Orange County presents program budgeting pilot, ties spending to services

Jul 22, 2025

Interim county administrator Lehi DePaul presented a new program-budgeting framework piloted in FY25 and integrated into FY26 departmental budgets to show what the county buys and why, while warning the approach is an enhancement—not a full cost-accounting system.

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Lehi DePaul, interim county administrator, told the Orange County Board of Supervisors on July 22 that the county piloted a program-budgeting project in FY25 and has incorporated it into FY26 departmental budgets to make spending and outcomes easier to compare.

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