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ORDINANCE NO. 25-193 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Zuber AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CITY OF AVON LAKE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, it is necessary to make appropriations for Fiscal Year 2026, as presented and reviewed by Council in various committee meetings. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AVON LAKE, STATE OF OHIO: Section No. 1: That to provide for the anticipated expenses for the City of Avon Lake, Ohio, for the Fiscal Year 2026, commencing on January 1, 2026, the following appropriations, as detailed in Exhibits A and B, are hereby authorized as of that effective date. Section No. 2: That it is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the adoption of this Ordinance were taken in an open meeting of this Council, and that all deliberations of this Council and any of its committees, which resulted in such formal actions, were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements, including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code. Section No. 3: That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure, the emergency being the necessity of establishing a provision of funds for the expenditures of Fiscal Year 2026, in order to maintain the efficient operation of the City and to preserve the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Avon Lake. Therefore, this Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor. 1st reading: 11/24/2025 2nd reading: 12/08/2025 3rd reading: PASSED: 12/15/2025 ____________________________ Council President POSTED: 12/19/2025 APPROVED: 12/16/2025 ATTEST: _________________________ ____________________________ Clerk of Council Mayor 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: General Fund 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses Fund Total: Streets CMR 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses Fund Total: State Highway Fund 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Income Tax Transfer 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Improvement Fund 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses 54 - Debt Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Paramedic Fund 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Income Tax Capital Improvement Fund: 208 Office On Aging Expenditures $5,974,722.00 $0.00 ($5,974,722.00) ($2,045,959.00) Fund: 207 Income Tax Capital Improvement Expenditures $0.00 $0.00 $44,538.00 $0.00 Fund: 206 Paramedic Fund Expenditures $1,791,629.00 $209,792.00 $0.00 $0.00 ($12,700.00) ($18,539,348.00) Fund: 205 Improvement Fund Expenditures $12,700.00 ($300,000.00) Fund: 204 Income Tax Transfer Expenditures $18,539,348.00 Expenditures $225,000.00 $75,000.00 $0.00 ($1,703,280.00) Fund: 203 State Highway Fund Fund: 202 Streets CMR Expenditures $1,183,605.00 $519,675.00 Exhibit A 2026 Annual Appropriations - All Funds City of Avon Lake $33,500.00 $1,465,577.00 ($23,441,850.00) Fund: 101 General Fund Expenditures $17,446,222.00 $4,496,551.00 Page 1 Exhibit A 2026 Annual Appropriations - All Funds City of Avon Lake 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: Office On Aging 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: Dial A Bus Fund 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Communication Technology 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: Law Enforcement Trust Fund 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: Law Enforcement Education 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: Court IDAT Treatment Fund 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: Municipal Court Computer Fund 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits Fund Total: COPS Fast Fund 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: Local Coronavirus Relief Fund 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses Expenditures $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Fund: 218 American Rescue Plan Act Fund ($332,262.00) Fund: 217 Local Coronavirus Relief Fund Expenditures $0.00 ($92,500.00) Fund: 216 COPS Fast Fund Expenditures $332,262.00 $0.00 Fund: 215 Municipal Court Computer Fund Expenditures $92,500.00 $0.00 Fund: 214 Court IDAT Treatment Fund Expenditures $0.00 $0.00 Fund: 213 Law Enforcement Education Expenditures $0.00 ($1,210,601.00) Fund: 212 Law Enforcement Trust Fund Expenditures $0.00 $836,519.00 $11,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 Fund: 210 Communication Technology Expenditures $363,082.00 Fund: 209 Dial A Bus Fund Expenditures $0.00 $0.00 $69,000.00 ($69,000.00) Page 2 Exhibit A 2026 Annual Appropriations - All Funds City of Avon Lake 59 - Transfers Fund Total: American Rescue Plan Act Fund 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: Opioid Settlement Fund 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: AL Public Arts Fund 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses Fund Total: Economic Development Fund 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Safety Services Communications 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: Board of Building Standards 