Portage County budget commission approves $25 million fiscal amendment, citing $19 million for treatment plant

Secretary Matt Kelly told the Portage County Budget Commission on May 26 that the county’s seventh amendment to fiscal year 2026 estimated resources adds $25,033,141, bringing Portage County’s total estimated resources to $415,729,202. "The biggest part of that is the treatment plant for $19,000,000," Kelly said during the meeting at the Portage County Auditor’s Office.

The commission also reviewed and approved a set of smaller amendments for local jurisdictions. Kelly reported that Kent City filed a fourth amendment increasing its total by $22,906.63 (to $160,563,987.48); Streetsboro City recorded a second amendment of $201,930 (total $63,151,647.66); a village transcribed variously as "Manaway" and "Manley Village" decertified $25,000 from a capital project (leaving $3,540,197.81); Wyndham Village recorded a $297,000 second amendment (total $5,130,557.59); and Waterloo Local School District filed an eighth amendment of $61,679.83 (total $17,789,679.29).

After the presentations, the commission moved to approve the amended certificates of estimated resources as submitted. The motion was seconded and approved by voice vote; the clerk recorded “aye,” and no individual roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.

The meeting was procedural and brief; no public comment or substantive debate was recorded on the amendments. The commission adjourned at 3:09 p.m.

The transcript contains inconsistent spelling for the village that decertified $25,000 (appearing as both “Manaway” and “Manley Village” in the record); the article reflects the wording as read at the meeting, and the official village name was not specified in the record.