Hamilton County's administrator has presented a 2026 general fund budget he says is structurally balanced. County Administrator Jeff Aluotto says his plan will increase spending by $12 million.

Aluotto says it's a structurally balanced budget, and $60 million less than what the different departments requested.

“As we examined these requests, for the most part, they were not extravagant requests, but statements of what departments truly believe what they need in order to meet growing service demands of the county,” he says. “Unfortunately we just don’t have the revenues to accommodate those requests.”

Aluotto says revenue growth is flattening as inflation, wages, and needs rise .

He says the budget comes amid several other challenges.

“This will be our last year of pandemic relief fund

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