CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cuyahoga County announced it was able to save enough money on real estate assessments for the sexennial appraisal that it can return a record $35 million to schools and communities – including itself.
The money is collected from taxing authorities to fund the equipment and staffing needed to do real estate assessments, which resulted in an average 32% increase in property values across the county during the latest sexennial reappraisal process. But the county said it was able to complete that work faster than expected and under budget, allowing it to return $35 million in collections to support local services and schools, which are the primary benefactor.
The county itself will also benefit, though, getting back over $5 million in funding that would have been tied up in assessments but now can be used for other county spending. That breaks down to $1.6 million for the Health and Human Services Levy Fund, $1.5 million for “health and welfare,” $1.2 million for the Board of Developmental Disabilities, nearly $600,000 for the General Fund, and about $188,000 for bond retirement, according to county records.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is getting the second-largest return of over $3.7 million. Five other schools are getting over $1 million in returns, while the remaining schools and communities will see a range of hundreds of thousands of dollars down to $76 – for Linndale.
Communities are expected to receive their cash by the end of October.
Here’s how much each community is getting:
Cuyahoga County – $5,214,344.93
CMSD – $3,712,369.53
Cuyahoga Community College – $1,700,161.89
Parma City School District – $1,405,541.37
Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District – $1,206,894.60
Cleveland Metroparks – $1,010,270.27
Shaker Heights City School District – $1,003,810.10
Cleveland – $941,861.96
Mayfield City School District – $883,205.56
Strongsville City School District – $882,558.72
Solon City School District – $878,737.39
Berea City School District – $862,781.47
Lakewood City School District – $791,922.50
Cuyahoga County Library – $741,003.15
South Euclid-Lyndhurst City School District – $678,372.98
Westlake City School District – $669,621.95
North Royalton City School District – $637,789.06
North Olmsted City School District – $630,301.99
Orange City School District – $628,967.16
Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School District – $595,551.96
Euclid City School District – $592,666.67
Rocky River City School District – $533,907.36
Cleveland Library – $473,668.42
Bedford City School District – $466,395.14
Beachwood City School District – $444,614.90
Bay Village City School District – $428,569.98
Olmsted Falls City School District – $406,109.03
Warrensville Heights City School District – $333,220.30
Fairview Park City School District – $294,087.71
Garfield Heights City School District – $279,812.57
Lakewood – $270,196.85
Maple Heights City School District – $266,987.17
Chagrin Falls Chagrin Falls Exempted Village School District – $258,566.16
Brooklyn City School District – $219,145.38
Parma – $213,008.52
Westlake – $194,400.11
Independence Local School District – $194,193.57
Cleveland Heights – $179,280.07
Polaris Joint Vocational School District – $179,257.81
Richmond Heights Local School District – $161,577.62
Cuyahoga Heights Local School District – $151,624.70
Garfield Heights – $150,858.70
Strongsville – $139,057.40
North Olmsted – $133,274.99
Bay Village – $128,416.22
Rocky River – $127,316.16
South Euclid – $122,379.92
Shaker Heights – $119,275.80
East Cleveland City School District – $116,765.28
Euclid – $105,819.41
Cleveland Heights Library – $103,983.87
Maple Heights – $101,297.84
Broadview Heights – $93,238.40
Olmsted Township – $92,782.54
Cuyahoga Valley Joint Vocational School District – $90,544.91
Berea – $86,343.27
Fairview Park – $85,559.65
Bedford – $81,266.50
Lyndhurst – $79,944.19
North Royalton – $79,068.21
Brecksville – $75,197.67
Mayfield Heights – $72,500.59
Bedford Heights – $66,355.91
Seven Hills – $63,607.92
Solon – $61,903.68
Pepper Pike – $ 60,223.44
Parma Heights – $58,358.84
Richmond Heights – $57,410.19
University Heights – $ 55,883.42
Shaker Heights Library – $55,109.93
Westlake Library – $49,547.57
Rocky River Library – $45,454.80
Euclid Library – $41,021.66
Beachwood – $40,482.64
Middleburg Heights – $38,999.18
Moreland Hills – $38,634.79
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority – $38,244.64
Olmsted Falls – $37,813.16
Gate Mills – $32,222.48
Brook Park – $28,981.02
Orange – $27,282.88
Lakewood Library – $26,909.38
Hunting Valley – $26,391.09
Highland Heights – $25,986.99
Warrensville Heights – $24,732.23
Brooklyn – $24,714.36
East Cleveland – $21,016.23
Chagrin Falls – $20,500.85
Independence – $17,966.21
Bratenahl – $15,746.95
Valleyview – $14,570.98
East Cleveland Library – $11,916.30
Mayfield – $9,728.65
Walton Hills – $9,253.72
Oakwood – $7,745.89
Newburgh Heights – $7,504.12
Bentleyville – $6,875.91
Cuyahoga Heights – $6,855.64
Brooklyn Heights – $5,291.24
Highland Hills – $4,425.23
Woodmere – $4,266.47
Glenwillow – $3,838.35
North Randall – $2,536.83
Chagrin Falls Township – $1,361.45
Linndale – $76.69