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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda 05-22-25; 1-4 - Discussion of Fire Districts, Countywide Revenue Changes, Countywide Employee Compensation, and County Departments’ FY 2025-26 Recommended Budgets 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 22, 2025 Action Agenda Item No. 1 - 4 SUBJECT: Discussion of Fire Districts, Countywide Revenue Changes, Countywide Employee Compensation, and County Departments' FY 2025-26 Recommended Budgets DEPARTMENT: County Manager ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: PowerPoint Presentation Travis Myren, (919) 245-2308 Caitlin Fenhagen, (919) 245-2303 Kirk Vaughn, (919) 245-2153 PURPOSE: To review and discuss FY 2025-26 recommended fire districts, countywide revenue changes, countywide employee compensation, and recommended departmental budgets. BACKGROUND: The County Manager presented the FY 2025-26 Recommended Operating Budget at the Board's Business meeting on May 6, 2025. Since then, the Board has conducted one public hearing to receive residents' comments regarding the proposed funding plan. At the May 15, 2025 Budget Work Session, the Board discussed recommended FY 2025-26 budgets for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education, Orange County Schools Board of Education and Durham Tech Community College. This budget work session offers the Board an opportunity to review and discuss the recommended budgets for fire districts, countywide revenue changes, countywide employee compensation, and County departments. Functional Leadership Teams: The following Functional Leadership Teams are scheduled to attend the budget work session: Public Safety: • Courts • Criminal Justice Resources • Sheriff • Non-Departmental Human Services: • Aging • Alliance Health • Child Support Services • Civil Rights & Civic Life • Health Department 2 • Housing Department • Library Services • Opioid Settlement Fund • Non-Departmental General Government: • County Manager's Office FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with the discussion of the Manager's Recommended FY 2025-26 Operating Budget. Decisions that the Board makes as part of its discussion on the Manager's Recommended FY 2025-26 Annual Operating Budget will have financial impacts. ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN: This item supports: • MISSION STATEMENT — Orange County is a visionary leader in providing governmental services valued by our community, beyond those required by law, in an equitable, sustainable, innovative and efficient way. • VISION STATEMENT — We are a diverse, inclusive, and healthy county working together to strengthen our community and enhance the quality of life for all residents. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board review and discuss the Manager's Recommended FY 2025-26 budget and provide direction to staff, as appropriate. 3 f ORANGE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA Budget Work Session #2 Fire Districts, Public Safety, Human Services, and County Manager May 22, 2025 Board of Orange County Commissioners 4 County Fire Tax District Map C D E L R I v • 12 Fire Tax Districts • 10 of 12 Fire Districts Requested Tax Rate Increases o R GE R R L • Total FY2025-26 Recommended Fire District M E � �E �. -- - Expenditures - $11 ,092,785 EN • Increase of $1 ,685,398 over AM FY2024-25 Q AN E G C E N OP Cy.. A H I L`L .H -R0 SOU H EATER CHAPEL HILL ORANGE COUNTY 2 DAMA U U RN TRIANGLE NORTH (aARC)LI1'14A 5 Fire District Tax Rates • Ten of Twelve Fire Districts Requested Tax Rate Increases • . . 00 ii0 Home TaxingD Revenue Neutral per Year J CEDAR GROVE FIRE 9.00 6.54 7.54 1.00 $40.00 CHAPEL HILL FIRE 13.87 10.79 11.50 0.71 $28.40 DAMASCUS FIRE 12.80 9.79 10.20 0.41 $16.40 EFLAND FIRE 10.28 7.38 8.38 1.00 $40.00 ENO FIRE 11.98 8.71 8.71 - - LITTLE RIVER FIRE 7.39 5.35 5.35 - - NEW HOPE FIRE 13.84 10.15 12.50 2.35 $94.00 ORANGE RURAL FIRE 11.49 8.21 9.21 1.00 $40.00 ORANGE GROVE FIRE 8.27 5.81 7.00 1.19 $47.60 SOUTH ORANGE FIRE 9.09 6.67 8.17 1.50 $60.00 SOUTH TRIANGLE FIRE 12.80 8.75 10.20 1.45 $58.00 WHITE CROSS FIRE 13.84 10.30 14.00 3.70 $148.00 DRANGE COUNTY 3 NORTH CAROLINA 6 Fire District Recommendations Recommended Fire District Tax Rates and Revenue $3,000,000 14.00 15.00 12.50 13.00 $2,500,000 50 10.20 10.2 11.00 v (D 3 $2,000,000St 74 5 $•17 9.00 FY2025-26 Tax Revenue $1,500,000 7.00 v N .3 � v 0 $1,000,000 5.00 0 LL