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The Board of Commissioners oY Orange County met on Monday, June 17, 1971., at 8 o'clock P. M, in the Commissioners Room at the Courthouse in ${llsborough in adsourned session. Members Present: Chairman Norman Walker, and Commissioners Hepry S. Walker, Flora Barrett, and Richard E. Whitted. Members Absent: Commiaeianer Melvin Whitfield. ` S. M. Osttis, County Administrator, sad Betty June Hayes, Clerk to the Board, were also present. Chairman Walker reaogniaed the members of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and Benton Tfland, Supervisor oP the Alcoholic Beverage Control 8yatem. Dr. B, w. Moore was the spokesman for the Board. He explained that J. Temple Gobbel, the Chairman, wsa absent due to the fact that ha wsa out of the aaunty. Dr. Moore presented a budget request for the Alooholic Beverage Control Board and made the following remarks: "L~. Moore presented a Yinancial statement of the Orange County ABC System and the amount of taxes paid to the state and the net profits that Orange County received Pros the sale of alcohol in the county. Tax on liquor sales are Pour: 1. Sales tax 12~ 2. Surtax 5 cents per sash 3 1/3 os. of firactional part thereof. 3. Five cents on each bottle sold which goes to the county and can be used on education and alcoholic rehabilitation. 4. II. S, Government receives $10.50 on.eeah gallon sold. In addition to the tax on alaoholio beverages sold we are required to spend 7~ Por education and rehabilitation in the county. This amounts to around $30,000 a year. Alao we aen spend Prom 5~ to 15~ on lax enforcementa. In the three Quarters of this year we have spent before apeaial allocations 7.5~. When the North Carolina legislature passed the law for the sale of alcohol, the p~roYits were to be equally divided between the state, county and municipalities but due to the surtax the groan margin percentage for the three Quarters of 197l~ is 38.16 for Orange County. This given to Orange County s net profit on salsa around 9.5~ Due to our neighbor county the Town oP 83ttabnro installing sn ASC store our profits declined in store ~5 around 30~ which affeat~9d our overall profits (nst). However in May 1974 we had an inoresse in all stores of $19,268.60 over May, 1973 and for the three a..uarters of 1971+ we have an increase of $90,!}15.75 over 1973. We have on hand in CD $80,000.00, $27.,DOO:~OO..of this amount'ia the 7~ for elaoholia rehabilitation. We do have a brighter future in so far as the amount of money the county w111 receive from the sale of slcoholia beverages in the county. The last general assembly passed a bill which will impose a 3 1/2,~ tax on the retail price of alcoholic beveragges (resulting in a 2.8~ inCrea9e in the actual cost to the~.ooneumer). But ae yet we have nbb been informed about the percentage the Bounty or the mnnicipalitiea will receive. We are hopeful the county will get all of it. IP we do that it will give ua a much bigger net percentage. A statistical report of the Orange County A$C Board was given for the Pive years 1968-1972 showing the amount paid to the state from profits and the amount retained for Orange County. The percentage for the state in 19b8 was 57.3 and in 1972 the percentage was 61+.7;x, The percentage of profits retained for Drapge county in 1968 ~ was 1a.2.7~ and in 1972 the percentage xae 35.3.