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Jackson County, Arkansas · Jackson County 2026 adopted budget

Jackson County — the money trail

$13,694,394
This is Jackson County's 2026 appropriation ordinance (No. 2025-21), passed December 22, 2025 and filed with the state. It sets the most each office and fund may spend; it does not split them into categories. The Solid Waste Revenue Fund sends $981,390 to the Solid Waste Operation and Maintenance Fund, so those dollars appear in both funds. 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 — $13,694,394 appropriated

▶General Fund1000$4,943,38136%✓ Sourced
▶County Judge's Office1000-0100$93,580✓ Sourced
▶County Clerk's Office1000-0101$388,148✓ Sourced
▶Circuit Clerk's Office1000-0102$236,828✓ Sourced
▶Treasurer's Office1000-0103$233,812✓ Sourced
▶Tax Collectors Office1000-0104$344,006✓ Sourced
▶Assessor's Office1000-0105$375,546✓ Sourced
▶Board of Equalization1000-0106$4,015✓ Sourced
▶Quorum Court1000-0107$106,772✓ Sourced
▶Courthouse Maintenance1000-0108$313,782✓ Sourced
▶County Election Commission1000-0109$148,500✓ Sourced
▶County Buildings Maintenance1000-0111$7,000✓ Sourced
▶County Miscellaneous Expense1000-0117$7,500✓ Sourced
▶1% Turn Back to Association of AR Counties1000-0121$2,441✓ Sourced
▶White River Planning & Dev District1000-0122$1,000✓ Sourced
▶County Health Department1000-0300$46,140✓ Sourced
▶Newport Ambulance1000-0304$5,000✓ Sourced
▶Tuckerman Ambulance1000-0305$5,000✓ Sourced
▶Sheriff Department1000-0400$1,863,74338% of fund✓ Sourced
▶Circuit Court1000-0401$40,556✓ Sourced
▶District Court1000-0409$35,000✓ Sourced
▶Juvenile Probation1000-0414$84,274✓ Sourced
▶Juvenile Intake1000-0415$113,161✓ Sourced
▶Prosecuting Attorney1000-0416$250,172✓ Sourced
▶Public Defender1000-0417$16,000✓ Sourced
▶Coroner1000-0419$20,268✓ Sourced
▶State Police Fund1000-0421$2,000✓ Sourced
▶Office of Emergency Services1000-0500$76,795✓ Sourced
▶Co Warning System Maintenance1000-0503$2,500✓ Sourced
▶GIS Funds1000-0504$5,000✓ Sourced
▶Jackson County Humane Society1000-0602$10,000✓ Sourced
▶Three County Fair1000-0603$2,500✓ Sourced
▶Veterans Service Fund1000-0800$29,842✓ Sourced
▶Jackson County Extension Service1000-0801$65,000✓ Sourced
▶Tuckerman Food Pantry1000-0803$2,500✓ Sourced
▶Tuckerman Senior Center1000-0805$2,500✓ Sourced
▶Newport Senior Center1000-0806$2,500✓ Sourced
▶Road Fund$2,889,74921%✓ Sourced
Printed total is $2,889,749.00; the parts listed add to $2,899,749.00.
▶County Road2000$2,422,04984% of fund○ Cited
▶County Road Tax Acct2001$290,000○ Cited
▶Motor Fuel Tax2003$147,700○ Cited
▶County Road II2800$40,000○ Cited
▶Solid Waste Revenue Fund$1,186,6309%✓ Sourced
▶Operation & Maintenance$981,39083% of fund✓ Sourced
This money moves to the Solid Waste Operation and Maintenance Fund, which spends it, so it is counted in both funds.
▶Depreciation Fund$10,000✓ Sourced
▶Solid Waste Reserve$120,000✓ Sourced
▶Landfill Closure$75,240✓ Sourced
▶Solid Waste Operation and Maintenance Fund$1,001,3907%✓ Sourced
▶Operating Expenses for Solid Waste Op & Maint. Fund$981,39098% of fund✓ Sourced
▶Solid Waste Depreciation Fund$20,000✓ Sourced
▶LATCF Fund1007$91,0001%✓ Sourced
▶County Warning System Fund1801$28,000✓ Sourced
▶Prisoner Housing Fund1806$750,0595%✓ Sourced
▶Treasurers Automation Fund3000$49,960✓ Sourced
▶Collector Automation Fund3001$131,1001%✓ Sourced
▶Court Automation Fund3002$50,000✓ Sourced
▶Act 1892 of 20053004$12,500✓ Sourced
▶County Clerks Cost Fund3005$25,000✓ Sourced
▶Court Recorder Fund3006$123,2381%✓ Sourced
▶Library Tax Account3008$300,0002%✓ Sourced
▶Domestic Peace Fund3010$800✓ Sourced
▶County Reappraisal Fund3011$114,0001%✓ Sourced
▶Drug Control Fund3015$6,000✓ Sourced
▶Act 209 Fund3017$72,1181%✓ Sourced
▶County Detention Facility Fund3018$19,200✓ Sourced
▶Boating & Safety Fund3019$4,000✓ Sourced
▶911 Fund3020$48,000✓ Sourced
▶Public Defender Fund3024$24,000✓ Sourced
▶Drug Court Fund3028$3,000✓ Sourced
▶Act 418 of 1989 Juvenile Prob. Fund3031$5,000✓ Sourced
▶Circuit Clerk Commissioner Fee Fund3039$1,500✓ Sourced
▶Opioid Grant Fund3048$15,237✓ Sourced
▶Jail Revenue Fund3411$40,000✓ Sourced
▶Jail Sales & Use Tax Operating Fund3420$1,304,93210%✓ Sourced
▶Library Payroll Fund3441$195,0001%✓ Sourced
▶Prisoner Care Fund3445$76,0001%✓ Sourced
▶Sheriff Training & Education Fund3446$3,600✓ Sourced
▶Animal Control & Care Fund3460$15,000✓ Sourced
▶Tornado Fund3461$25,000✓ Sourced
▶Treasurer's Commissary Fund3462$75,0001%✓ Sourced
▶GIF 1-Public Safety Grants3520$5,000✓ Sourced
▶Juvenile Grant Fund3530$60,000✓ Sourced