N 3.00 •FY2025-26 Rec.Tax Rate $500,000 1.00 $- • -1.00 Cedar Chapel Damascus Efland Eno Little New Orange Orange South Southern White Grove Hill River Hope Rural Grove Orange Triangle Cross 4 ORANGE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA 7 Fire District Recommendations • District Requests — page 163-166 • Cedar Grove — 1 .00 cent increase compared to Revenue Neutral Rate — Increasing costs of maintaining personnel and fire equipment. • Chapel Hill — 0.71 cent increase compared to Revenue Neutral Rate — Increasing costs of maintaining fire equipment and supplies. • Damascus/Southern Triangle — 0.41/1 .45 cent increase compared to Revenue Neutral Rate — Service provided to both districts by North Chatham Fire Department — Maintains same tax rate across both Orange/Chatham Districts. — Meet growing demand and transition to full scope medical program ORANGE COUNTY 5 NORTH CAROLINA 8 Fire District Recommendations • District Requests — page 163-166 • Efland Fire District — 1 .00 cent increase compared to Revenue Neutral Rate — Increasing costs of maintaining personnel and fire equipment. • New Hope Fire District — 2.35 cent increase compared to Revenue Neutral Rate — Increasing costs of maintaining personnel and fire equipment. • Orange Rural Fire District — 1 .00 cent increase compared to Revenue Neutral Rate — Increasing costs of maintaining personnel and fire equipment. — Support debt expenditures for Waterstone station 6 ORANGE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA 9 Fire District Recommendations • District Requests — page 163-166 • Orange Grove Fire District — 1 .19 cent increase compared to Revenue Neutral Rate — Increasing costs of maintaining personnel and fire equipment. — Support capital expenditures for station and equipment upgrades • South Orange Grove Fire District — 1 .50 cent increase compared to Revenue Neutral Rate — Increasing costs of maintaining personnel and fire equipment. — Support dedicated chief-level command officer on incident scenes • White Cross Fire District — 3.70 cent increase compared to FY 2024-25 Rate — Increasing costs of maintaining personnel and fire equipment. — Support capital expenditures for fire engine replacement. ORANGE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA 10 Countywide Revenue Changes Property Tax Sales Tax Interest Income ORANGE COUNTY 8 NORTH CAROLINA 11 Countywide Revenue Changes 0 Sales Tax Collections including Medicaid Hold Harmless ➢ FY2025-26 budget flat to FY 2024-25 Budget Actual Sales Tax Collections $50,000,000.00 18 4% 20.0% $45,000,000.00 $43.4M $42.64M $43.37M $44.15M $40,000,000.00 14.1% $38.M 15.0% $35,000,000.00 32.1 M $30,000,000.00 $27,84M $28.13M 10.00/ V5,000,000.00 $24.41M $25.68M $20,000,000.00 6.2% 5.0% $15,000,000.00 �10,000,000.00 0.0% $5,000,000.00 $0.00 -5.0% 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Est. Z026 Rec. i Actual -Change from Prior Year ORANGE COUNTY 9 NORTH CAROLIT'4A 12 Countywide Revenue Changes • Budget Assumptions — Tax Base History Percent Change in Assessed Value Real, Personal,and Motor Vehicle $o 41.22% $0 $0 $0 $0 19.76% $o 18.60% $o ° $o 5.91% $0 0 ° o ° ° 1.08% 0.94% ° °0.51% $0 — 1.54% 3.07% 2.07% 2.72% FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 FY2026 Rec. Change from Prior Year ORANGE COUNTY 10 NORTH CAROLINA 13 Countywide Revenue Changes • Budget Assumptions — Tax Base History Property Tax Base -Assessed Value Real, Personal, and Motor Vehicle $35,000,000,000 $30,000,000,000 $25,000,000,000 $20,000,000,000 $15,000,000,000 $10,000,000,000 $5,000,000,000 $0 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 FY2026 Rec. 11 ORANGE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA 14 Countywide Revenue Changes • Manager's Budget Recommends Increase of 2.95 cents over Revenue Neutral Tax Rate County Tax Rate History 120.00 99.80 100.00 95.00 88.00 85.80 87.80 86.79 86.34 81.87 83.12 83.58 80.00 65.59 60.00 40.00 20.00 0.00 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 FY2026 Rec. 15 Countywide Revenue Changes • Budget Assumptions — Interest Income — Assumed lower interest rates in FY 26 compared to FY 25. Tariffs could change that in unpredictable ways. Interest Income $3,000,000 $2,500,000 $2,362,680 $2,400,000 $2,000,000 $1,809,873 $1,800,000 $1,500,000 $1,158,576 $1,000,000 $800,469 $798,663 $500,000 $437,172 $0 $151,392— M $84,805 $17,708 - FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 Proj. FY 2026 