Butler County ended 2024 nearly $8.2 million in the black with a general fund balance of over $22 million despite using a little more than $1 million from its reserves to balance the budget.

That is how Controller Ben Holland summarized the 2024 annual report he made Wednesday, Aug. 13, to the county commissioners.

“The county has a strong net position and it continues to maintain a healthy fund balance,” Holland said Thursday while discussing the report.

The complete report is a 300-page deep dive into the revenues and expenditures of the county’s 49 budgetary funds. It is available on the county website.

As of Dec. 31, 2024, the county had $73.65 million in revenue. That number exceeded the $71.66 million anticipated in the final budget by $1.98 million, according to the report.

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