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20 <br /> Slide#24 <br /> FY 2026-27 Operating Budget Introduction <br /> • General Fund Expenses <br /> — County Costs to Continue <br /> • Bonds, Insurance, and Workers Compensation-$280,000 <br /> - Based on renewal estimates <br /> • Software as a Service-$368,000 <br /> • Fuel Costs-$595,400 <br /> - Significant uncertainty <br /> - Assumes$6 per gallon diesel fuel and$5 per gallon gasoline <br /> • Longtime Homeowners Assistance-$42,500 <br /> - Annualizing FY2025-26 mid-year transfer and accounting for recommended tax increase <br /> • Telephone Efficiencies—($400,000) <br /> - Elimination of unused and inefficient telephone charges <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 24 NORTH CAROLINA <br /> Slide#25 <br /> FY 2026-27 Operating Budget Introduction <br /> • General Fund Expenses <br /> — Maintain Outside Agency Funding <br /> • $693,953 allocated to agencies through scorecard <br /> • $107,500 contract with Habitat for Humanity transferred to Housing Department <br /> — Reduce Payments to Chapel Hill and Mebane Libraries <br /> • Two-year phase out of payment to Town of Chapel Hill-$310,662 in FY2026-27 <br /> • Elimination of payment to City of Mebane-$700 <br /> — Increase Social Justice Fund <br /> • $50,000 increase to$200,000 <br /> — Reduce Salary Savings due to Vacancy Eliminations <br /> • $163,969 reduction to$4.9 million <br /> 25 ORANGE�OUN�TY <br />