On Nov. 25, Cuyahoga County Council accepted a proposed substitute to Resolution 2025-03-29, which amends the 2024–25 biennial operating budget by providing additional fiscal appropriations, appropriation transfers and cash transfers. Council accepted a version of the substitute that deleted a proposed $3,000,000 cash transfer from a $9.11 fund to the general fund. The substituted resolution was then adopted by voice vote.

A council member described the substitute as routine fiscal housekeeping needed to close the fiscal year, including appropriation adjustments for retirement payouts and retroactive personnel costs from recently approved collective bargaining agreements, and noted many adjustments reflect state and federal grant dollars rather than new county spending. The substitute also authorizes establishing a capital reserve fund for the Veterans Service Commission and processing regular levy subsidies and public-works debt service.

Council did not record roll-call vote details in the transcript for the budget adoption beyond the voice approval. The transcript indicates council leadership and the administration continued to negotiate the transfer that was deleted and that additional oversight by council staff and the administration remains ongoing.