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How Louann is run

Louann spent $32,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $211 per resident.

City budget
$32,000
spent, year to December 31, 2022
Per resident
$211
Below typical Arkansas cities ($1,073)
Long-term debt
None
at year end
City staff
0
full-time · 7 part-time

What stands out about how Louann is run

Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Your share of the budget

About $211 per resident a year, or $0.58 a day

The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 53% of spending.

Where the money comes from
From the state 33%From other local governments 28%From the federal government 20%Property taxes 9%Sales taxes 7%Interest, fines & other 2%
The school district

Smackover-Norphlet School District

Louann’s K–12 school district, shared with Calion, Norphlet, Smackover. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in Louann →
$14,648
per pupil · AR $13,585
1,069
students
$7.5 million
long-term debt

Of the $14,648 per pupil, $7,870 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.

The district: schools, scores and graduation →

Where the district’s money comes from
Local 17%State 71%Federal 12%

Arkansas districts overall: 16% local, 70% state, 14% federal.

School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in Louann

Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Louann yet. Neighbors can add them.

Who works for Louann

0 full-time staff

On the payroll in March 2022.

By department full-time, plus part-time

Administration & buildings0 + 7 pt
0
full-time
7
part-time

Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.

Who represents Louann

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Louann.

Politics & elections →
  1. 1
    Your cityMayor & council
    Local officials aren’t on record yet.
  2. 2
    Arkansas HouseState representatives
  3. 3
    Arkansas SenateState senator
  4. 4
    GovernorStatewide
  5. 5
    U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
  6. 6
    U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Arkansas

Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.

Reach Louann’s government

Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.

The Handbook →

Questions about how Louann is run?

Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.

Town Square →
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Ask neighbors

Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.

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