Budget - i 13 ORANGE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA 16 Countywide Employee Compensation Package Wage Adjustments Retirement Contributions Health and Dental Insurance Turnover and Retention ORANGE COUNTY 14 NORTH CAROLINA 17 Investingin Employees — 2% Wage Adjustment - $1 ,797,292 • Applies to all employees on payroll as of June 30, 2025 • Adjustment is also applied to merit awards and 401 K contributions — Continuation of Merit Awards - $4517000 Peer Comparison of Proposed Tax Rate Changes and Wage Adjustments Jurisdiction Proposed Tax Rate Increase Proposed Wage Adjustment Proposed Merit IL A LL Cents per 11 value All Employees • •e • Orange County (revaluation) 2.95 2% $561-$1 ,122 Wake County 0.25 1% 3-4% Durham County (revaluation) 3.50 3% Chatham County (revaluation) 7.04 4% Chapel Hill (revaluation) 5.80 5% Carrboro (revaluation) 9.72 5% 18 Investingin Employees — Continuation of Step Program • Wage rate increases based on years of service • Applies to employees of Sheriff's Office, Emergency Services, Social Services • Average annual percentage increase — 2.1% — Increase in Retirement Contribution - $145,035 • 14.35% general government employees from 13.60% • 16.10% law enforcement officers from 15.10% ORANGE COUNTY 16 NORTH CAROLINA 19 Investingin Employees — Increase in Health Insurance Costs - $1 ,308,285 • 6.5% rate increase for active employees — $809,475 cost increase • Pre-65 and Post-65 Retiree Coverage — Increase due to both rate increase and additional participants — $498,810 cost increase — Increase in Dental Insurance Costs - $16,405 • 4% increase ORANGE COUNTY 17 NORTH CAROLINA 20 Investingin Employees Comparison of Turnover Rate by Department (FY2O24 to FY2O25) EMERGENCY SERVICES SHERIFF PLANNING AND INSPECTIONS ENVIRONMENT,AG,PARKS AND REC COMMUNITY RELATIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LIBRARY SERVICES HOUSING CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES OC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON AGING HEALTH SOCIAL SERVICES SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT TAX ADMINISTRATION REGISTER OF DEEDS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES HUMAN RESOURCES ASSET MANAGEMENT SERVICES FINANCE AND ADMIN SERVICES ANIMAL SERVICES COUNTY MANAGER 0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00% 70.00% 80.00% 90.00% ■FY 2025(3/5/2025)Turnover Rate 0 FY 2024 Turnover Rate 21 Investingin Employees — Retention has Improved COUNTYWIDE ANNUAL TURNOVER RATE 25.00% 20.69% 20.00% 16.14% 15.51% 15.49% 15.00% 12.07% 11.10% 11.27% 10.00% 10.00% 59% 5.00% 0.00% FY17-18 FY18-19 FY19-20 FY20-21 FY21-22 FY22-23 FY23-24 FY24-25 Proj FY25-26 Budgeted ORANGE COUNTY 19 NORTH CAROLINA 22 Public Safety Functional Leadership Team Criminal Justice Resource Department Courts Emergency Services (moved to 5/27 work session) Sheriff's Office 20 ORANGE R oUNTY 23 Courts - page 127 — Juvenile Justice Detention Facility Charges Reduction — ($90,000) • Raise the Age — December 1 , 2019 • Rate increase from $130 to $150 per day effective July 1 , 2023 • Reduction in Juvenile Detention Admissions — 21 in FY2023-24 — 6 in FY2024-25 • Reduction in Average Length of Stay — 65 days on average in FY2023-24 — 30 days on average for FY2024-25 — Length of stay is longer for cases transferred to Superior Court • Remaining Budget of $147,350 — Sufficient to fund approximately 980 bed days ORANGE COUNTY 21 NORTH CA-ROLII\TA 24 Courts - page 127 Juvenile Justice Facility Charges Number of Admissions and Bed Days 25 160L 1,364 20 19 19 1200 v Raise the Age Effective 16 12-1-2019 1000 -�o 15 853 a, v m 800 a ai 10 a`) n c 10 501 600 z 0 447 5 \6 400 5 224 2 179 10 36 . ■ 0 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 YTD #of Bed Days of Distinct Juveniles ORANGE COUNTY 22 NORTH CAROLINA 25 Courts — page 127 Juvenile Justice Facility Charges Juvenile Justice Facility Charges Billed to County $200,000 $184,500 $180,000 $160,000 $140,000 $120,000 $115,155 $100,000 $80,000 $60,000 $54,534 $59,414 $40,000 $27,328 $26,850 $20,000 $1,220 $4,392 $0 lu I 1 0- 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 YTD ORANGE COUNTY 23 NORTH CAROLINA 26 Criminal Justice Resource Department - page 128 — Community Care and Diversion Response Grant • Grant funds were suspended on March 24, 2025 • Funding moved to Behavioral Health Maintenance of Effort budget • Department of Health and Human Services notified County on May 