The Ledger is reading Plain City's budgets, audits and council records. Here is what the city's fiscal 2025 audited financial statements and its fiscal 2027 budget document show.
Plain City's council scheduled an Oct. 15 hearing on raising its monthly storm water fee, citing an audit report. The fund's user fees have not covered its operating expenses in the last two audited years, and its fiscal 2027 budget document draws on fund balance.
Plain City's council scheduled an Oct. 15 hearing on raising its monthly storm water fee, citing an audit report. The fund's user fees have not covered its operating expenses in the last two audited years, and its fiscal 2027 budget document draws on fund balance.
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Plain City's auditor reported one state compliance finding for fiscal 2025: year-end engineering charges moved to road projects put Public Works $121,634 over budget. The general fund finished $270,325 under.
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A 2025 State Auditor review confirmed that some Plain City event and concession payments were collected through employees' or volunteers' personal payment-app accounts, with no receipt records. The auditor agreed the risk of significant loss was low. The city said it moved to a city-controlled account.
