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<br />CCM Economics, LLC Orange County Tax Equity Page 11 <br /> <br />Figure 5. Orange County Government Revenues, 2015 FY <br /> <br /> Orange County spends its revenues of a variety of functions. These include education, <br />public safety, human and community services, etc. In fiscal year 2015, Orange County spent <br />$201.596 million. Some of these expenditures are for county wide services while others might <br />be more locally targeted. Figure 6 breaks out the different categories of spending. The largest <br />expenditure for the county is education spending which is almost 4 out of every 10 dollars. <br />These education expenditures are for county schools (which are different from municipal <br />schools) and for the Orange Campus of Durham Tech. This is followed by human services and <br />public safety. Human services includes, but is not limited to, programs such as child support, <br />social services, libraries, and the county health department. Public safety is focused on <br />emergency services and the sheriff’s office. Spending by municipalities on their police force <br />would not be included here. About 9% of government spending is to provide general <br />government and support services such as registering deeds, ensuring elections, and administering <br />Charges for services <br />5% <br />Intergovernmental <br />10% <br />Transfers from other <br />funds <br />1% <br />Property Taxes <br />72% <br />Sales Tax <br />10% <br />Licenses, Permits, <br />Investments <br />0% <br />Miscellaneous <br />2% <br />48