Budget commission approves certificate amendments; Portage County total reduced by $699,500

The Portage County Budget Commission met Dec. 29 in the Auditor’s Office and approved a set of certificate amendments for multiple jurisdictions, including a $699,500 reduction to Portage County’s twelfth certificate, which brings the county’s certificate total to $395,136,641.

Chair opened the item and presented each jurisdiction’s amendment. The City of Aurora’s second amendment increases that city’s certificate by $555,000 to $89,847,763.63. The City of Kent’s fifth amendment reduces its certificate by $21,200,000 to $129,067,689. The City of Streetsboro’s fifth amendment increases its certificate by $42,435 to $55,520,053.84. Hiram Village’s third amendment increases its certificate by $6,000 to $4,141,182.28. Freedom Township’s second amendment reduces its certificate by $1,094,000 to $1,080,969.84. Nelson Township’s second amendment adds $1,352 to a total of $1,158,097.12. Ravanna Township’s second amendment increases its certificate by $309,830.09 to $7,162,904.99. Waterloo Local School District’s fourth amendment increases its certificate by $3,000 to $17,715,235.62. A third amendment to Reganmore Library (transcript spelling) reduces that entity’s certificate by $30,000 to $4,380,818.84.

After the chair asked for questions on each change, no substantive questions were recorded. The chair called for a motion to approve the certificates as submitted; the motion was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote. No opposing votes were recorded in the transcript; one member (Mister Matt Kelly) was noted as absent.

The commission’s approvals were procedural adjustments to previously established certificate amounts and do not on their face create a new appropriation; they update certificate totals recorded for each jurisdiction.