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<br />CCM Economics, LLC Orange County Tax Equity Page 12 <br /> <br />taxes. Included in this 9% amount are monies spent to actually run government such as human <br />resources and information technologies. <br /> <br />Figure 6. Orange County Government Expenditures, 2015 FY <br /> <br />B. Cities within Orange County <br /> As stated earlier, there are 4 principal municipalities within Orange County. Like the <br />county itself, they receive their revenue from a variety of sources including sales and property <br />taxes, permits and fees, and intergovernmental transfers. One of these intergovernmental <br />transfers are Powell Fund Allocations which are based upon gasoline taxes collected at the state <br />level and reallocated to the municipalities for streets based upon their population and street <br />mileage. Figures 7 through 10 outline the principal sources of revenues for the cities. The <br />percentage of general government fund revenue that derives from the summation of <br />intergovernmental transfers, property taxes, and sales taxes is grouped tightly between the four <br />Community Services <br />6% <br />General Government <br />3% <br />Public Safety <br />10% <br />Human Services <br />19% <br />Education <br />38% <br />Support Services <br />6% <br />Debt Service <br />14% <br />Transfers to Funds <br />4% <br />49