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15 <br /> following adoption of the budget in order to properly fund salary and benefit <br /> amounts within departments . <br /> Section X. Internal Service Fund - Health and Dental Insurance Fund <br /> The Health and Dental Insurance Fund accounts for receipts of premium payments from <br /> the County and its employees , employees for their dependents , all retirees and the <br /> payment of employee and retiree claims and administration expenses . Projected receipts <br /> and fund reserves from the County and employees for fiscal year 2022 -23 will be <br /> $ 15 , 395 , 128 , and projected expenses for claims and administration for fiscal year 2022 - <br /> 23 will be $ 15 , 395 , 128 . <br /> Section XI , Other Post Employment Benefits Fund <br /> Orange County , North Carolina <br /> Other Post- Employment Benefits (OPEB) Investment and Funding Policy <br /> • Each fiscal year the County funds its OPEB benefits coming due to current retires on <br /> a pay- as—you -go ( PAYGO ) basis from the Health and Dental Fund . <br /> • The County recognizes that by setting additional funds from the PAYGO amounts <br /> now to pay future benefits , the County can pay a portion of those future benefits <br /> from investment earnings on those funds . <br /> • Thus the County will fund the North Carolina Treasurer' s irrevocable OPEB Trust up <br /> to $ 500 , 000 each fiscal year . <br /> • The County intends to make investments consistent with the long -term nature of <br /> assets set aside for payment of OPEB benefits . The County will invest funds through <br /> the NC Treasurer' s Office in Equites , Long -term Bonds and other investments as <br /> authorized by North Carolina General Statutes 147- 69 . 2 ( b5 ) . <br /> • The Finance Officer will regularly evaluate the appropriate allocation of such OPEB <br /> investments between Equities , Long -term Bonds and Shorter-term investments and <br /> make adjustments as necessary . <br /> Section XII . Custodial Funds <br /> Custodial Funds are used to report any fiduciary activities not reported in Investment <br /> Trust or Private- Purpose Trust Funds . In North Carolina , examples of Custodial Funds <br /> are the Jail Inmate Fund , and the property taxes collected by the County on behalf of a <br /> municipality (the Chapel HilkCarrboro City Schools District Tax Fund ) . <br /> Section XIII . Encumbrances <br /> Operating funds encumbered by the County as of June 30 , 2022 are hereby <br /> reappropriated to this budget . <br /> Section XIV. Capital Projects & Grants Fund <br /> The County Capital Improvements Fund , Schools Capital Improvements Fund , Proprietary <br /> Capital Funds , and the Grant Projects Fund are hereby authorized . Appropriations made <br /> for the specific projects or grants in these funds are hereby appropriated until the project <br /> or grant is complete . <br /> a . The County Capital Projects Fund FY 2022 -23 budget , with anticipated fund <br /> revenues of $ 10 , 854 , 009 and project expenditures of $ 10 , 854 , 009 is hereby <br /> adopted in accordance with G . S . 159 by Orange County for the fiscal year <br /> beginning July 1 , 2022 , and ending June 30 , 2023 , and the same is adopted by <br /> project . <br /> 9 <br />