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Pope County · appropriation · 2026 · dept/fund 1000

County General Fund

$16,165,627.85
✓ 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
Pope County 2026 budget, as filed with the state
Source locator
p. 2
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 34 lines beneath this sum to this total exactly. Full report.
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44% of all county appropriations ($36,831,969.22)
Retrieved
2026-10-06

What's inside this number

LineAmountStatus
County Judge $411,516.22 ✓ Sourced
County Clerk $629,984.53 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Clerk $620,199.71 ✓ Sourced
Treasurer $404,512.83 ✓ Sourced
Tax Collector $384,034.18 ✓ Sourced
Tax Assessor $684,948.68 ✓ Sourced
Equalization Board $13,054 ✓ Sourced
Quorum Court $202,989 ✓ Sourced
County Building & Maintenance $356,034.32 ✓ Sourced
Election Commission $316,945 ✓ Sourced
Tax Refund $8,000 ✓ Sourced
Pope County Conservation District $25,000 ✓ Sourced
Reappraisal Cost Fund $292,632 ✓ Sourced
Health Department $63,550 ✓ Sourced
Sheriff $4,711,593.85 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court Division I (Dunham) $88,488.78 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court Division II (McCain) $30,350 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court Division III (Coker) $17,986.72 ✓ Sourced
Circuit Court Division IV (Patterson) $17,095 ✓ Sourced
District Court $228,163 ✓ Sourced
Juvenile Probation $501,802.88 ✓ Sourced
Prosecuting Attorney $453,394.27 ✓ Sourced
Detention Center $4,236,941.99 ✓ Sourced
Coroner $190,621.05 ✓ Sourced
Constable $150 ✓ Sourced
Juvenile Housing $115,000 ✓ Sourced
County Judge Misc Law Enforcement $2,000 ✓ Sourced
Courthouse Security $167,877.94 ✓ Sourced
Pope County Senior Citizens $78,036 ✓ Sourced
Potts Inn $36,414 ✓ Sourced
Veteran's Service $77,460.49 ✓ Sourced
Agri Extension $113,379.63 ✓ Sourced
OEM Transfers $118,000 ✓ Sourced
Emergency Nine One One Trans. $567,471.78 ✓ Sourced