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ORD-2026-004
ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: February 17, 2026
Action Agenda
Item No. 8-e
SUBJECT: Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget Amendment #7
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.
Housing
1. Emergency Solutions Grant — The Orange County Housing Department was awarded
$44,187 from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS)
for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG). The performance period for this grant award is
January 1, 2026— December 31, 2026. This program is administered in the Orange County
Housing Department with assistance and oversight from the Orange County Partnership
to End Homelessness. The program involves the provision of supportive services, tenant-
based rental assistance, and related security/utility deposits to eligible households in
Orange County. This annual award of the ESG grant is roughly the same as the county
has received in prior fiscal years. These funds will be allocated in the Community
Development Fund, outside of the General Fund, and amends the following project
ordinance:
Emergency Solutions Grant($44,187) - Project# 71084
Revenues for this project:
Current FY 2025-26 FY 2025-26
FY 2025-26 Amendment Revised
Grant Funding $223,637 $44,187 $267,824
Total Project Funding $223,637 $44,187 $267,824
Appropriated for this project:
Current FY 2025-26 FY 2025-26
FY 2025-26 Amendment Revised
Grant Expenditures $223,637 $44,187 $267,824
Total Costs $223,637 $44,187 $267,824
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ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN: This item supports:
• GOAL 3: HOUSING FOR ALL
OBJECTIVE 2. Address need and any policy barriers to increase access to
emergency shelter beds and other low-barrier housing including eviction diversion.
Animal Services
2. Animal Services proposes to utilize $1,044 of donated funds from the Go Fund Me
campaign for Heartworm Treatment to purchase medications and supplies needed to treat
dogs diagnosed with heartworm disease. This budget amendment provides for the receipt
and use of these funds consistent with the intent of the donations.
3. Animal Services has received notification of a grant in the amount of $79,552 awarded
from American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). These funds will
help cover cost of essential equipment, supplies and resources needed to operate the
Animal Services clinic and to provide access to veterinary care. This budget amendment
provides for receipt of these funds consistent with the intent of the donations. These funds
will be budgeted in the multi-year fund outside of the General Fund.
RSPCA Grant($79,552) - Project#71387
Revenues for this project:
Current FY 2025-26 FY 2025-26
FY 2025-26 Amendment Revised
Operation ASPCA Grant $0 $79,552 $79,552
Total Project Funding $0 $79,552 $79,552
Appropriated for this project:
Current FY 2025-26 FY 2025-26
FY 2025-26 Amendment Revised
Operation ASPCA Expenditures $0 $79,552 $79,552
Total Costs $0 $79,552 $79,552
ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN: This item supports:
• GOAL 2: HEALTHY COMMUNITY
OBJECTIVE 2. Expand access to quality, affordable healthcare services.
OBJECTIVE 7. Invest in services and programs that improve the health and quality
of life of the community.
Department of Social Services
4. The Department of Social Services has additional revenue totaling $19,739 in the multi-
year DSS Client Services Fund. This revenue includes Foster Care Donations and General
Assistance Donations, and will be used for various expenses for adoption, foster care and
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general assistance. These funds will be appropriated outside of the General Fund in the
DSS Client Services Fund.
DSS Fund($19,739) - Fund 39
Revenues for this fund:
Current FY 2025-26 FY 2025-26
FY 2025-26 Amendment Revised
Grant Revenue $2,037,520 $19,739 $2,057,259
Community Giving Donations $6,506 $0 $6,506
Transfer from Other Funds $169,678 $0 $169,678
Interest on Investments $78,087 $0 $78,087
Total Funding $2,291,791 $19,739 $2,311,530
Appropriated for this fund:
Current FY 2025-26 FY 2025-26
FY 2025-26 Amendment Revised
Fund Expenditures $2,291,791 $19,739 $2,311,530
Total Costs $2,291,791 $19,739 $2,311,530
ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN: This item supports:
• GOAL 2: HEALTHY COMMUNITY
OBJECTIVE 3. Provide social safety net programming and the resources needed
for our most vulnerable community members.