9, 2025 that funding will be extended through September 30, 2025 — Clinical Coordinator Transferred to Opioid Fund • Position supports six of twelve high impact opioid abatement strategies — Requesting 3% Increase from ABC Board to Offset Expense Increases • $25,200 in new revenue • $840,000 in ABC revenue in base budget — Contract Services at FY2024-25 Budgeted Amounts • Dispute Settlement Center- $107,200 • The Compass Center- $104,700 ORANGE COUNTY 24 NORTH CAROLINA 27 Criminal Justice Resource Community Care and Diversion Department — page 128 Response Team 2023 to 3-24-25 DiversionReferralTypes Gender 74 comprehensive clinical 70 'SO °' assessments completed TOWRat.mla:118 .Mnlo ,o .Pr.-u-10np on W -Female 229 referrals to mental .Posr-chpr6.awra�orr - a Tninsger.der men health support services w .inn arai •v.nlire�an vn+co.r..in�[r do- renkgender,.or.,an 7a � � -_— � ��er nonGneryuSender to - ■ ' ,a 128 referrals to housing 0 services Age Range Race aWh.te Ethnicity 36 .Black Or AfaCap a.p[edcan ql •I.ox.aa.m.�can•rn.rkrw as so cnicenwk ro 67 ■A a-On ntli—Or AL.A. Naliw 80 k Pu.r[p @nry a Mudge E-1afn 70 •O m.n 50 ■t&nh Un— — W - 17 40 — .: ■Anion50 — - .Met of Mrkpenk-L.r.i..d _ S,O.-u4n w ■IPOY�e Hewaii. or 01hcr P-M. eh J lalender — a A-1h.r F.wni[,Lpfi pr 1 16 _ ■6irec iel Or mul[1reu.el w — Seanianoriyn 20 .v.era.w w.nnwr r ,0 ■Prefer nOl[O an krmrlUnkrwwn Yv — � umnovm t t ■Other sell-rppprted race 10 - •Olher eelr-rep-M.Nnldry 19-75 2635 3645 "-55 W65 66, Ur MD" Y---Q_ -_27 _ fl — ORANGE COUNTY 25 NORTH CAROLINA 28 Criminal Justice Resource Department - page 128 Clinical Referrals and Treatment/Release Rate 350 100% 90% 90% ° 85% 90% 300 ° 80% 0 250 7001670% 200 60% #Assessed 50% 1 1 150 u 40/o f%Provided Treatment& 100 30% Released :1 1 20% 50 10% 0 0% FY2019-20 FY2020-21 FY2021-22 FY2022-23 FY2023-24 FY2024-25 Proj FY2025-26 Budgeted t ORANGE COUNTY 26 NORTH CAROLINA 29 Criminal Justice Resource Department - page 128 Deflections and Diversions from Criminal Justice System 400 370 370 354 350 335 330 • Lantern Project 300 Dec 2021 251 Youth Deflection 250 Nov 2021 200 OC Pre-Arrest Diversion July 2019 150 Street Outreach (SOHRAD)-Dec 100 93 2020 • Policing and Mental 50 Health Collaboration June 2023 0 FY2019-20 FY2020-21 FY2021-22 FY2022-23 FY2023-24 FY2024-25 Proj FY2025-26 Budgeted i� ORANGE COUNTY 27 NORTH CAROLINA 30 Criminal Justice Resource Department - page 128 Pretrial Bookings by Month 200 150 100 50 0 January February March April May June July August September October November December -2019 -2020 -2021 -2022 -2023 -2024 -2025 ORANGE COUNTY 28 NORTH CAROLINA 31 Sheriff's Office — page 210 • Jail Revenue Reduction — ($491 ,000) — Due to housing fewer federal inmates — 1 in March of 2025; 11 in March of 2024; 21 in March of 2023 • Overtime Closer to Actual Expenses - $400,000 — Overtime necessary in any 24 X 7 operation — Detention Center staffing consultant identified overtime benchmark at 10% of salaries — Additional expense aligns budget more closely to the 10% benchmark • Temporary Employee Expenses Closer to Actual - $500,000 — Court staff — School Resource Officers in OCS Elementary Schools — Administrative support staffing • Fleet Maintenance Contract — ($3061000) — Corresponding increase in Fleet Services i ORANGE COUNTY 29 NORTH ( AROLIDTA 32 Sheriff's Office — page 210 Detention Center Population Point in Time 140 120 100 1 � 80 ■State Serving 60 ■Federal ■Pretrial 40 20 0 ORANGE COUNTY 30 NORTH CAROLINA 33 Sheriff's Office — page 210 Federal Jail Revenue $1,400,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,009,870 $1,000,000 $892,650 $800,000 $709,000 $600,000 $400,000 $386,044 $222,937 $200,000 FY 22 Actual FY 23 Actual FY 24 Actual FY 25 Budget FY 25 To Date FY 26 Recommend Sheriff expects increase in Federal usage in FY 26 than in prior years ORANGE COUNTY 31 NORTH CAROLINA 34 Sheriff's Office — page 210 Sheriff Overtime $2,000,000 $1,847,923 $1,800,000 $1,600,000 $1,400,000 $1,228,338 $1,233,270 $1,200,000 $1,000,000 $833,270 $800,000 $710,010 $600,000 $400,000 $208,217 $200,000 FY 22 Actual FY 23 Actual FY 24 Actual FY 25 Budget FY 25 To Date FY 26 Recommend ORANGE COUNTY 32 NORTH CAROLINA 35 Sheriff's Office - page 210 • Matrix Consultant provided an industry standard overtime ratio of 10% of permanent salary costs. Overtime as a Percent of Salary 20.0% 18.4% 18.0% 16.0% 14.2% 14.0% 7ZZ 12.0% 10.9% 10.0% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7.60,1' 