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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 18, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. $.. <br /> SUBJECT: Elections Director Confirmation <br /> DEPARTMENT: Board of Elections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1) <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Appointment Letter Diane Brown, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Elections <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To confirm the appointment and salary of the new Orange County Director of <br /> Elections. <br /> BACKGROUND: Section 163-35 of the North Carolina General Statutes contains the provisions <br /> for the appointment, compensation, and duties of a county director of elections. Whenever a <br /> vacancy occurs in that office, it is the responsibility of the county board of elections to submit the <br /> name of the person it recommends to fill the vacancy to the Executive Director-Secretary of the <br /> State Board of Elections,who shall issue a letter of appointment. The county board of elections <br /> recommends the salary of the director of elections,which is approved by the Board of County <br /> Commissioners. <br /> Bobbie Strickland,Orange County Director of Elections since 1969,will retire on April 1, 1997. <br /> The Orange County Board of Elections has voted unanimously to recommend to the State Board of <br /> Elections that Carolyn Thomas be appointed to succeed her as Director of Elections for Orange <br /> County, effective April 1, 1997. The Board of Elections recommends that the salary for Ms. <br /> Thomas be set at$45,451 annually,which equates to Grade 73, Step 6B of the Orange County Pay <br /> and Classification Plan. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board of Commissioners approve <br /> the salary recommendation of the Orange County Board of Elections. <br />