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Board approves FY2024–25 budget update, $29 million in shortfalls and reorganizes outreach division
Summary
The Orange County Board of Supervisors approved the county’s April FY2024–25 budget update April 22, including recognition of more than $29 million in projected appropriation shortfalls and a reorganization of outreach and engagement functions.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors on April 22 approved the county’s fiscal year 2024–25 April budget update, authorized related budget adjustments and reserves, and approved a reorganization of the Office of Care Coordination and the Health Care Agency’s outreach and engagement division.
The board’s actions included approving classification specification changes, pay‑grade adjustments and deletions of obsolete positions summarized in the staff report, authorizing the Office of Care Coordination director (or designee) to execute related documents and amendments under specified conditions, and adopting a letter agreement with the Orange County Managers Association. Staff said the recommended action required a four‑fifths vote.
Why it matters: The package acknowledged $29,000,000 or more in projected appropriation shortfalls after the county’s regular planning, and it implements personnel and structural changes affecting outreach and engagement functions for county health and care coordination, with effective dates for reorganizations and classification revisions in May and July 2025.
Board discussion: Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento said he supported most elements of the package but abstained from the portion of recommended action 1 that recognized the new net county cost shortfalls, citing limited detail in the materials: “Due to the lack of detailed information regarding the projected appropriation shortfalls… I will be abstaining from that portion of recommended action number 1,” he said, asking that departments prepare memos explaining positions added, supplies purchased and the causes of overruns. Other supervisors thanked CEO and CFO staff for briefings and accepted the materials as presented.
Vote and outcome: The motion to approve the budget update and related actions passed with one abstention recorded by Supervisor Sarmiento. The board also approved the reorganization of outreach and engagement effective July 1, 2025, and the classification adjustments effective May 2, 2025.
Implementation: The resolution and staff recommendations authorize county staff to carry out the reorganizations, execute contracts and documents under delegated authority, and report back as required by county rules. Supervisor Sarmiento asked for more department‑level detail on major overruns to be provided to the board in follow‑up.
Details recorded in the agenda: The staff report described approval of the FY2024–25 April budget update, related budget adjustments and reserves, additions and revisions to the master event calendar for FY2024–25 and FY2025–26, and the reorganization and classification changes noted above.