8.0% 6.0% 4.0% 2.6% 2.0% 0.0% — FY 22 Actual FY 23 Actual FY 24 Actual FY 25 To Date FY 26 Recommend Overtime as Percent - - - Target ORANGE COUNTY 33 NORTH CAROLINA 36 Sheriff's Office — page 210 Sheriff Temporary Personnel $900,000 $800,000 $753,473 $772,823 $700,000 $683,370 $636,152 $600,000 $500,000 $418,023 $400,000 $300,000 $272,823 $200,000 ,100,000 - $- FY 22 Actual FY 23 Actual FY 24 Actual FY 25 Budget FY 2025 To Date FY 26 Recommend ORANGE COUNTY 34 NORTH CAROLINA 37 Human Services Functional Leadership Team Aging Behavioral Health/Alliance Child Support Civil Rights and Civic Life Health Housing Library Opioid Settlement Fund Social Services (moved to 5/27 work session) ORANGE COUNTY 35 NORTH CAROLINA 38 Human Services Work Group — Human Services Functional Leadership Team Departments plus CJRD — Work Group Objectives • Improve resident experience and ease access to services across departments and services in the community • Identify service gaps, duplication, inefficiencies, opportunities to collaborate, including non-profit partners and outside agencies • Monitor performance measures and outcomes across agencies • Formulate strategies to address gaps and improve efficiency — Next Steps • Create set of recommendations to County Manager — Summer of 2025 • Report to Board of Commissioners — Fall of 2025 • Implementation i ORANGE COUNTY 36 NORTH ( ARC)LIDTA 39 Aging — page 64 — Take Away Meals - $19,760 • Program was funded through ARPA and then through one-time funding through FY 24-25 • Federal funding available for congregate meal program only • Two months of funding to sunset on 8/31 • 10 homebound individuals being served will be connected to Meals on Wheels — Aging in Place In-Home Respite Care - $40,204 • Program expanded during pandemic with ARPA funds and then one-time funds to continue expansion through FY 24-25 • Requires $40,204 to maintain expanded caseload — equates to 24 hours per week — Travel and Training Reductions — ($295) i ORANGE COUNTY 37 NORTH ( ARC)LIDTA 40 Aging — page 64 Senior Centers - Unduplicated Participants 14,000 12,061 12,000 10,000 9,149 8,792 8,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 5,332 Ir 4,000 3,792 2,861 1,901 2,000 FY2017-18 FY2018-19 FY2019-20 FY2020-21 FY2021-22 FY2022-23 FY2023-24 FY2024-25 Proj FY2025-26 Budget ORANGE COUNTY 38 NORTH CAROLINA 41 Aging — page 64 Calls to Aging Helpline 7,500 7,300 ,000 5,979 D,000 "000 4,600 4,439 4,000 FY2021-22 FY2022-23 FY2023-24 FY2024-25 Proj FY2025-26 Budget ORANGE COUNTY 39 NORTH CAROLINA 42 Aging — page 64 Senior Lunch Program Meals Served 50,000 46,333 45,000 40,000 35,000 33,023 30,000 30,000 29,000 27,437 27,755 25,576 25,643 25,000 20,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 FY2017-18 FY2018-19 FY2019-20 FY2020-21 FY2021-22 FY2022-23 FY2023-24 FY2024-25 Proj FY2025-26 Budget 40 OR NG COUNATY 43 Aging — page 64 Aging in Place/Caregivers $140,000 $130,171 $120,000 $111,958 $100,000 $80,000 $70,613 $67,445 $64,022 $63,152 $60,000 $50,960 $46,390 $40,000 $20,000 $- FY2017-18 FY2018-19 FY2019-20 FY2020-21 FY2021-22 FY2022-23 FY2023-24 FY2024-25 Proj FY2025-26 Budget ORANGE COUNTY 41 NORTH CAROLINA 44 Alliance Health - page 71 Maintenance of FY 2025-26 . - . LEffort Allocation Budqet Managed by Alliance $842,388 Health MCO ($70,000) bottle tax Funding to County $568,994 Departments Total Maintenance $1,341,382 of Effort • UNC Contract Reduction ($146,412) — Medicaid Expansion • Clinical Coordinator Position ($79,240) — Moved from MOE to Opioid Fund • Orange Enterprises Contract $74,757 — Moved from Outside Agencies • Mental Health Coordinator Position $111 ,691 — Moved from Grant to MOE ORANGE COUNTY 42 NORTH CAROLINA 45 Alliance Health - page 71 Alliance • Agencies Services FY25 FY26 Recornmencl, Arc of Orange County Volunteer Coordination $ 33,320 $ 33,200 OE Enterprises Employment and Services $ - $ 74,757 Club Nova Community, Inc. PSR Services $191,750 $ 191,750 Freedom House Orange County Crisis Services $241,677 $ 242,449 Haven House Youth Focused Services $ 19,000 $ 19,000 Caramore Orange County Apartments $112,560 $ 133,667 UNC Dept. of Psychiatry Inpatient Services (funded through 12/31/24) $ 15,687 $ - UNC Dept. of Psychiatry Outpatient Services(funded through 12/31/24) $130,725 $ - El Futuro Outpatient Services $106,048 $ 106,048 UNC Dept. of Psychiatry Psychiatry Services for Detention Center $ 25,000 $ 25,000 lliance MCO Admin Support