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Clermont County budget presentation shows $1.9 million draft operating surplus; adoption set for Dec. 11
Summary
County budget director Emily Akers told commissioners a 1.7% valuation increase added about $161,000 to general-fund revenue; the draft 2025 appropriation projects an estimated $1.9 million surplus (not including salary actions) and a year-end unrestricted general fund balance of about $18.4 million. Adoption is planned for Dec. 11, 2024.
Emily Akers, director of the Offices of Budget and Management, reviewed updates to the county's 2025 draft appropriations at the Dec. 2 Clermont County commissioners meeting.
A 1.7% increase in property valuation since the last meeting raised estimated general-fund revenue by about $161,000, Akers said. Sales tax remains the largest single revenue source for the general fund at just under $40 million. On the expense side, modest net decreases and some rolled-back appropriations left the draft operating revenues and expenses projecting a roughly $1.9 million surplus, Akers said, not including requested salary actions. She estimated the unrestricted general fund balance at the end of 2025 at just over $18.4 million.
Akers summarized outstanding staffing requests (including a proposed Commissioner Program Administrator), operating requests (Board of Elections, municipal clerk, juvenile court) and one capital request for domestic relations/probate courtroom renovations. She noted the county's total all-funds appropriation is approximately $340 million and that public safety accounts for about 66.5% of operating expenses.
Board staff said they plan to return with the appropriation for adoption at the Dec. 11, 2024 meeting. Commissioners took no final appropriation vote on Dec. 2.