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Employee Sick Time Buy Back Fund 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: Street Tree Fund 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: Consulting Professional Training 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits ($30,000.00) Fund: 236 ALMunicipal Court Security Fund Expenditures $0.00 $0.00 Fund: 235 Consulting Professional Training Expenditures $30,000.00 $0.00 Fund: 232 Street Tree Fund Expenditures $0.00 Fund: 231 Employee Sick Time Buy Back Fund Expenditures $0.00 $0.00 Expenditures $5,000.00 ($5,000.00) $0.00 $0.00 Fund: 230 Board of Building Standards ($100,000.00) Fund: 227 Safety Services Communications Expenditures $0.00 Fund: 226 Economic Development Fund Expenditures $100,000.00 $0.00 Fund: 224 AL Public Arts Fund Expenditures $0.00 $0.00 Expenditures $25,000.00 ($25,000.00) $0.00 $0.00 Fund: 219 Opioid Settlement Fund Page 3 Exhibit A 2026 Annual Appropriations - All Funds City of Avon Lake 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: ALMunicipal Court Security Fund 53 - Operating Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Court IDIAM Monitoring Fund 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: Court Probation Services Fund 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses Fund Total: Court Special Projects Fund 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Recreation Fund 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses Fund Total: Legal Research & Court Computer 53 - Operating Expenses 54 - Debt Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: General Bond Retirement 53 - Operating Expenses 54 - Debt Expenses Fund Total: GO Bond Retirement (Voted) Fund: 501 Special Assessment Bond Retire ($343,200.00) Fund: 302 GO Bond Retirement (Voted) Expenditures $4,700.00 $338,500.00 $2,628,348.00 $0.00 ($2,633,348.00) ($1,000.00) Fund: 301 General Bond Retirement Expenditures $5,000.00 Fund: 241 Legal Research & Court Computer Expenditures $1,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 ($1,938,496.00) Expenditures $1,150,382.00 $788,114.00 $0.00 ($1,500.00) Fund: 240 Recreation Fund ($1,500.00) Fund: 239 Court Special Projects Fund Expenditures $1,500.00 ($12,000.00) Fund: 238 Court Probation Services Fund Expenditures $1,500.00 Expenditures $12,000.00 $0.00 $25,000.00 ($25,000.00) Fund: 237 Court IDIAM Monitoring Fund Page 4 Exhibit A 2026 Annual Appropriations - All Funds City of Avon Lake 53 - Operating Expenses 54 - Debt Expenses Fund Total: Special Assessment Bond Retire 53 - Operating Expenses 54 - Debt Expenses Fund Total: SA Walker Road/Lear Rd East 53 - Operating Expenses 54 - Debt Expenses Fund Total: SA Lear Rd/Walker Rd South 53 - Operating Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: SA Titus Pitts Hill Ditch 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses Fund Total: Sidewalk Improvement Fund 53 - Operating Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Cove Avenue Improvements 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: Police Pension Fund 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: Fire Pension Fund 53 - Operating Expenses ($456,377.00) Fund: 603 Recreation Trust Expenditures $0.00 Expenditures $449,077.00 $7,300.00 $7,300.00 ($456,377.00) Fund: 602 Fire Pension Fund ($550.00) Fund: 601 Police Pension Fund Expenditures $449,077.00 Expenditures $550.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Fund: 527 Cove Avenue Improvements $0.00 Fund: 525 Sidewalk Improvement Fund Expenditures $0.00 Expenditures $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 ($1,100.00) Fund: 522 SA Titus Pitts Hill Ditch ($500.00) Fund: 521 SA Lear Rd/Walker Rd South Expenditures $1,100.00 Expenditures $500.00 $0.00 $24,100.00 ($24,100.00) Fund: 520 SA Walker Road/Lear Rd East Expenditures $0.00 Page 5 Exhibit A 2026 Annual Appropriations - All Funds City of Avon Lake 55 - Capital Expenses Fund Total: Recreation Trust 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: Deposit Trust 53 - Operating Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Unclaimed Funds 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Water Fund 53 - Operating Expenses 54 - Debt Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: West Ridge Interconnect 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: ELT1 Fund 54 - Debt Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Waterworks Construction Fund 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Water Surplus Fund 53 - Operating Expenses 54 - Debt Expenses $2,830,260.00 $0.00 Fund: 706 Water Debt Service Expenditures $500.00 Expenditures $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 ($33,856,274.00) Fund: 705 Water Surplus Fund Expenditures $0.00 $33,856,274.00 $0.00 ($2,855,735.00) Fund: 704 Waterworks Construction Fund Fund: 703 ELT1 Fund Expenditures $2,855,735.00 $0.00 $47,420.00 $0.00 ($63,920.00) ($10,890,127.00) Fund: 702 West Ridge Interconnect Expenditures $16,500.00 $4,486,842.00 $1,172,000.00 $2,952,900.00 ($20,500.00) Fund: 701 Water Fund Expenditures $2,278,385.00 Fund: 612 Unclaimed Funds Expenditures $0.00 $20,500.00 Expenditures $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Fund: 611 