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City manager outlines conservative budget assumptions, staffing plans and cyber-security resolution to come
Summary
Riverside staff presented revenue and expense assumptions for the 2026 budget cycle, including income-tax and property-tax estimates, proposed staffing reclassifications, and notice of an upcoming cyber-security resolution required by state law.
RIVERSIDE, Ohio — City Manager Josh on Oct. 6 reviewed high-level budget assumptions and planning steps the administration will use to build the 2026 city budget, describing conservative revenue estimates, planned staffing changes and required compliance work on a new cyber-security resolution.
The presentation to the Riverside City Council covered revenue forecasts, key expense drivers and capital priorities. Staff said the largest single revenue source is municipal income tax. For the current fiscal year the city had budgeted roughly $10.1 million; staff explained timing of payroll payments from a large employer altered receipts and said a more realistic assumption for the next budget cycle is approximately $10.5–$10.6 million. Property tax collections were described as expected to remain near the current budget assumption of about $2.5 million…
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