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Garland County · separate government · 2026

City of Hot Springs — 2026 budget

$178,516,016
✓ 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
City of Hot Springs — City Manager's Budget Message, FY2026
Source locator
Not yet pinned — the transcription predates storing the source PDF. Pinning every number to its page or locator is part of Docket #7.
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 21 lines beneath this sum to this total exactly. Full report.

Note on this line

The county seat's own budget — a separate government with its own ledger, all funds, from the City Manager's FY2026 Budget Message. Not part of the county's $113M. (The city's tourism/hospitality tax runs through the separate Hot Springs Advertising & Promotion Commission and is outside this total.)

What's inside this number

LineAmountStatus
General Fund $39,842,600 ✓ Sourced
Police $19,822,724 ✓ Sourced
Fire $14,131,398 ✓ Sourced
Water Utility $24,509,528 ✓ Sourced
Wastewater / Sewer Utility $27,076,468 ✓ Sourced
Solid Waste (Sanitation) $10,906,114 ✓ Sourced
Utility Administration $6,521,620 ✓ Sourced
Employee Wellness (internal) $6,055,417 ✓ Sourced
Street (incl. Street-Highway Tax & Our Roads Now) $13,546,504 ✓ Sourced
Airport (Memorial Field) $4,965,203 ✓ Sourced
Jail Maintenance Tax $4,054,500 ✓ Sourced
Intracity Transit $1,964,696 ✓ Sourced
Stormwater $1,318,714 ✓ Sourced
Fleet (internal) $1,297,809 ✓ Sourced
District Court Operating $1,208,358 ✓ Sourced
Parking $807,597 ✓ Sourced
District Court Probation $161,588 ✓ Sourced
Prisoner Expense Fines $125,943 ✓ Sourced
Criminal Justice $90,010 ✓ Sourced
District Court Automation $86,875 ✓ Sourced
Major Capital Projects $22,350 ✓ Sourced