for all programs 2% $ 18,915 $ 16,517 otal $894,682 $ 842,388 �f ORANGE COUNTY 43 NORTH CAROLINA 46 Alliance Health - page 71 'Department Services - • - • Criminal Justice Resource Dept Youth Behavioral Specialist Position 93,16 Criminal Justice Resource Dept Temporary Clinical Position 19,37 Criminal Justice Resource Dept Mental Health Coordinator Position 101,691 Criminal Justice Resource Dept Operations for Mental Health Diversion 10,000 Health Department Clinical Social Worker II (Integrated Behavioral Health) Position 137,55 Housing Department Rapid Rehousing Specialist Position 80,20 Department of Social Services Trauma Focused Therapist Contract 50,00 Department of Social Services Counseling for Families in Protective Services Contract 22,000 Department of Social Services Residential Children in Foster Care Contract 55,00 Total 568999 ORANGE COUNTY 44 NORTH CAROLINA 47 Child Support Services - page 103 — Revenue increase - $39,669 • Reimbursement is set at 2/3 of costs and not capped — Document Management System • $47,426 ongoing subscription • $8,500 additional for maintenance and support fees based on experience to date ORANGE COUNTY 45 NORTH CAROLINA 48 Child Support Services - page 103 Percent of Cases Under Order 100.00% 90.00% ° ° ° • ° 83.18% 85.22% 85.03% ° 80.00% 70.00% 60.00% 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00% 0.00% FY18-19 FY19-20 FY20-21 FY21-22 FY22-23 FY23-24 FY2024-25 Proj FY2025-26 Budget ORANGE COUNTY 46 NORTH CAROLINA 49 Child Support Services - page 103 Percent of Current Support Collected 100.00% 90.00% 80.00% 72.47% 73.22% 73.37% 73% 70.56% 68.77% 70.70% 70% 70.00% 60.00% 50.00% 40.00% 30.00% 20.00% 10.00% 0.00% FY18-19 FY19-20 FY20-21 FY21-22 FY22-23 FY23-24 FY2024-25 Proj FY2025-26 Budget ORANGE COUNTY 47 NORTH CAROLINA 50 Civil Rights and Civic Life - page 106 — Travel and Training Reduction — ($400) — Work Plan Highlights for FY2025-26 — Plain language training for communicators — ADA compliance for County website — First responder anti-bias training — Assume responsibility for Civil Rights and Fair Housing programs — Summer youth leadership academy — Low barrier housing work group — Human Services work group i ORANGE COUNTY 48 NORTH ( ARC)LID4A 51 Civil Rights and Civic Life - page 106 Number of Language Access Assessments Conducted for Employees 30 25 25 20 16 15 15 12 11 10 5 0 FY2021-22 FY2022-23 FY2023-24 FY2024-25 Proj FY2025-26 Budget ORANGE COUNTY 49 NORTH CAROLINA 52 Civil Rights and Civic Life - page 106 Number of Community Workshops and Presentations 18 16 15 14 12 12 10 10 10 8 6 5 in 4 2 0 FY2021-22 FY2022-23 FY2023-24 FY2024-25 Proj FY2025-26 Budget 50 OR NG COUNATY 53 Health Department - page 169 — Fund a portion of Pandemic Recovery project grant - $40,000 • Provided part time lab technician, staff training, vaccine supplies • County funding to retain vaccine supplies — UNC Medical Director Contract - $93,067 • Required to operate medical clinics • Writes prescriptions and oversees clinical protocols — Dental Revenue Increase - $11745 • Incremental fee increases to match costs — Community Health Revenue Increase - $28,211 • Medicaid Maximization funds and Formerly Incarcerated in Transition (FIT) grant i ORANGE COUNTY 51 NORTH ( ARC)LI1'14A 54 Health Department - page 169 — Environmental Health Revenue - $69,958 • Two new fees added for existing wastewater system inspections and operating permit revisions/renewals — Personal Health Revenue Increase - $64,954 • Incremental fee increases to match costs ORANGE COUNTY 52 NORTH CAROLINA 55 Health Department - page 169 Dental Care Patient Visits 8000 7,215 7000 6,940 6,924 6,992 6,506 6,131 6000 5,650 5000 4,766 5,006 5,003 5,018 5,000 4000 3,940 3000 2000 1000 0 FY2012-13 FY2013-14 FY2014-15 FY2015-16 FY2016-17 FY2017-18 FY2018-19 FY2019-20 FY2020-21 FY2021-22 FY2022-23 FY2023-24 FY2024-2025 FY2025-26 Proj Budg ORANGE COUNTY 53 NORTH CAROLINA 56 Health Department - page 169 Dental Revenue by Source V-_I, --- Medicaid Max. Medicaid ,Insurance 29%A" ORANGE COUNTY 54 NORTH CAROLINA 57 Health Department - page 169 Percentage of Medicaid Dental Visits 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 5 °0 41% 40% 36% o 40% o 28% 28% o 0 0 29% o 30% 0 18% 20% 10% 0% FY2012-13 FY2013-14 FY2014-15 FY2015-16 FY2016-17 FY2017-18 FY2018-19 FY2019-20 FY2020-21 FY2021-22 FY2022-23 FY2023-24 FY24-25 FY2025-26 Proj Budg ORANGE COUNTY 55 NORTH CAROLINA 58 Health Department - page 169 New Food Establishment Permits Issued 90 80 79 72 72 72 70 63 60 60 55 50 49 45 45 40 30 20 10 0 FY2016-17 FY2017-18 FY2018-19 Est. FY2019-20 FY2020-21 FY2021-22 FY2022-23 FY2023-24 FY2024-25 Proj FY2024-25 Budg ORANGE COUNTY 56 NORTH CAROLINA 59 Health Department - page 169 Number of Child Health Visits 1800 1600 1446 1474 1400 1213 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 FY22-23 FY23-24 FY24-25 Proj FY25-26 Budget ORANGE COUNTY 57 NORTH CAROLINA 60 Health Department - page 169 Personal Health Revenue by Source red MaW F, Self Pa or Insurance Grant Revenue Medicaid Lhh.