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Ouachita County · appropriation · 2026 · dept/fund 1000

County General

$4,015,710.69
✓ 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
Ouachita County 2026 proposed budget, as filed with the state
Source locator
pp. 2–78
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 33 lines beneath this sum to this total exactly. Full report.
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25% of all county appropriations ($16,099,195.57)
Retrieved
2026-10-06

Note on this line

No fund total printed; this is the sum of its departments.

What's inside this number

LineAmountStatus
County Judge $194,832.8 ✓ Sourced
County Clerk $407,143.83 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Clerk $477,959.86 ✓ Sourced
Treasurer $150,639.75 ✓ Sourced
Collector $348,576.27 ✓ Sourced
Assessor $581,946.99 ✓ Sourced
Equalization Board $221,098.5 ✓ Sourced
Quorum Court $80,487.88 ✓ Sourced
Courthouse Maintenance $254,009.23 ✓ Sourced
Election $158,572.01 ✓ Sourced
County Special Projects $95,500 ✓ Sourced
Southwest Planning District $5,000 ✓ Sourced
Women's Crisis Center $5,000 ✓ Sourced
CASA $3,000 ✓ Sourced
Soil Conservation $5,000 ✓ Sourced
Boys' & Girls' Club $3,500 ✓ Sourced
Chamber of Commerce $1,500 ✓ Sourced
County Fair $5,000 ✓ Sourced
O C Red Cross $8,000 ✓ Sourced
Area Agency on Aging $7,000 ✓ Sourced
Chidester Library $9,200 ✓ Sourced
Mosquito Abatement $66,450.77 ✓ Sourced
Economic Development $100,000 ✓ Sourced
County Health Department $63,847.92 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court 1st Division $27,545 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court 3rd Division $12,700 ✓ Sourced
District Court $147,998.25 ✓ Sourced
Juvenile Court $213,136.46 ✓ Sourced
Prosecuting Attorney $93,291.04 ✓ Sourced
Coroner $79,968.64 ✓ Sourced
Sheriff's Reserves $1,000 ✓ Sourced
Office of Emergency Services $112,805.49 ✓ Sourced
Extension Office $74,000 ✓ Sourced