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1 <br /> ORD-2026-013 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 2, 2026 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-f <br /> SUBJECT: Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget Amendment #11 <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager's Office <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Attachment 1. Year-to-Date Budget Kirk Vaughn, (919) 245-2153 <br /> Summary <br /> PURPOSE: To approve budget, grant, and capital project ordinance amendments for Fiscal Year <br /> 2025-26. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Miscellaneous <br /> 1. The FY 2025-26 Approved Budget included Wage Increase funds of$1,797,262, Merit Pay <br /> Adjustment of $451,000 and a Salary Savings allocation of -$5,169,900. This budget <br /> amendment provides for the allocation of these funds within the affected departments in <br /> the General Fund. <br /> 2. The Annual Grant Fund has not been used by the County for several years and is ready to <br /> be closed out in FY 2027. The Annual Grant Fund was last used for the Senior Health <br /> Coordination in FY 2022-23 which was primarily funded by program revenue and General <br /> Fund support. This activity was moved to the General Fund as of FY 2023-24. This <br /> amendment transfers the cash position of$100,000 to the General Fund to prepare for the <br /> close out. <br /> 3. The Emergency Recovery Fund was used during COVID to track all Federal Emergency <br /> Management Agency (FEMA) eligible expenses incurred by the County. The County had <br /> moved $371,743 in County funds into the project to cover ineligible expenses in a prior <br /> year. The County has finished its reporting and will transfer $80,000 back to the General <br /> Fund. The County was able to have over$4 million dollars of eligible expenses reimbursed <br /> by FEMA that would have otherwise been covered by County tax dollars. The fund will be <br /> closed out in FY 2027. <br /> 4. The Health and Dental Fund, which funds employee and retiree health insurance, has <br /> experienced higher activity for Pre-65 & Post-65 Retirees for FY 2025-26 and is expected <br /> to exceed budget by $400,000. The County will cover this increase using the additional <br /> revenue generated in items 2 & 3 above, and $220,000 in additional Interest Income to <br /> cover this overage. <br />