- ORANGE COUNTY 58 NORTH CAROLINA 61 Housing Department - page 178 — Preserving the Long Time Homeowners Assistance Program - $274,000 • $24,000 increase from FY2024-25 — Emergency Housing Assistance • Increase of$70,000 reallocated from other areas in the department budget — Contracted Services at FY2024-25 Funding Amounts • IFC Contract - $274,453 • PSH Contract - $150,000 • Community Home Trust - $308,476 — Increase of$41,666 to match FY25 actuals — Partnership Budget • Increase to Cover Cold Weather Cot Program based on FY25 experience - $25,000 • Increase of$9,320 for Point in Time Count contract i ORANGE COUNTY 59 NORTH ( ARC)LI11,4A 62 Housing Department - page 178 — Increase in Housing Choice Vouchers - $1 ,101 ,678 • Funding from federal Department of Housing and Urban Development • 80% of the increase represents higher rents (average subsidy increases from $786 to $937 per month) • 687 total vouchers available; 650 under lease — HOME Award Decrease Expected — ($61 ,032) • Reflects reduction experienced in FY2024-25 — Reduce temporary employee costs - $35,826 • Use existing vacancy to provide staffing support at Southern Human Services instead of temporary employees i ORANGE COUNTY 60 NORTH ( ARC)LIDTA 63 Housing Department - page 178 Home Repair Program Funding 7UrgentRepair Program (State) $60,000 Urgent Repair Program (County) $100,000 Essential Single-Family Repair $24,000* HOME — included in proposed Annual Action Plan $148,000 Master Aging Plan — Repair Program for Older Adults $62,000 TOTAL $394,000 *This is a three-year grant totaling $150,000. $24,000 is the amount remaining for FY2025-26. The Department may apply for an additional $80,000 once the original award is exhausted. ORANGE COUNTY 61 NORTH CAROLINA 64 Housing Department - page 178 Housing Choice Vouchers Under Lease 640 650 650 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 FY22-23 FY23-24 FY24-25 Proj FY25-26 Budget ORANGE COUNTY 62 NORTH CAROLINA 65 Library Services— page 190 — Travel and Training Reduction - $1 ,740 Library Circulation Physical and Digital Collections 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 ■Digital Physical 200,000 100,000 FY2018-19 FY2019-20 FY2020-21 FY2021-22 FY2022-23 FY2023-24 FY2024-25 Proj FY2025-26 Budget 66 Library Services— page 190 Visits to Main Library 200,000 180,000 160,000 140,000 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 FY2018-19 FY2019-20 FY2020-21 FY2021-22 FY2022-23 FY2023-24 FY2024-25 Proj FY2025-26 Budget i� ORANGE COUNTY 64 NORTH CAROLINA 67 Library Services— page 190 Visits to Carrboro Library Resources 140,000 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 ■ ■Cybrary Southern Branch 40,000 ■McDougle 20,000 FY2018-19 FY2019-20 FY2020-21 FY2021-22 FY2022-23 FY2023-24 FY2024-25 Proj FY2025-26 Budget i� ORANGE COUNTY 65 NORTH CAROLINA 68 Library Services- page 190 Average Library Traffic by Day February 1, 2025 — May 11, 2025 600 533 503 500 417 411 420 414 400 386 391 364 366 368 340 322 300 200 100 0 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday ■Main ■Southern ORANGE COUNTY 66 NORTH CAROLINA 69 Opioid Settlement Fund - page 199 — Expected to receive a total $12,748,445 over an 18-year period — County will receive $1 ,019,496 in FY2025-26 — Community grants approved by the Board on 5/20 • Piedmont Health — $50,400 • El Futuro — $50,000 • Freedom House — $72,000 • UNC SHAC — $37,600 • Reintegration Support Network — $20,000 i ORANGE COUNTY 67 NORTH ( ARC)LII'14A 70 Opioid Settlement Fund - page 199 Previously FY25-26 Opioid Settlement Fund Projects Approved Manager's Total Recommended Lantern Project $ 337,967 $ 201,747 $ 539,714 Freedom House $ 322,485 $ - $ 322,485 NC FIT Program $ 143,500 $ 74,724 $ 218,224 County Vending Machines $ 68,000 $ 25,000 $ 93,000 SHAC Syringe Exchange Program $ 101,800 $ - $ 101,800 Reintegration Support Network $ 40,000 $ - $ 40,000 Post-Overdose Response Team $ 244,020 $ 338,350 $ 582,370 Grow Your World $ 20,000 $ - $ 20,000 Transition Support & Recovery $ 20,000 $ - $ 20,000 Harm Reduction Coordinator $ 108,025 $ 110,861 $ 218,886 CJRD Clinical Coordinator $ - $ 1081191 $ 108,191 Piedmont Health $ 50,400 $ - $ 50,400 EI Futuro $ 50,000 $ - $ 50,000 Total Allocated $ 1,506,197 $ 858,873 $2,365,070 Unallocated $ 2,128,601 $ 160,623 $ 2,289,224 Total Recommended Budget $ 3,634,798 $ 1,019,496 $4,654,294 Community grants approved on 5120 are included in the "Previously Approved"column. _,- ORANGE COUNTY 68 NORTH CA-ROLI11-4A 71 Opioid Settlement Fund - page 199 • Based on currently funded programs, fund may need General Fund subsidy by FY2031-32 Approved Opioid Settlement Fund Projects Through FY25-26 FY26-27 FY27-28 FY28-29 FY29-30 FY30-31 FY31-32 Projected Projected Projected Projected Projected Projected Projected FY24-25 Starting Balance $ 3,634,798 $ 2,128,601 $ 2,059,224 $ 1,761,234 $ 1,236,668 $ 903,620 $ 552,907 $ 53,868 County Programs $ 901,512 $ 858,873 $ 904,332 $ 943,458 $ 990,631 $ 1,040,162 $ 1,092,170 $1,146,779 Community Organizations $ 604,685 $ 230,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 New Revenue $ - $ 1,019,496 $ 806,342 $ 618,892 $ 857,582 $ 889,450 $ 793,131 $ 735,991 Annual Surplus/(Deficit) $ (1,506,197) $ (69,377) $ (297,990) $ (524,565) $ (333,049) $ (350,712) $ (499,039) $ (610,787) Ending Balance $ 2,128,601 $ 2,059,224 $ 1,761,234 $ 1,236,668 $ 903,620 $ 552,907 $ 53,868 $ (556,919) Opioid Settlement Fund Projects FY32-33 FY33-34 FY34-35 FY35-36 FY36-37 FY37-38 FY38-39 Projected Projected Projected Projected Projected Projected Projected Starting Balance None None None None None None None County Programs MI& $ 1,204,118 $ 1,264,323 $ 1,327,540 $ 1,393,917 $ 1,463,612 $ 1,536,793 $ 1,613,633 Community Organizations $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 $ 200,000 New Revenue $ 676,553 1 $ 535,633 1 $ 503,108 1 $ 503,108 1 $ 416,069 f$ 300,676 $ 300,676 Annual Surplus/(Deficit) $ (727,565) $ (928,690) $ (1,024,432) $ (1,090,809) $ (1,247,543) $ (1,436,117) $ (1,512,957) Ending Balance N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A ORANGE COUNTY 69 NORTH CAROLINA 72 Opioid Settlement Fund - page 199 North Carolina Orange County The estimated Overdose Death rate in Orange is 10.0 out of 100,000 residents in 2024,representing The estimated Overdose Death rate in NC is 29.7 out of 100,000 residents in 2024,representing (projected)15.00 people who died of an overdose. (projected)3,213 people who died of an overdose. Partial year:n=5 at 4/12manths Partial year n=1,071 at4112 months Compare(&)=This rate(E�m H rates seen in NC. Compare(A):This rate' amongthe WEST rates seen in NC. Trend(�):This rate is the prior Year. Trend(4):This rate is -56%changef om the prior Year. NC Overdose Death RATE NC Overdose Death COUNT Ord nge 0%erdo5e Dead]RATE Orange Over&se Death COUNT m � m v 0 0 P.I 29.7 m nl � 12.7 lV N N m Ul rl 11 ti ri,y ed 2015 2020 2025 2030 2010 2015 2020 2425 133.) %C]0 793S 702U 7W5 7039 2010 2C15 2C20 2425 'C1J Link to Dashboard ORANGE COUNTY 70 73 Non-Departmental Appropriations - page 194 — Community Centers - three percent (3%) Increase from FY2024-25 - $9,063 • Rogers Road Community Center Total $108,292 • Cedar Grove Community Center Total $111,931 • Efland Cheeks Community Center Total $109,486 — Social Justice Reserve • $250,000 total • $50,102 increase from FY2024-25 — Municipal Library Contribution — Flat to FY 2024-25 • Town of Chapel Hill Library Total $621,323 • Town of Mebane Library Total $700 i ORANGE COUNTY 71 NORTH ( ARC)LI1'14A 74 County Manager - page 120 — County Manager, Sustainability, Strategic Planning and Budget • Travel and Training Reductions - $2,027 — Arts Commission and Eno Arts Mill • $9,806 increase in Eno Mill and State grant revenue • Addition of a Program Coordinator • Overhead costs added - $32,264 • Additional funding for UpRoar this summer$20,000 • All expenses funded through Occupancy Tax or other outside revenue i ORANGE COUNTY 72 NORTH ( ARC)LII'14A 75 County Manager - page 120 Number of Class Participants Served at Eno Arts Mill 1,000 900 878 800 800 800 698 700 600 500 400 300 232 200 100 FY2021-22 FY2022-23 FY2023-24 FY2024-25 Proj FY2025-26 Budget �f ORANGE COUNTY 73 NORTH CAROLINA 76 FY2025-26 Recommended Budget • Questions? 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