposal for a flat income tax and other changes (including a measure to eliminate inside millage) could shrink state revenue and cut funds flowing to Parma, city officials were told at the June 16 Parma City Council meeting.
State Rep. Sean Brennan, a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, told Parma City Council members and staff on June 16 that competing House and Senate versions of the 2026–27 state operating budget contain measures that would reduce state revenue and shift costs to local governments.
Brennan said the Senate plan includes a new flat income tax and other changes that he estimates would reduce state receipts by about $1.4 billion in the biennium and, as a result, lower the amounts available for the Local Government Fund and other state-shared programs that Parma depends on.
The detail matters locally: Brian Day, fiscal officer for the city of Parma, told the council during the same meeting that the city’s unvoted inside millage currently generates roughly $7.9 million for city operations and police/fire pension…
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