Cuyahoga County is proposing spending cuts on many of the health and human services programs funded largely by county property taxes, citing increasing health care costs and uncertainty about federal and state funding sources.

During the first hearing in front of county council on Tuesday, Executive Chris Ronayne said his administration’s 2026-2027 budget aims to preserve programs with the most impact on people’s lives.

“We chose not to take the route of cuts in a method that would be across-the-board,” said Ronayne. “We went granularly through, line-item by line-item, to understand every contract that this county has with its public.”

During Tuesday’s hearing, council received an overview from Ronayne and Walter Parfejewiec, director of the county's Office of Budget and Management.

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