Human Resources — Risk Management
5. The Orange County Workers Compensation Premium Audit for July 1, 2024 through July
1, 2025 has resulted in a cost increase of$86,867. This amendment appropriates $86,867
in fund balance within the General Fund to cover this additional expenditure.
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.
Health
6. The Health Department has received an additional $6,500 from the North Carolina
Department of Public Health in Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program funds, which
will be used to provide breast and cervical cancer x-rays for qualifying patients, with a
service period from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026. This amendment provides for the receipt
of these funds in the General Fund.
7. The Health Department has received a grant for $28,100 from the North Carolina Alliance
of Public Health Agencies to support the creation of a pilot Rapid Environmental Health
Strike Team. This initiative will create a regionalized, scalable, and self-sufficient system
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to provide rapid environmental health services in disaster-affected areas. It is hopeful that
other counties and regions will adopt this initiative to create similar teams across the state.
The service period for this grant will be January 1, 2026 to June 30, 2026. This amendment
provides for the receipt of these funds in the General Fund.
ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN: This item supports:
• GOAL 2: HEALTHY COMMUNITY
OBJECTIVE 2. Expand access to quality, affordable healthcare services. (e.g.,
Crisis Diversion facility, Medicaid expansion, crisis response, healthy living
campaign).
OBJECTIVE 3. Provide social safety net programming and the resources needed
for our most vulnerable community members.
OBJECTIVE 5. Invest in, support, train, and retain our community safety, health,
and emergency services employees and direct care workforce.
OBJECTIVE 6. Provide sustainable, equitable, and high-quality community safety
and emergency services to meet the community's evolving needs.
OBJECTIVE 7. Invest in services and programs that improve the health and quality
of life of the community (e.g., recreation and public open spaces, arts, etc.)
Fire Districts
8. The County has a contract with the various volunteer fire departments that provide services
for the unincorporated parts of the county. In that agreement, all districts must conduct
independent audits of their own financials, and the County will contribute up to $8,500 to
offset the cost of the audits. More districts have charged their audit costs to the County,
and this amendment appropriates $36,500 from General Fund fund balance to cover that
expense.
9. The White Cross Fire Department has requested $20,000 from its Fund Balance to replace
an unrepairable Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) compressor. This
compressor provides breathable air to portable air tanks used in firefighting. This
amendment will leave $12,000 in White Cross' unassigned Fund Balance.
ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN: This item supports:
• GOAL 2: HEALTHY COMMUNITY
OBJECTIVE 6. Provide sustainable, equitable, and high-quality community safety
and emergency services to meet the community's evolving needs.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Approval of this budget amendment will increase the budget authorization
of the General Fund by $159,011, Multi-Year Grant Fund by $79,552, Fire District Funds by
$20,000, Community Development Fund by $44,187, and the DSS Client Fund by $19,739.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board approve the budget, grant, and
capital project ordinance amendments for Fiscal Year 2025-26.
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Year-To-Date Budget Summary
Fiscal Year 2025-26
Grants Fire Districts Community DSS Client
Fund Budget Summary General Fund Fund Fund Development Fund
Fund
Original Budget Revenue $298,315,586 $283,500 $11,017,785 $1,066,592 $0
Interfund Transfer Revenue $665,729 $0 $0 $0 $0
Fund Balance Appropiation $7,056,130 $0 $75,000 $513,671 $0
Total Original Budget $306,037,445 $283,500 $11,092,785 $1,580,263 $0
Additional Revenue Received Through
Budget Amendment #7 (February 17th)
Grant Funds $851,950 $1,166,307 $688,040 $93,371
Non Grant Funds $176,032 $128,811 $62,754
Additional Interfund Transfer Revenue $129,261 $18,270
Additional Fund Balance Appropriation $2,324,373 $20,000
Total Amended Budget $309,519,061 $1,596,888 $11,112,785 $2,268,303 $156,125
Dollar Change in 2025-26 Approved Budget $3,481,616 $1,313,388 $20,000 $688,040 $156,125
Change in 2025-26 Approved Budget 1.14%1 463.28%1 0.18%1 43.54%1 100.00%