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Waite Hill council adopts year-end payments, amends 2025 appropriations and passes 2026 budget ordinance
Summary
The Waite Hill Village Council approved two resolutions and adopted amendments to the 2025 appropriation ordinance and the 2026 appropriation ordinance at its Dec. 8 meeting; roll calls on all measures were unanimous. The Finance Committee appended a report showing $8.67 million in fund balances.
The Council of the Village of Waite Hill voted unanimously on Dec. 8 to adopt two resolutions and two ordinances affecting year-end payments and next year’s budget.
Resolution No. 2025-14, authorizing payment of certain sums, and Resolution No. 2025-15, requesting the County Auditor to advance taxes under the Ohio Revised Code and declaring an emergency, were each read and adopted by roll call. Council members Brian Doty and Richard Steudel were the movers for those respective measures; all present council members voted yes.
The council also approved two appropriation ordinances. Ordinance No. 2025-16, amending the annual appropriation ordinance for fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2025, had the council suspend the three-reading rule and then adopt the ordinance by unanimous roll call. Ordinance No. 2025-17, providing appropriations for expenditures in fiscal year 2026 and declaring an emergency, was likewise read, had its three-reading rule suspended and was adopted unanimously.
The Finance Committee’s appended report, incorporated into the minutes by reference, shows total fund balances of $8,666,530, a decline of $235,253 from a year earlier. The report also includes fund trajectory charts and investment detail, noting Star Ohio’s annualized yield as of Dec. 5, 2025, at 4.15% with an average days-to-maturity of roughly 24 days.
No dissenting votes were recorded on the adopted measures. The ordinances were passed under emergency suspension of the three-reading rule, as recorded in the meeting minutes.
