Butler County Pulse
Butler County, Kansas — finances from the county's adopted 2026 budget, presented as agenda item E.1 (2026 Butler County Budget Adoption) at the September 9, 2025 Board of County Commissioners meeting. Budget figures are budget authority (maximum expenditures), not actual spending.
Total budget authority
$66,482,160
General Fund
$20,500,430
Ad valorem tax
$33,622,304
Total levy
29.625 mills
Assessed valuation
$1,134,948,383
Net expenditure
$56,786,700
2026 · Adopted
Adopted budget by fund
From the certificate page of the adopted 2026 budget. Funds with no ad valorem levy are shown with —. The fund rows sum exactly to the printed totals.
| Fund | Budget authority | Ad valorem tax |
|---|---|---|
| General (0001) | $20,500,430 | $12,891,523 |
| Debt Service (0003) | $116,710 | — |
| Road & Bridge (0041) | $13,572,150 | $10,912,333 |
| Bridge Building (0042) | $91,310 | — |
| EMS (0020) | $5,283,110 | $2,652,484 |
| Department of Health (0080) | $731,490 | $458,735 |
| Department of Aging (0060) | $787,190 | $700,825 |
| Sheriff (0051) | $5,338,990 | $4,361,068 |
| Jail (0052) | $6,827,630 | $1,645,336 |
| Sanitary Landfill (0045) | $4,243,400 | — |
| Special Parks and Recreation (0072) | $40,520 | — |
| Special Alcohol (0071) | $76,220 | — |
| Special Wind Farm Funds (0078) | $34,210 | — |
| Street Lighting (0074) | $7,010 | — |
| Special Liability Deductible (0073) | $352,720 | — |
| Opioid Settlement (0263) | $182,210 | — |
| 9-1-1 Fund (0066) | $713,630 | — |
| Self-Insurance (0004) | $6,941,150 | — |
| Economic Development (0086) | $642,080 | — |
| Totals | $66,482,160 | $33,622,304 |
Sum-check: the 19 budget-authority rows sum to $66,482,160 and the seven ad valorem rows sum to $33,622,304, matching the certificate's printed totals. Net expenditure after removing $9,695,460 of transfers is $56,786,700.
Source: Butler County — Adopted Budget 2026 (certificate page, agenda item E.1) (September 9, 2025 commission agenda packet).
2026 · Adopted
General Fund detail
General Fund expenditures proposed for 2026, by department. The rows sum to the General Fund budget authority of $20,500,430.
| Department | 2026 |
|---|---|
| General Administration | $2,166,230 |
| Appraisal Services | $1,130,900 |
| Facilities Management | $906,620 |
| Community Development | $443,860 |
| County Attorney | $1,203,440 |
| County Clerk | $305,320 |
| Information Technology | $1,186,050 |
| District Court | $828,500 |
| Economic Development | $23,850 |
| Elections | $348,320 |
| Emergency Management | $307,300 |
| Emergency Communications / 911 | $1,642,680 |
| Employee Benefits | $7,063,500 |
| Extension Council | $371,000 |
| Fair Association | $19,000 |
| CDDO | $245,000 |
| GIS / Mapping | $458,900 |
| Historical Societies | $38,360 |
| Community Corrections | $176,160 |
| Leadership Butler | $15,000 |
| Noxious Weeds | $650,860 |
| Register of Deeds | $267,570 |
| Rescue Squad | $73,850 |
| Soil Conservation | $47,150 |
| Treasurer | $506,010 |
| Youth Programs | $35,000 |
| Capital Improvements | $20,000 |
| Tri-CASA (Mid-Kap) | $20,000 |
| Total General Fund expenditures | $20,500,430 |
General Fund actual receipts in 2024 were $19,327,203 and the 2025 estimate was $19,895,310.
Source: Butler County — Adopted Budget 2026 (General Fund pages) (September 9, 2025 commission agenda packet).
2026 · Adopted
Debt & levy
Outstanding indebtedness at January 1, 2025, from the budget's statement of indebtedness and the budget summary page.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| General obligation bonds (2010 issue) | $25,000 |
| Revenue bonds | $0 |
| Other | $0 |
| Lease-purchase principal | $256,356 |
| Total indebtedness | $281,356 |
The 2010 general obligation bond issue was retired in 2025 (2025 interest $1,063). The lease-purchase balance is the Rescue Squad contract (October 2019, 120 months, 2.17%).
Levy
The budget required a resolution to exceed the revenue neutral rate: YES.
Source: Butler County — Adopted Budget 2026 (indebtedness statement and budget summary) (September 9, 2025 commission agenda packet).
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Disclosures
- Scope. This page covers the county government budget only. The same agenda packet also contains separate 2026 fire-district and sewer-district budgets; those district budgets are not included in the $66,482,160 total.
- Basis. All figures are adopted budget authority — the maximum expenditures authorized — not actual receipts or spending. Prior-year columns are 2024 actuals and 2025 estimates.
Source: Butler County Board of Commissioners — September 9, 2025 agenda packet (agenda item E.1, 2026 Butler County Budget Adoption).