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Butler County DD board seeks 2‑mill levy to cover ballooning waiver match
Summary
The Butler County Board of Developmental Disabilities asked commissioners to back placing a new 2‑mill continuous levy on the spring ballot, saying federal waiver matching costs are consuming local revenue and warning that cuts already in place will reduce services without new funds.
The Butler County Board of Developmental Disabilities asked the commissioners on Dec. 2 to place a new 2‑mill continuous property tax levy on the spring ballot, saying escalating waiver match obligations will otherwise force further service cuts.
The board representative told the commission the agency serves about 4,200 residents and that waivers — federal programs that pay most service costs — have grown to the point that the local waiver match will absorb roughly 97% of the board’s locally guaranteed revenue in 2026. "We are asking for 2 mills new, a continuing levy that will generate about 26,000,000 annually," the representative said, arguing the levy would "make us whole" and prevent the elimination…
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