Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
8 <br /> the tax assessment review, and that $370,000 is being added to the Sheriff's Office budget to align <br /> overtime appropriations with actual expenditures. <br /> Slide#14 <br /> FY 2026-27 Operating Budget Introduction <br /> • General Fund Expenses <br /> — County Personnel Cost Reductions <br /> • Temporary Suspension of Salary Step Program—($400,000) <br /> • Position Reduction Summary <br /> — 10.25 FTE in General Fund <br /> 11 General Fund Savings-$1,140,000 <br /> — Library Temporary Staff Funding Reductions-$122,121 <br /> — 5 positions in Sheriff's Office will be unbudgeted and held vacant for FY2026-27-$440,600 savings <br /> — 3.675 FTE Reduction in Other Funds <br /> » Other Fund Savings-$250,000 <br /> — County Costs to Continue <br /> • Bonds, Insurance,and workers Compensation-$280,000 <br /> • Software as a Service-$368,000 <br /> • Fuel Costs-$595,400 <br /> • Longtime Homeowners Assistance-$42,500 <br /> • Telephone Efficiencies—($400,000) ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 14 NORTH CAROLINA <br /> Slide#15 <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 /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 15 NORTH CAROLINA <br />