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Brook Park mayor proposes $28.5 million 2026 budget; council presses on revenue assumptions and Browns project planning
Summary
Mayor Orcutt introduced an ordinance to appropriate funds for Brook Park's 2026 fiscal year, proposing roughly $28.5 million in general-fund appropriations, a 3% salary cost-of-living increase and new funds for public-safety cameras and building projects. Council members questioned revenue assumptions and how Browns stadium-related receipts will be reserved.
Mayor Floyd Orcutt on Tuesday introduced Brook Park's proposed 2026 appropriations ordinance and asked the city's finance director to walk council through a multi-page packet that lays out revenue projections, transfers and capital spending.
"We're excited to announce the budget," Orcutt said as he handed the presentation to Finance Director Bob McGahn. McGahn told council the city began 2026 with a projected unencumbered fund balance of $11,076,685.23 and a reserve-policy target of $5,964,807. He framed the budget around rising personnel and insurance costs and a conservative revenue outlook.
"Starting with the 2026 key budget points...our fund balance at 01/01/2026 was projected at $11,076,685.23," Finance Director Bob McGahn said, noting salary increases, health-insurance costs and inflation as primary drivers.
McGahn listed a set of revenue and transfer figures shown in the packet, including a projected income-tax transfer schedule and property-tax estimates. The packet as transcribed contains several formatting and numeric irregularities (for example,…
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