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Cuyahoga Heights treasurer says county corrected $2.2 million shortfall; board hears implications
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The Cuyahoga Heights treasurer told the board April 27 that the Cuyahoga County Budget Commission recalculated district revenue and identified a $2,207,000 adjustment — roughly $700,000 from omitted taxes and about $1.4 million from modified effective-rate changes — a correction the treasurer said validates the district’s earlier concerns.
The Cuyahoga Heights treasurer told the Board of Education on April 27 that work with the Cuyahoga County Budget Commission produced a $2,207,000 adjustment to the district’s revenue calculations.
“Coming down here is the 2,207,000 that was calculated by the budget commission,” the treasurer said, describing the amount as approximately $700,000 from omitted taxes and about $1.4 million from modifications to the effective tax rate. The treasurer said the figure validated the district’s long-standing contention that prior calculations had undercounted revenue and traced the error to a valuation data-entry problem at the commission.
Board members and the superintendent framed the finding as the result of persistent follow-up by district staff. The treasurer described repeated contact with the commission and said legal counsel and multiple data reviews were used to press the case. “We kept pressing … and we got that validation,” the treasurer said.
Board members discussed the practical implications. The treasurer and superintendent noted the county’s separate decision to change the schedule for tax-advance payments — eliminating certain January/February and July advances — and said that change has left districts with low cash carryover especially vulnerable. The board heard that the ESC of Northeast Ohio is coordinating district messaging and that some districts plan to request further review from the commission.
Superintendent (speaker 5) and the treasurer emphasized they will monitor collections and coordinate with legal counsel and neighboring districts. No formal action was taken at the meeting beyond receiving the report.
The board later moved into an executive session; the public portions of the meeting concluded after the discussion and a series of consent-agenda votes.
