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Clark County · appropriation · 2026 · dept/fund 3008

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$469,288
✓ 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 2025-21 — Annual Operating Budget for Calendar Year 2026
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 (11 justices of the peace) 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
Counted ✓ — this fund is part of the grand total that re-adds to the ordinance's stated figure exactly. Full report.
Share
2% of all county appropriations ($21,386,230)
Docket
Issue #8 — Legislative audit reports & treasurer's reports (in progress)
Retrieved
2026-07-18 — The money trail was hand-transcribed in July 2026 from OCR of the filed documents. Page-level references are being pinned against the stored PDFs (Docket #7).

Note on this line

Appropriated $469K of a $1.28M revenue projection; ~$687K unappropriated, plus the Margie Lou Ballew bequest fund holding ~$196K untouched. What restricts those balances is part of Docket #8.