Every dead end in the money trail becomes a numbered pursuit here. When a document is obtained and ingested, the issue gets stamped with the date and what it revealed. 1 of 2 complete.
#1
Ingest the Palm Beach County budget.
All funds by function.
2026-08-21 — what this revealed: FY2026 all-funds budget $9,606,627,411 — but ~21% is held Reserves and ~$968M is interfund transfers, so the real operating appropriation is ~$4.58B. The Sheriff’s Office ($1.10B) is the largest agency. Foots to the county’s own Budget in Brief.
✓ Complete
#2
Pull the exact General Fund figure.
The Budget in Brief reports all-funds and a tax-equivalent operating view but not a single General Fund line; the full Annual Budget Book fund-summary page has it.