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Money trail → City of Hot Springs — 2026 budget
Garland County · appropriation · 2026

General Fund

$39,842,600
✓ 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 15 lines beneath this sum to this total exactly. Full report.
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22% of City of Hot Springs — 2026 budget ($178,516,016)

Note on this line

The city's main operating fund, broken out by department. Police and Fire are their own funds (below), subsidized from here via Special Appropriations.

What's inside this number

LineAmountStatus
Board of Directors $205,500 ✓ Sourced
City Manager $574,915 ✓ Sourced
City Attorney $539,383 ✓ Sourced
Human Resources $481,903 ✓ Sourced
Finance $1,493,388 ✓ Sourced
City Clerk $341,425 ✓ Sourced
Public Information $282,230 ✓ Sourced
Information Services $1,197,892 ✓ Sourced
Planning and Development $2,753,353 ✓ Sourced
Parks and Trails $2,926,934 ✓ Sourced
Sport Recreation $577,816 ✓ Sourced
Public Works $2,024,701 ✓ Sourced
Engineering $455,431 ✓ Sourced
Traffic $1,171,824 ✓ Sourced
Special Appropriations $24,815,905 ✓ Sourced