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Ashley County, Arkansas · Ashley County 2026 adopted budget

Ashley County — the money trail

$14,434,336.48
This is Ashley County's 2026 budget book as filed with the state, a scanned copy with an appropriation summary and one 'Appropriation for 2026' page per office. We use each office's page total. County General shows its printed summary total of $6,409,281.00, but its office pages add to $7,947,084.00, because the summary lists the jail at only $63,297. Five funds list transfers out ($1,822,092.58 in all) without saying where the money goes, so some of those dollars may be counted again in another fund. Click any number to see exactly where it comes from. Where the trail goes dark, it becomes a numbered issue in the docket. New here? Read our story or take the plain-words tour.
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Where it goes — $14,434,336.48 appropriated

▶County General1000$6,409,28144%✓ Sourced
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.
▶County Judge's Office1000-0100$115,530○ Cited
▶County Clerk's Office1000-0101$296,434○ Cited
▶Circuit Clerk's Office1000-0102$252,655○ Cited
▶Treasurer's Office1000-0103$177,076○ Cited
▶Collector's Office1000-0104$341,045○ Cited
▶Assessor's Office1000-0105$461,824○ Cited
▶Board of Equalization1000-0106$3,853○ Cited
▶Quorum Court1000-0107$66,891○ Cited
▶Courthouse1000-0108$296,145○ Cited
Summary label: 'Courthouse (w/o emergency)'.
▶Election Commission1000-0109$161,818○ Cited
▶Crossett Annex Building1000-0111$20,500○ Cited
▶Emergency Fund1000-0117$367,575○ Cited
▶Legals1000-0150$8,000○ Cited
▶Health Units (Crossett & Hamburg)1000-0300$72,800○ Cited
▶Sheriff / Law Enforcement1000-0400$2,192,78134% of fund○ Cited
The Appropriation Summary (p. 8) lists $2,068,196.00; this page total of $2,192,781.00 equals its line items.
▶Circuit Court1000-0401$39,000○ Cited
▶Circuit Judge1000-0402$16,300○ Cited
▶Hamburg District Court1000-0409$61,098○ Cited
▶Crossett District Court1000-0410$71,488○ Cited
▶10th Judicial Juvenile Court1000-0414$25,000○ Cited
▶Prosecuting Attorney's Office1000-0416$91,860○ Cited
▶Public Defender's Office1000-0417$6,312○ Cited
▶County Jail1000-0418$1,476,515○ Cited
The Appropriation Summary (p. 8) lists $63,297.00, the same figure as Coroner; this page total of $1,476,515.00 equals its line items.
▶Coroner1000-0419$63,297○ Cited
▶Office of Emergency Management1000-0500$124,519○ Cited
▶Fair Association1000-0602$2,000○ Cited
▶Ashley County Museum1000-0603$5,000○ Cited
▶Solid Waste1000-0700$432,511○ Cited
▶Landfill1000-0701$540,143○ Cited
▶Veteran's Service1000-0800$66,814○ Cited
▶County Extension Service1000-0801$66,800○ Cited
▶Paupers & Welfare1000-0802$2,000○ Cited
▶Area Agency on Aging1000-0803$1,000○ Cited
▶Options, Inc1000-0804$2,500○ Cited
▶DHS Building1000-0806$18,000○ Cited
▶Road Department2000$4,660,53132%✓ Sourced
The road page (p. 96) shows a $5,000.00 transfer out to Soil Conservation and subtracts it, so the department total is $4,655,531.00.
▶Road Department2000-0200$4,655,531100% of fund✓ Sourced
▶Soil Conservation2000-0201$5,000✓ Sourced
▶LATC Fund1007-0116$20,965.54✓ Sourced
All of it is a transfer out (p. 64).
▶Garbage Fees - Other Counties1860-0703$141,7271%✓ Sourced
▶Landfill Water Project1865-0701$462,527.043%✓ Sourced
All of it is a transfer out (p. 66).
▶Treasurer's Automation3000-0103$37,314✓ Sourced
▶Tax Collector's Automation3001-0104$5,500✓ Sourced
▶Circuit Court Automation3002-0401$5,501✓ Sourced
▶Assessor's Amendment #793004-0105$8,350✓ Sourced
▶County Clerk's Cost Fund3005-0101$18,000✓ Sourced
▶Circuit Clerk's Recorder's Cost Fund3006-0102$123,8671%✓ Sourced
▶Law Enforcement Automation3007-0400$1✓ Sourced
▶County Clerk Act 745 of 20073010-0101$2,000✓ Sourced
▶Assessor's Reappraisal Cost Fund3011-0105$140,2121%✓ Sourced
▶Child Support Collection Cost Fund3012-0114$1,000✓ Sourced
▶Sheriff's Communication Facility & Equipment Fund3014-0400$47,250✓ Sourced
▶Drug Control Fund3015-0400$5,000✓ Sourced
▶County Jail Operation & Maintenance Fund3018-0418$876,1056%✓ Sourced
Includes $668,000.00 of transfers out and $208,105.00 for a jail health contract (p. 82).
▶Boating Safety3019-0502$2,600✓ Sourced
All of it is a transfer out (p. 83).
▶911/ETS3020-0501$364,3283%✓ Sourced
▶District Court Probation Fee Fund3027-0409$12,000✓ Sourced
▶Juvenile Intake/Probation Fee Fund3031-0414$28,154✓ Sourced
▶Circuit Clerk Commissioner's Fund3039-0102$1✓ Sourced
▶Assessor's Late Assessment Fee Fund3042-0105$250✓ Sourced
▶Passport Acceptance Facility Fund3049-0102$500✓ Sourced
▶Hospital Sales Tax3404-0302$668,0005%✓ Sourced
All of it is a transfer out (p. 91).
▶Peer Recovery Grant - T French3525-0803$50,000✓ Sourced
▶OEM Grant3527-0500$10,960.9✓ Sourced
▶Road Fuel Tax Fund2003-0200$156,0001%✓ Sourced
▶County Library3008-0600$176,4111%✓ Sourced