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Butler County signals intent to exceed revenue neutral rate as 2027 budget workshops continue
Summary
Commissioners continued review of the 2027 proposed budget across July 7–8 workshops and heard that county staff intends to exceed the Revenue Neutral Rate (RNR), triggering statutorily required public-notice steps under K.S.A. 79-2988(b). No final budget vote was recorded.
The Butler County Board of Commissioners continued its series of 2027 budget workshops on July 7–8, 2026, reviewing department requests and the county’s Capital Improvement Plan ahead of a planned public hearing. Assistant Administrator and Finance Director Ryan Adkison told the panel that the county intends to exceed the Revenue Neutral Rate and must notify the County Clerk and schedule a hearing by statute.
Adkison told the Board the county intended “to exceed the Revenue Neutral Rate (RNR) for the Butler County 2027 budget and for the Butler County Fire Districts #1 through #12’s 2027 budgets,” and cited K.S.A. 79-2988(b) as the procedural basis for the required notice to the clerk and the public. The transcript records that proposed mill levies and corresponding RNR calculations will be presented to the Board; the record shows no final adoption or vote on the budget during these sessions. The Board scheduled further workshops and will set a public hearing date and proposed tax rate before July 20, as required by statute.
