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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 17, 2010 Action Agenda Item No. <{- -q SUBJECT: Resolution in Support of North Carolina's Current Public Alcoholic Beverage Control System DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Draft Resolution May 5, 2009 BOCC Resolution INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Clifton, 245-2300 PURPOSE: To consider approval of a resolution requested by the Orange County ABC Board supporting North Carolina's current public Alcoholic Beverage Control System. BACKGROUND: The issues of changing and/or privatizing North Carolina's public Alcoholic Beverage Control System have been discussed significantly in recent years. In response to several bills introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly in 2009, the Orange County ABC Board requested the Board of Commissioners consider a resolution opposing agency stores for the sale of spirits where ABC stores were authorized but not in operation. (An "agency store" is a private retail seller like a grocery store, pharmacy or convenience store.) The ABC board would have contracted with an agency store for the sale of spirits. The BOCC subsequently adopted the resolution opposing agency stores in May 2009, and a copy of that resolution is attached for reference purposes. The Orange County ABC Board has recently requested that the Board of Commissioners consider a new resolution supporting North Carolina's Current Public Alcoholic Beverage Control System. Discussions have occurred regarding the possible privatization of the .ABC system, and Governor Beverly Perdue has recently indicated an interest in studying a move to privatization. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with consideration of the resolution. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board approve the resolution, authorize the Chair to sign it, and direct the Clerk to the Board to forward the signed resolution to the Orange County ABC Board.