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Hot Spring County · appropriation · 2026 · dept/fund 1000

County General Fund

$7,076,204.78
✓ Sourced

This number is cited to a source document, and its arithmetic re-adds to the dollar (it cross-foots, or it is counted inside a total that does).

Source
Hot Spring County 2026 budget, as filed with the state
Source locator
pp. 1–41
Layer
appropriation — Layer one: what Quorum Court (11 justices of the peace) authorized to be spent. What was actually spent is layer two (audit and treasurer reports); which vendor got which check is layer three (check register).
Checked
Cross-foots ✓ — the 41 lines beneath this sum to this total exactly. Full report.
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34% of all county appropriations ($20,542,273.12)
Retrieved
2026-10-06

What's inside this number

LineAmountStatus
County Judge $264,309.26 ✓ Sourced
County and Probate Clerk $307,090.88 ✓ Sourced
County Treasurer $217,549.05 ✓ Sourced
Tax Collector $285,030.87 ✓ Sourced
Tax Assessor $430,494.46 ✓ Sourced
Board of Equalization $8,675 ✓ Sourced
Quorum Court $143,858.45 ✓ Sourced
Courthouse Maintenance $215,594.04 ✓ Sourced
Election $240,679 ✓ Sourced
Courthouse Annex $70,847.35 ✓ Sourced
Workers' Compensation - Other County Expenses $221,000 ✓ Sourced
Reappraisal - Assessor $197,120 ✓ Sourced
Health Department $38,698 ✓ Sourced
Sheriff $1,499,656.89 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court $133,128.28 ✓ Sourced
Circuit and Chancery Court $20,340 ✓ Sourced
District Court $106,518.92 ✓ Sourced
Juvenile Court $157,362.75 ✓ Sourced
Prosecutor and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney $135,317.09 ✓ Sourced
Jail $1,133,631.96 ✓ Sourced
Coroner $46,115.52 ✓ Sourced
State Police $5,000 ✓ Sourced
Victim Witness $123,041.73 ✓ Sourced
DeGray - Sheriff Dept. $67,219.96 ✓ Sourced
School Resource Officers $336,099.78 ✓ Sourced
Office of Emergency Services $103,000.08 ✓ Sourced
Veteran's Service Officer $18,303.71 ✓ Sourced
County Extension Service $80,500 ✓ Sourced
Association of Arkansas Counties $2,800 ✓ Sourced
CADC $3,000 ✓ Sourced
4-H Club $2,500 ✓ Sourced
Hot Spring County Fair Association $3,000 ✓ Sourced
Hot Spring County R.O.S.E. $3,000 ✓ Sourced
Soil Conservation District $6,000 ✓ Sourced
West Central AR Planning and Development District $7,317.09 ✓ Sourced
Hot Spring County Historical Society $3,000 ✓ Sourced
Hot Spring County Museum $3,000 ✓ Sourced
Transfer out to Recorder's Cost Fund $133,074.88 ✓ Sourced
Transfer out to County Detention Facility Fund $86,442.84 ✓ Sourced
911 Emergency Fund (HSC payment) $163,335.99 ✓ Sourced
Transfer out to Public Defender Fund $53,550.95 ✓ Sourced