Meeting summary:
- A forum on Hamilton County’s general fund budget that focused on the first quarter of the fiscal year 2025, showed slightly higher projected revenues and expenses when compared to the same period a year ago.
Documenter’s follow-up question:
- How will the county’s 2025 general fund budget be affected by damage from the spring flooding and the commitment to spend $184 million on upgrades to Paycor Stadium?
- How will the county’s 2025 general fund budget be affected by President Trump’s continuing threats to cut federal funding?
The meeting, usually held at the Todd B. Portune Center for County Government, 138 E. Court Street., in downtown Cincinnati, Room 603, apparently was held instead at Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St., downtown, according to the commission meeting schedule posted on the Hamilton County webpage. As far as this note taker can tell, the meeting at the new venue was not available online. The meeting was called to order at 10:07 a.m. and adjourned at 10:56 a.m.
Commissioners present (according to the commission web page)
- Denise Driehaus, president
- Alicia Reece
- Stephanie Summerow Dumas
- Jeff Aluotto, county administrator
- Patrick Dressing, assistant prosecuting attorney
Agenda
There was one item listed on the agenda for May 6 and that item was a Budget Forum for 2025, which showed a general fund expense budget of $399 million vs. $396 million in 2024.
The Board of County Commission Administration created the Power Point presentation, which covered five key areas for the first quarter of 2025.
The presentation showed a projected revenue budget of $393 million for the first quarter of 2025 versus an actual revenue budget of $390 million, and a projected expense budget of $401 million vs. an actual expense budget of $399 million for the same period.
Average wage growth for 2021-2025 was rising to 5% for the Q1 of 2025 vs. 4% a year ago, according to the presentation.
No details or transcript of the meeting was posted to the commission’s webpage.
County Administrator Jeff Aluotto already has filed a recommended budget for FY 2025 that is balanced at $389.3 million, which represents a 1.7% reduction from the approved FY 2024 budget.
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