The Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) board of directors postponed approving its annual budget after “very serious concerns” emerged during a May 27 budget hearing. Unanswered questions about some of the items the proposed 2021-22 fiscal budget includes prompted the board to postpone its approval until its next meeting. “It was a surprise to me and unprecedented in my experience that a board would in fact refuse to pass a budget and ask for more information and more policy discussion,” Director Don Wagner told The Epoch Times. The board is expected receive an updated budget during its next meeting on June 24; the budget and finance committee is seeking more information on the financial blueprint. Director Lisa Bartlett said she was not pleased with OCFA’s decision to budget more money for a law firm. She said OCFA has paid an attorney more than $40,000 in travel time between Los Angeles and Irvine over a three-year period—a much higher amount than the standard IRS prevailing rate of $0.58 per …