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10 <br /> Slide #8 <br /> Minimizing Tax Rate Increase <br /> • Departments Absorb Inflationary/Other Cost 3. Bonds, Insurance, Worker's Comp <br /> Increases Premiums for Bands,and Worker's Comp due to 15%increase in costs <br /> in the market-$125,891 <br /> — 16 out of 27 Departments below FY2025-26 Base Estimated increase cost in Worker's Comp Claims based on active <br /> Budgets claims-$46,000 <br /> — Only six departments increased their net county cost <br /> above$100,000 from base 4. Board of Elections <br /> • Municipal Election year-$122,260 <br /> 1. Asset Management Services 5. Sheriff's Office <br /> • Electricity-$90,575 <br /> • Water-$33,446 actual pen Sheriff's Office Overtime and Temp personnel based on <br /> actual spend <br /> Natural Gas-$24,233 $491,000 reduction in Jail Fee Revenue <br /> • Contract Cost Increases-$102,834 <br /> 2. Information Technology 6. Fleet Services <br /> • Increased costs of existing software-Increase of$335,778 2 Automolive Mechanic FTEs and increased parts budget of$306,000 <br /> in Fleet <br /> Added ServiceslFeatures for existing applications-Increase of Fully offset by reduction of Sheriff's Office contract <br /> $498,190 <br /> • Decommissioned features and applications-Savings of$266,837 Avoids a$150,000 cost increase in FY2025-26 <br /> �1 <br /> s ORAoN HE COUNTTY <br /> Chair Bedford asked for more information on the increased costs for the Board of <br /> Elections in FY26. <br /> Travis Myren said he will bring back further information and believes it is related to the <br /> variety of ballots. <br /> Slide #9 <br /> Minimizing Tax Rate Increase <br /> • Transition of General Fund Expenses to Other Funding Sources <br /> — Orange Enterprises Outside Agency and transitioned to Maintenance of Effort <br /> — Three tourism based Outside Agencies transitioned to Visitors Bureau Fund <br /> — CJRD Clinical Coordinator Position transitioned to Opioid Fund <br /> — Total Savings to the General Fund $176,084 <br /> • 10% Reduction to Training and Travel <br /> — $38,940 savings generated in General Fund, $50,158 across all funds. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 9 NORTH CAROLINA <br />