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Sebastian County · appropriation · 2026 · dept/fund 1000

General Fund

$38,126,129
✓ 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
Sebastian County 2026 budget, as filed with the state
Source locator
p. 22
Layer
appropriation — Layer one: what Quorum Court 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 82 lines beneath this sum to this total exactly. Full report.
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58% of all county appropriations ($65,424,970)
Retrieved
2026-10-06

What's inside this number

LineAmountStatus
County Judge $550,307 ✓ Sourced
County Clerk $375,632 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Clerk $1,540,945 ✓ Sourced
Quorum Court $288,000 ✓ Sourced
Facilities Maint $1,171,673 ✓ Sourced
County Election $498,023 ✓ Sourced
Human Resources $358,657 ✓ Sourced
Financial Administration $452,490 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Clerk Child Support $113,207 ✓ Sourced
Information Systems $849,962 ✓ Sourced
County Grants-In-Aid $177,230 ✓ Sourced
Purchasing $281,208 ✓ Sourced
Other County Expenses $30,000 ✓ Sourced
Enterprise Network & Software $460,245 ✓ Sourced
Fort Chaffee Redevelopment $83,229 ✓ Sourced
Western Arkansas Intermodal $21,370 ✓ Sourced
City/County Health Center $131,667 ✓ Sourced
Ambulance $2,319,284 ✓ Sourced
Sheriff Office $5,137,114 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court Div I $12,192 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court Div II $14,028 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court Div III $42,342 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court Div V $10,170 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court Div VI $14,446 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court Div VII $14,927 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court Div IV $54,390 ✓ Sourced
District Court Ft Smith Div $672,307 ✓ Sourced
Juvenile Probation $810,644 ✓ Sourced
Juvenile Detention Center $1,215,704 ✓ Sourced
Prosecuting Attorney $1,316,467 ✓ Sourced
Public Defender $345,554 ✓ Sourced
Adult Detention Center $7,336,731 ✓ Sourced
Coroner $295,574 ✓ Sourced
Constables $28 ✓ Sourced
Courthouse Security $1,278,953 ✓ Sourced
Sheriff Traffic Division $174,290 ✓ Sourced
Sheriff Animal Control $74,736 ✓ Sourced
Communications $721,825 ✓ Sourced
Sheriff Junior Deputy Prg $6,507 ✓ Sourced
Specialty Courts $231,162 ✓ Sourced
JDC Teacher Grant $293,745 ✓ Sourced
ADC Maintenance $690,908 ✓ Sourced
ADC Medical $1,401,229 ✓ Sourced
Prosecuting Attorney Fees $41,822 ✓ Sourced
PA Grant $61,299 ✓ Sourced
PA VW Clerical $60,107 ✓ Sourced
Drug Enforcement Task Force $205,993 ✓ Sourced
JDC Maintenance $13,095 ✓ Sourced
Courts Bldg Operations $597,952 ✓ Sourced
SCAPP $45,417 ✓ Sourced
Juvenile Grant $138,999 ✓ Sourced
Video Arraignment $4,600 ✓ Sourced
Act 1256 $81,890 ✓ Sourced
Courtroom Operations $281,643 ✓ Sourced
Jail Commissary $375,000 ✓ Sourced
Mental Health Court $601,032 ✓ Sourced
Dept of Emergency Mgmt $187,244 ✓ Sourced
Emergency Operation Center $83,169 ✓ Sourced
Rural Fire $115,126 ✓ Sourced
Safe Shelter $6,350 ✓ Sourced
Big Creek Rural Fire $111,959 ✓ Sourced
Bonanza Rural Fire $103,803 ✓ Sourced
Excelsior, Mt. Zion, Palestine $36,381 ✓ Sourced
Greenwood Rural Fire $26,467 ✓ Sourced
Hackett Rural Fire $20,979 ✓ Sourced
Hartford Rural Fire $20,494 ✓ Sourced
Huntington Rural Fire $24,746 ✓ Sourced
Mansfield Rural Fire $25,786 ✓ Sourced
Midland Rural Fire $63,237 ✓ Sourced
Milltown Washburn Rural Fire $17,675 ✓ Sourced
Riverdale Rural Fire $87,384 ✓ Sourced
Sugarloaf/Slaytonville Rural Fire $123,408 ✓ Sourced
Whitebluff/Rhyhill Rural Fire $28,223 ✓ Sourced
Ben Geren Park/Recreation $879,278 ✓ Sourced
Ben Geren Park PS/GC $978,312 ✓ Sourced
County Library $25,000 ✓ Sourced
Scott Seb Regnl Lib. $24,702 ✓ Sourced
Ben Geren Community Complex $111,995 ✓ Sourced
Veterans $263,619 ✓ Sourced
Extension Service $172,090 ✓ Sourced
Paupers and Welfare $4,500 ✓ Sourced
Seb Co Senior Citizens $206,251 ✓ Sourced