Plain City committee reviews proposed 2026 budget, recommends staff finalize health‑care numbers

Plain City Council and the Personal Finance Committee met in a joint work session to examine the proposed 2026 operating and capital budgets and related forecasts. Staff told the committee that Plain City’s 1.5% income tax is split between operations (1.0%) and capital (0.5%), and that recent revenue estimates have strengthened, with year‑over‑year growth shown from about $2.4 million in 2021 to nearly $3.0 million projected for 2025.

The Personal Finance Committee and staff discussed the city’s forecasting tool and asked for a range of scenarios rather than a single high‑end projection; staff said the tool currently produces several scenarios (3%, 5%, 7%, 9%) and agreed to add midpoint and upside runs for comparison. Staff cautioned that…