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Hot Spring County, Arkansas

First Issues Docket

Every dead end in the money trail becomes a numbered pursuit here. When a document is obtained and ingested, the issue gets stamped with the date and what it revealed. 3 of 4 complete.
#1
Obtain the adopted FY2026 appropriation ordinance.

The Quorum Court adopted the FY2026 budget in December 2025 (a 4% employee raise, sheriff vehicle funds, district-court changes), but the line-item ordinance is not yet posted online. Request it from the County & Probate Clerk.

2026-10-06 — what this revealed: The county’s 2026 budget, as filed with the state (artransparency.gov, May 2026), is now the money trail: $20,542,273.12 across 35 funds, up from the $17.5M FY2025 tree. The General Fund is $7,076,204.78.
✓ Complete
#2
Ingest the Hot Spring County budget.

General Fund and the dedicated funds from the appropriation.

2026-08-21 — what this revealed: FY2025 appropriations sum to $17.5M across the General Fund ($6.18M — Sheriff and Jail alone are $2.47M of it) plus dedicated funds led by the Road Fund ($3.68M), the Hospital Sales Tax ($2.07M), and Solid Waste ($1.76M). Arkansas counties budget per-fund with no single grand total; this tree counts every dollar once.
✓ Complete
#3
City budget — Malvern.

Ingest the City of Malvern budget so residents can walk the layer closest to them.

Open
#4
Ingest Hot Spring County’s 2026 budget.

The county’s 2026 budget as filed with the state (artransparency.gov, May 2026), turned into a money trail with a page cite on every amount.

2026-10-08 — what this revealed: $20,542,273 across 35 funds. The largest: County General Fund ($7,076,205), County Road Fund ($4,084,985), Hospital Sales Tax Fund ($3,066,000). Every total marked complete adds to its parts to the cent; where the county’s own pages disagree, the page keeps the printed number and an open question below.
✓ Complete