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Ashley 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. 1 of 2 complete.
#1
Ingest Ashley 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: $14,434,336 across 30 funds. The largest: County General ($6,409,281), Road Department ($4,660,531), County Jail Operation & Maintenance Fund ($876,105). 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.
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#2
Reconcile County General.

Printed total (Appropriation Summary, p. 8) is $6,409,281.00; the department pages listed add to $7,947,084.00. The summary lists County Jail at $63,297.00 (the same as Coroner) and Sheriff at $2,068,196.00, but the Jail page (p. 45) prints $1,476,515.00 and the Sheriff page (p. 36) prints $2,192,781.00; both pages' line items add to those totals. Ask the county treasurer or clerk which figure is right, and how the adopted amount splits.

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