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Ashley County · appropriation · 2026 · dept/fund 1000

County General

$6,409,281
✓ 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
Ashley County 2026 budget, as filed with the state
Source locator
p. 8
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
Counted ✓ — this fund is part of the grand total that re-adds to the ordinance's stated figure exactly. Full report.
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44% of all county appropriations ($14,434,336.48)
Docket
Issue #2 — Reconcile County General (open)
Retrieved
2026-10-06

Note on this line

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.

What's inside this number

LineAmountStatus
County Judge's Office $115,530 ○ Cited
County Clerk's Office $296,434 ○ Cited
Circuit Clerk's Office $252,655 ○ Cited
Treasurer's Office $177,076 ○ Cited
Collector's Office $341,045 ○ Cited
Assessor's Office $461,824 ○ Cited
Board of Equalization $3,853 ○ Cited
Quorum Court $66,891 ○ Cited
Courthouse $296,145 ○ Cited
Election Commission $161,818 ○ Cited
Crossett Annex Building $20,500 ○ Cited
Emergency Fund $367,575 ○ Cited
Legals $8,000 ○ Cited
Health Units (Crossett & Hamburg) $72,800 ○ Cited
Sheriff / Law Enforcement $2,192,781 ○ Cited
Circuit Court $39,000 ○ Cited
Circuit Judge $16,300 ○ Cited
Hamburg District Court $61,098 ○ Cited
Crossett District Court $71,488 ○ Cited
10th Judicial Juvenile Court $25,000 ○ Cited
Prosecuting Attorney's Office $91,860 ○ Cited
Public Defender's Office $6,312 ○ Cited
County Jail $1,476,515 ○ Cited
Coroner $63,297 ○ Cited
Office of Emergency Management $124,519 ○ Cited
Fair Association $2,000 ○ Cited
Ashley County Museum $5,000 ○ Cited
Solid Waste $432,511 ○ Cited
Landfill $540,143 ○ Cited
Veteran's Service $66,814 ○ Cited
County Extension Service $66,800 ○ Cited
Paupers & Welfare $2,000 ○ Cited
Area Agency on Aging $1,000 ○ Cited
Options, Inc $2,500 ○ Cited
DHS Building $18,000 ○ Cited

This list is not yet complete — more lines exist in the source document than have been ingested.