Crosby Township trustees review 2026 budget after internal audit, plan IRS payment and tech upgrades
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Summary
Trustees reviewed a page-by-page draft 2026 budget Dec. 1, citing an internal Hamilton County audit that requires income/expenditure adjustments and directing staff to prepare a resolution to pay an IRS invoice; board members also flagged $50,000–$100,000 in potential technology work including cybersecurity and phone upgrades.
Crosby Township trustees spent their Dec. 1 special meeting poring over line items in a draft 2026 budget and the latest internal-audit findings. Trustees said the Hamilton County internal audit shows figures that require reconciliation with the township’s accounting system; the board discussed adjusting 2025 and 2026 income and expenditure entries to match the audit.
Board members questioned several revenue assumptions, including an intergovernmental receipts estimate that was reduced from $105,000 to $98,000 for conservatism and a projected earnings-on-investments rate trustees agreed to treat as $1.80 annually until further data are available. “It’s about $3,000,000,” one trustee said when describing figures produced by the internal review; trustees directed staff to update the financial system to reflect the audit numbers.
Trustees also addressed prior audit findings for 2021–2023, including an internal-audit note of approximately $48,000 in issues and an IRS invoice the board agreed to resolve quickly. The board asked staff to prepare a resolution and paperwork to release roughly $42,000 to the IRS to stop accruing penalties and interest.
Several discretionary projects are on hold pending final totals. Trustees highlighted near-term technology needs — including a website redesign estimate reported to exceed $40,000, a cloud-based phone/VoIP proposal and at least three cybersecurity bids — and warned those items could together total an additional $50,000–$75,000. Trustees agreed to prioritize audit cleanup and the IRS payment before committing general-fund surpluses to new capital projects.
No final budget adoption occurred at the meeting; trustees said they will key revised figures into the accounting system and present a finalized budget and any required transfer resolutions at a subsequent board meeting.
