ORD-2026-001-Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget Amendment #6

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i oxD-202 & 001 ; g ; 00100 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date : January 20 , 2026 Action Agenda Item No . 8 -g SUBJECT : Fiscal Year 2025 -26 Budget Amendment #6 DEPARTMENT : County Manager' s Office ATTACHMENT( S ) : INFORMATION CONTACT : Attachment 1 . Year-to- Date Budget Kirk Vaughn , ( 919 ) 245-2153 Summary PURPOSE : To approve budget , grant , and capital project ordinance amendments for Fiscal Year 2025 -26 , Outside Agencies 1 . Funds totaling $6 , 500 that were previously budgeted for the outside agency Charles House ' s fourth quarterly payment in FY 2024 -25 were not encumbered at the end of the fiscal year and fell to fund balance . This budget amendment appropriates $ 6 , 500 in General Fund fund balance and authorizes it to be spent in the General Fund to pay for the Charles House FY 2024 -25 fourth quarterly payment . ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN : This item supports : • GUIDING PRINCIPLE — PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION We build meaningful relationships and connections that allow us to create holistic and integrated systems of support for all . Information Technologies 2 . Information Technologies ( IT) has requested that its IT Help Desk Administrator position , which has recently become vacant due to a retirement , be increased from . 70 FTE (full time equivalent) to 1 . 0 FTE and reclassified as a Business Officer I position . This reclassification and FTE increase will require an additional $ 15 , 927 in FY 2025 -26 which can be covered through normal salary attrition . In FY 2026 -27 , this personnel change will add $ 30 , 559 to the base budget for this position . This amendment increases the FTE count for that position from . 70 FTE to 1 . 0 FTE , but does not add any additional budget authority in FY 2025 -26 . ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN : This item supports :