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Jefferson County, Arkansas · Jefferson County 2026 adopted budget

Jefferson County — the money trail

$39,595,853.4
This is the county's 2026 appropriation ordinance (No. 2026-92) as filed with the state. It lists one amount for each General Fund office and for each other fund. The ordinance also moves $9,224,629.79 between county funds (Article III), so some dollars may appear in both the fund that sends them and the fund that spends them. 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 — $39,595,853.4 appropriated

▶General Fund1000$12,900,015.5533%✓ Sourced
▶County Judge1000-100$1,687,659.88✓ Sourced
▶County Clerk1000-101$877,805.94✓ Sourced
▶Circuit Clerk1000-102$423,817.84✓ Sourced
▶Treasurer1000-103$237,450✓ Sourced
▶Tax Collector1000-104$534,881.54✓ Sourced
▶Assessor1000-105$714,805.24✓ Sourced
▶Quorum Court1000-107$353,018.13✓ Sourced
▶County Buildings1000-108$630,454.02✓ Sourced
▶Election1000-109$216,762.91✓ Sourced
▶Child Support (Cir. Clerk)1000-114$155,236.82✓ Sourced
▶Utilities1000-117$337,715✓ Sourced
▶Comprehensive Insurance1000-118$650,000✓ Sourced
▶Reappraisal1000-119$604,827✓ Sourced
▶Health Department1000-300$31,000✓ Sourced
▶Sheriff1000-400$2,598,833.82✓ Sourced
▶Circuit Court 1st Div.1000-401$86,506.41✓ Sourced
▶Circuit Court 2nd Div.1000-402$22,333.25✓ Sourced
▶Circuit Court 3rd Div.1000-403$8,000✓ Sourced
▶Circuit Court 4th Div.1000-404$12,500✓ Sourced
▶Circuit Court 5th Div.1000-405$10,659.25✓ Sourced
▶Circuit Court 6th Div.1000-414$1,211,793.93✓ Sourced
▶Prosecuting Attorney1000-416$632,027.82✓ Sourced
▶Coroner1000-419$318,525.05✓ Sourced
▶Constables1000-420$22,500✓ Sourced
▶OEM1000-500$282,238.45✓ Sourced
▶Museum1000-603$23,000✓ Sourced
▶Veterans Services1000-800$91,743.26✓ Sourced
▶Cooperative Extension1000-801$123,919.99✓ Sourced
▶Juvenile Justice Center (JJC)1803-418$2,296,6186%✓ Sourced
▶Solid Waste Contract1804-700$1,144,038.93%✓ Sourced
▶Sales and Use Tax Fund (1805)1805$1,922,300.815%✓ Sourced
No fund total is printed; this is the sum of its two lines (Sheriff and Rural Protection).
▶Sheriff/Sales and Use Tax1805-400$1,520,219.8379% of fund✓ Sourced
▶Rural Protection/Sales and Use Tax1805-502$402,080.98✓ Sourced
▶Adult Jail Medical Fund1806-418$53,043.32✓ Sourced
▶Environmental Enforcement1808-423$80,000.6✓ Sourced
▶Fins & Truancy1809-414$819,2002%✓ Sourced
▶Jury Fee1810-429$88,500✓ Sourced
▶Solid Waste1812-700$343,539.61%✓ Sourced
▶Adult Jail1813-418$6,118,608.115%✓ Sourced
▶District Court1819-409$524,345.241%✓ Sourced
▶School Lunch Fund1851-418$180,000✓ Sourced
▶Tri-County Drug Task Force1900-400$153,642.61✓ Sourced
▶Fins & Truancy Grant1901-414$387,8171%✓ Sourced
▶Jefferson County Peer Support (6th)1906-414$140,782.19✓ Sourced
▶Tri-County1910-400$96,064.58✓ Sourced
▶Road Department2000-200$5,948,298.2615%✓ Sourced
▶Treasurer's Automation Fund3000-103$46,600✓ Sourced
▶Collector's Automation3001-104$163,908.05✓ Sourced
▶Circuit Court Automation3002-430$18,000✓ Sourced
▶Recorder's Cost (Cir. Clerk)3006-102$151,077.09✓ Sourced
▶County Library3008-600$915,0002%✓ Sourced
▶Boating Safety3019-712$24,941.17✓ Sourced
▶Emergency Vehicle3022-400$36,191.72✓ Sourced
▶PA - Victim of Crime3025-422$276,665.81%✓ Sourced
▶Public Defender3026-417$49,600✓ Sourced
▶Drug Court3028-424$20,000✓ Sourced
▶Recycling3036-702$247,5001%✓ Sourced
▶Juvenile Justice Education3401-418$993,582.253%✓ Sourced
▶MECA3403-501$2,764,888.47%✓ Sourced
▶Drug Court Accountability3505-424$21,727.01✓ Sourced
▶LLEBG3508-400$128,472.06✓ Sourced
▶Justice Equitable Sharing-Sheriff3509-400$35,047.47✓ Sourced
▶Recycling Resource Recovery3510-702$12,316.24✓ Sourced
▶Opioid Program Cat 43514-418$366,782.521%✓ Sourced
▶Building Resilient Infrastructure3521-500$29,542.5✓ Sourced
▶Gang Reduction Grip Grant (GVI)3525-400$41,801.41✓ Sourced
▶HITDA Fund3526-100$1,340✓ Sourced
▶Law Library6009-426$54,054.95✓ Sourced