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Faulkner County treasurer reports April revenues roughly flat; prisoner reimbursements 'trickling in'
Summary
Treasurer Scott presented the court's Jan. 1–April 30, 2025 financial summary, reporting a range of fund balances, April sales-tax receipts of $1,102,758.60 and that state prisoner reimbursement is beginning to arrive after a prior shortfall.
Treasurer Scott presented the Faulkner County Jan. 1–April 30, 2025 summary statement to the quorum court, listing fund balances and revenue details and noting that a portion of expected state prisoner reimbursement has begun to arrive.
Scott told the court the packet included figures such as $2,551,302.28 (listed in the packet) and a County Road fund balance of $7,411,081.06. He reported April sales-tax receipts of $1,102,758.60, which he said is about 0.27% above the prior April but still within a pattern that leaves overall sales tax down compared with last year; he attributed part of the year-over-year variance to an “January 2024 anomaly.”
The treasurer said that reimbursement from the state for prisoner costs “is starting to trickle in,” and that the county’s year-to-date reimbursement totaled about $400,000 compared with roughly $200,000 at the same point last year. He noted a larger expected amount from prior-year activity — roughly $1 million — was received in May and therefore is not reflected in the April report; the treasurer said that receipt will appear in the next monthly report and was not projected in the current carryover figures.
Scott reviewed several fund-by-fund figures included in the packet: the County Road sales-tax fund, the criminal-justice sales-tax fund, and American Rescue Plan funds, among others, and pointed to a multi-page chart showing a three-month moving average. He said April results are in line with projections so far and that May — when early tax collections post — will be more revealing for the year’s revenue picture.
Court members asked clarifying questions about the prisoner reimbursement timing and whether the unprojected May receipt would change revenue forecasts. Scott reiterated that the May receipts will show up in the May report and that the county had not reworked the current-year projections to reflect that unprojected carryover before the funds were received.
The court did not take a formal vote on the report; Scott asked whether there were any questions and moved on to the next agenda item.
