ORLANDO, Fla.- Today, Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia announced over $300 million in the 2025-2026 Orange County budget as “excessive, wasteful spending”. The Orange County General Fund Budget has increased by 66.06% since 2019. Last year, the CFO identified nearly $200 million of excessive spending in Orange County’s 2024-2025 budget. CFO Ingoglia is continuing his mission to hold local government officials accountable and stop reckless spending of taxpayer dollars. 

Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia said, “Last September, my office revealed that Orange County’s local government officials were irresponsibly spending taxpayer dollars. Not only did they not heed our warning, but they doubled down on excessive spending. The taxpayers are suffering the consequences of their wasteful spending problem. The time for property tax reform is now.”

Greg Ungru, Americans for Prosperity, said, “CFO Ingoglia continues to keep his foot on the gas when it comes to identifying wasteful spending within local governments. The taxpayers deserve transparency, especially as Orange County has continued to throw away money over the last six years. We will continue to stand alongside the CFO as he remains committed to property tax relief for Floridians.”

The Florida Agency of Fiscal Oversight (FAFO) exposed that Orange County has wastefully and excessively spent $747,509,509 over the last 6 years.

Since 2020, the General Fund Budget has increased by $688,768,908 for a population increase of 131,538 people. For every family of four that moved to Orange County, the budget increased by $20,945.

Orange County can reduce its millage rate by 1.22 mills without disrupting any essential services provided to residents. If the county applied this reduction, homeowners could save: 

• A taxable home value of $300,000 would save $365 per year. 
• A taxable home value of $400,000 would save $486 per year. 
• A taxable home value of $500,000 would save $608 per year.

CFO Ingoglia has uncovered over $2.4 billion in excessive and wasteful spending. CFO Ingoglia plans to continue to expose excessive, wasteful spending across the state as part of his role as Chief Financial Officer of Florida.