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Garland County · appropriation · 2026

General Fund

$25,873,537.77
✓ 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
Appropriation Ordinance O-25-25 — 2026 County Budget
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 28 lines beneath this sum to this total exactly. Full report.
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23% of all county appropriations ($113,176,330.55)

Note on this line

The county's main operating fund, broken out by department below, from the 2026 appropriation ordinance.

What's inside this number

LineAmountStatus
County Judge $294,433.41 ✓ Sourced
County Clerk $586,711.59 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Clerk $514,469.28 ✓ Sourced
Treasurer $232,170.71 ✓ Sourced
Tax Collector $654,610.17 ✓ Sourced
Assessor $1,588,892.1 ✓ Sourced
Equalization Board $33,347.86 ✓ Sourced
Quorum Court $208,022.78 ✓ Sourced
County General Services $1,064,017.25 ✓ Sourced
Election Commission $547,512.85 ✓ Sourced
Financial Management $553,076.88 ✓ Sourced
Computer/IS $548,100 ✓ Sourced
Grant In Aid $1,450,525.5 ✓ Sourced
County Attorney $387,014.94 ✓ Sourced
Health Department $71,393.3 ✓ Sourced
Sheriff $9,120,047.4 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court Division I $122,389.87 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court Division II $1,148,119.6 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court Division III $101,866.25 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court Division IV $125,872.24 ✓ Sourced
Prosecuting Attorney $1,018,977.14 ✓ Sourced
Coroner $348,350.9 ✓ Sourced
District Court/Juvenile Court Building $167,405.78 ✓ Sourced
Juvenile Housing & Transport $742,373 ✓ Sourced
Dept. of Emergency Management $305,888.26 ✓ Sourced
Veteran Services $88,390.99 ✓ Sourced
Cooperative Extension Services $98,260 ✓ Sourced
County General Transfers $3,751,297.72 ✓ Sourced