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Saline County · appropriation · 2026 · dept/fund 1000

County General Fund

$25,778,327.2
✓ 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
Saline County 2026 budget, as filed with the state
Source locator
pp. 4–5
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 58 lines beneath this sum to this total exactly. Full report.
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35% of all county appropriations ($74,159,348.24)
Retrieved
2026-10-06

What's inside this number

LineAmountStatus
County Judge $315,363.23 ✓ Sourced
County Clerk $612,514.64 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Clerk $736,287.07 ✓ Sourced
Treasurer $302,665.3 ✓ Sourced
Tax Collector $1,289,100.68 ✓ Sourced
Tax Assessor $760,755.02 ✓ Sourced
Board of Equalization $29,063.5 ✓ Sourced
Quorum Court $365,039.47 ✓ Sourced
Maintenance Department $1,120,560.33 ✓ Sourced
Election Worker Pay - Election Commission $386,740 ✓ Sourced
Financial Management $965,484.52 ✓ Sourced
Information Technology Department $486,092 ✓ Sourced
County Grants-In-Aid $100,000 ✓ Sourced
Communications Department $165,841.74 ✓ Sourced
County Civil Attorney $166,576.92 ✓ Sourced
Funding for Reimbursement Grants $40,000 ✓ Sourced
Courthouse Maintenance $267,000 ✓ Sourced
Saline County Complex Maint. $122,501 ✓ Sourced
Historical Society-Odd Fellows Building $14,300 ✓ Sourced
Saline County Complex Maint. $14,800 ✓ Sourced
GIS/EQ Building Maintenance $7,950 ✓ Sourced
Vote Here (Bush) Building Maint. $18,200 ✓ Sourced
Tax Collector-Bryant $199,036.97 ✓ Sourced
Tax Assessor-Bryant $91,393.74 ✓ Sourced
Tax Assessor-GIS $971,005.88 ✓ Sourced
Assessor-County Apprl-Part State Funding $668,363 ✓ Sourced
Central Arkansas Planning & Development Dis $4,508 ✓ Sourced
County Health Unit $40,000 ✓ Sourced
Health Department Building Maint. $74,750 ✓ Sourced
Sheriff $6,650,683.89 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court-Juvenile $858,171.72 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court-Security $750,996.56 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court-Third Division $13,952 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court-Fourth Division $13,515 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court-First Division $15,625 ✓ Sourced
District Court-Benton Division $658,525.91 ✓ Sourced
District Court-Bryant Division $271,100 ✓ Sourced
Prosecuting Attorney $654,222.63 ✓ Sourced
Public Defender Supplement $15,000 ✓ Sourced
County Jail Supplement $3,000,000 ✓ Sourced
County Coroner $395,892.03 ✓ Sourced
Prosecuting Attorney-Reimb. Salaries $171,581.15 ✓ Sourced
Sheriff-Federal Grant Match $5,078.4 ✓ Sourced
Sheriff Reserves $4,500 ✓ Sourced
Saline County Chaplain Assn. $500 ✓ Sourced
District Court Building Maint. $60,750 ✓ Sourced
Sheriff Administration Building $108,800 ✓ Sourced
OEM/Judicial Building Maint. $92,000 ✓ Sourced
Smith Building-Circuit Court Division $49,000 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court-Second Division $9,950 ✓ Sourced
Office of Emergency Management (OEM) $361,119.97 ✓ Sourced
Communications-911 Salaries $1,000,000 ✓ Sourced
Veterans Service Officer $162,113.53 ✓ Sourced
Cooperative Extension $68,000 ✓ Sourced
Paupers & Welfare $1,000 ✓ Sourced
Soil Conservation $15,756.4 ✓ Sourced
Central Arkansas Development Council $11,000 ✓ Sourced
DHS Building Maint. $23,600 ✓ Sourced