Deposit Trust Page 6 Exhibit A 2026 Annual Appropriations - All Funds City of Avon Lake 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Water Debt Service 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Water Debt Service Reserve Fund 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Water Impact Fee 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: WasteWater Fund 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Sewer Collection Fund 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Water Distribution Fund 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: WasteWater Construction Fund 53 - Operating Expenses 54 - Debt Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Trunk Wastewater Fund $2,028,955.00 ($2,028,955.00) Fund: 727 WasteWater Debt Service Fund Expenditures $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 ($5,900,000.00) Fund: 725 Trunk Wastewater Fund Fund: 724 WasteWater Construction Fund Expenditures $0.00 $5,900,000.00 $719,600.00 $956,536.00 ($5,505,483.00) Fund: 723 Water Distribution Fund Expenditures $1,813,584.00 $2,015,763.00 $615,000.00 $1,602,000.00 ($4,941,821.00) Fund: 722 Sewer Collection Fund Expenditures $1,939,638.00 $785,183.00 $180,000.00 $1,630,580.00 ($6,177,576.00) Fund: 721 WasteWater Fund Expenditures $1,986,895.00 $2,380,101.00 Fund: 710 Water Impact Fee Expenditures $1,750,000.00 ($1,750,000.00) Fund: 707 Water Debt Service Reserve Fund Expenditures $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 ($2,830,760.00) Page 7 Exhibit A 2026 Annual Appropriations - All Funds City of Avon Lake 53 - Operating Expenses 54 - Debt Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: WasteWater Debt Service Fund 59 - Transfers Fund Total: WasteWater Repl Reserve Fund 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses 54 - Debt Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: LORCO Custodial Account Fund 55 - Capital Expenses Fund Total: WWC Eastern Trans Line 2 Fund 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: ELT2 Fund 53 - Operating Expenses 54 - Debt Expenses 59 - Transfers Fund Total: Lateral Loan Fund 53 - Operating Expenses Fund Total: Court Transfer Fund Expenditure Grand Totals: $150,435,790.00 Expenditures $7,000.00 ($7,000.00) $0.00 ($118,165.00) Fund: 801 Court Transfer Fund Fund: 765 Lateral Loan Fund Expenditures $118,165.00 $0.00 $0.00 $103,000.00 ($6,833,000.00) $0.00 Fund: 762 ELT2 Fund Expenditures $6,730,000.00 ($2,098,504.00) Fund: 761 WWC Eastern Trans Line 2 Fund Expenditures $0.00 $16,210.00 $25,000.00 $1,791,294.00 Fund: 749 LORCO Custodial Account Fund Expenditures $0.00 $266,000.00 Expenditures $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 ($4,780,700.00) Fund: 728 WasteWater Repl Reserve Fund Expenditures $500.00 $4,780,200.00 Page 8 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses 59 - Transfers Department Total: Police 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses Department Total: Fire 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses Department Total: Engineering 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses Department Total: Public Works 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses Department Total: Building 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses Department Total: Mayor 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses Department Total: Human Resources 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses Department Total: Community Development 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses Department Total: Finance 53 - Operating Expenses 59 - Transfers $1,299,446.00 $992,063.00 Department: 120 General Government $911,000.00 Department: 110 Finance $533,695.00 $458,368.00 $551,091.00 $207,200.00 $758,291.00 $104,500.00 $293,770.00 Department: 103 Community Development $397,978.00 Department: 101 Human Resources $189,270.00 Department: 100 Mayor $379,789.00 $18,189.00 $3,000.00 $656,752.00 Department: 060 Building $613,288.00 $40,464.00 $1,281,306.00 $0.00 $5,054,471.00 $748,185.00 Department: 054 Public Works $3,773,165.00 Department: 050 Engineering $372,085.00 $376,100.00 $4,351,452.00 $298,667.00 $4,650,119.00 Department: 031 Fire $5,965,531.00 Exhibit B City of Avon Lake 2026 Annual Appropriations - General Fund by Department $490,804.00 $17,000.00 $166,131.00 Fund: 101 General Fund Expenditures Department: 010 Police $5,291,596.00 Page 1 Exhibit B City of Avon Lake 2026 Annual Appropriations - General Fund by Department Department Total: General Government 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses Department Total: Law 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses Department Total: Council 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses 55 - Capital Expenses Department Total: Court 51-52 - Salaries & Wages & Benefits 53 - Operating Expenses Department Total: Civil Service Fund Total: General Fund $41,596.00 $50,724.00 $23,441,850.00 $932,382.00 Department: 160 Civil Service $9,128.00 $821,449.00 $104,933.00 $6,000.00 $7,500.00 $389,912.00 Department: 150 Court Department: 140 Council $335,484.00 $46,928.00 $341,226.00 $224,730.00 $116,496.00 $0.00 $2,210,446.00 Department: 130 Law Page 2