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Bastrop County · appropriation · 2026 · dept/fund 100

General Fund

$73,512,281
✓ 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
Bastrop County FY2025-26 Adopted Budget Report
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 Commissioners 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.
Share
78% of all county appropriations ($93,738,915)
Retrieved
2026-08-21

Note on this line

The county’s main operating fund — most offices and courts. Funded mainly by property taxes. FY2025-26 adopted.

What's inside this number

LineAmountStatus
Sheriff’s Office (Law Enforcement) $14,735,307 ✓ Sourced
County Jail $13,174,455 ✓ Sourced
Non-Departmental $6,666,750 ✓ Sourced
Information Technology $5,205,243 ✓ Sourced
911 Communications $2,835,442 ✓ Sourced
Animal Services $2,150,675 ✓ Sourced
District Attorney (21st District) $2,057,150 ✓ Sourced
Development Services $1,864,882 ✓ Sourced
General Services $1,853,120 ✓ Sourced
District Court $1,838,349 ✓ Sourced
Environmental / Sanitation $1,536,302 ✓ Sourced
Tax Assessor-Collector $1,470,021 ✓ Sourced
Grants $1,365,940 ✓ Sourced
County Court at Law $1,290,849 ✓ Sourced
District Clerk $1,237,882 ✓ Sourced
County Auditor $1,045,592 ✓ Sourced
Elections Administration $963,933 ✓ Sourced
Habitat Conservation $927,723 ✓ Sourced
County Clerk $749,048 ✓ Sourced
Courthouse Security $741,663 ✓ Sourced
Indigent Health Care $722,073 ✓ Sourced
Justices of the Peace (Pct 1–4) $1,484,052 ✓ Sourced
Commissioners Court $509,786 ✓ Sourced
County Treasurer $468,164 ✓ Sourced
Juvenile Probation $387,968 ✓ Sourced
Emergency Management $375,404 ✓ Sourced
County Judge $315,230 ✓ Sourced
Other departments & budgeted contingency $5,539,278 ◐ Partial