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Budget commission staff outlines Trumbull County alternative tax budget submission for 2026 fiscal year
Summary
Budget commission staff told commissioners that an alternative tax budget is being submitted under the Ohio Revised Code requirement; the submission uses departmental June-level budget requests and notes an estimated negative general fund balance for 2026 based on those preliminary figures.
Kristen, a representative of the Trumbull County Budget Commission staff, briefed commissioners on the county’s alternative tax budget submission for the fiscal year beginning Jan. 1, 2026, and explained why the alternative format was used under state law.
Kristen said the submission was prepared under provisions of the Ohio Revised Code that allow the budget commission to waive the standard tax budget process and accept an alternative format. She told commissioners the form must be filed to meet statutory requirements and that the submission uses the departments’ June-level budget requests downloaded from the county’s Munis system.
Kristen also noted the submission includes an estimate showing the general fund in a negative position for 2026 based on those preliminary department requests. She cautioned that the estimate does not represent final appropriation decisions; it reflects June-level budget inputs and is subject to change when departments submit final November-level requests and when the commissioners set appropriations.
The staff said the 2025 alternative tax budget had already been approved by the commissioners on Aug. 7, and that the 2026 alternative tax budget submission is intended to give departments early information to prepare for the next fiscal year. Commissioners asked no substantive follow-up questions in the exchange recorded in the transcript.
Ending: Kristen said the alternative tax budget submission fulfills the county’s filing obligation under state law and that final appropriations and any changes will be decided later in the annual appropriation process.
