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Parma Heights reports 21% rise in property-tax revenue and pursues multiple grants for parks and streets
Summary
Finance Director Nogalo told council the city’s 2025 property‑tax receipts are up more than 21% year over year and income‑tax revenue rose 3.46%; Mayor Gallo outlined several grant applications for Mandalay reconstruction, playgrounds, tree canopy, and pickleball/tennis improvements.
Finance Director Nogalo told Parma Heights City Council on Sept. 22 that property‑tax collections for 2025 are up more than 21% compared with the prior year and that income‑tax revenue has increased about 3.46%. Nogalo said the additional property‑tax receipts are needed for city operations and that officials do not expect similar increases in 2026 or 2027.
Councilwoman Palmisano asked whether there were plans for the increased property‑tax revenue; Nogalo replied the funds are needed to stabilize the budget. Mayor Gallo said the administration has discussed setting money aside for occasional payroll accounting (a 27th payroll that will occur in 2030, estimated at roughly $400,000) and for compensated‑balance payouts related to retirements.
Mayor Gallo also reviewed several grant submissions the city has filed or is preparing: a $150,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application for Mandalay reconstruction (submitted July 10); an Ohio Department of Natural Resources IRA grant for $100,000 (submitted Aug. 25) intended for continued training, salt and arborist services; a NatureWorks grant for a Greenbrier playground (award anticipated Oct./Nov.); a T‑Mobile grant request for $50,000 for Greenbrier Commons pickleball/tennis courts (the plan presented by Recreation Director Sedlak is to reduce five tennis courts to three and add pickleball courts to create seven combined pickleball courts); a Health Urban Tree Canopy grant request for $50,000; and a Cuyahoga County supplemental request for $50,000 for Greenbrier Commons. The mayor said NOACA has also approved 80% funding for one replacement senior vehicle and that the Senior Center served or delivered 1,264 meals in the last two weeks.
The administration said it is preparing the 2026 budget and plans initial briefings with Police and Fire before formal legislation is introduced in late October. Council did not take formal action on the revenue report or the grants at the Sept. 22 meeting; several grant applications were authorized or will be authorized through separate resolutions during the meeting.
