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411 Commissioner Pinney nominated Katherine Adams and Margaret Stumpf as members of the Carrboro Planning Board. Commissioner Whitted moved that the nominations be closed and that the Board unanimously adopt the two nominees . Chairman Garrett called for the vote. All members voted aye. B. The County Attorney has advised the Chairman that a non resident of the Planning Area can be appointed to serve on the Planning Board only if a qualified resident of the Planning Area willing to serve cannot be found. The County Attorney filed the following report on the matter of the eligibility of an individual to serve. on a Planning Board if they live outside of the Planning jurisdiction. The ruling declared that persons who serve on Planning Boards must live within the designated jurisdiction of the Planning Board. The County Manager advised the Board that he had received official notification from the Town of Chapel Hill that Alan Stiven, who is currently serving on the Chapel Hill Board of Adjustment, is not eligible because his residential area has been annexed into the Town of Chapel Hill. The Board agreed to place this item on the Agenda for September 2 , 1975 . Chairman Garrett referred to Item #4 on the Agenda: (Execution of agreement between Orange County and Calvin Mellott) . Due to the fact that the County Attorney was not present this item was deferred until later in the meeting. Chairman Garrett referred to Item #5 on the Agenda: (C. D. Knight, County Sheriff: ) (A) . To discuss current County Salary Plan relative to Deputy Sheriffs. Chairman Garrett recognized Sheriff Knight and he proceded to review the starting salaries of Deputies and Dispatchers that he had secured from adjoining Counties and Towns within the County. Sheriff Knight stated that the current beginning salary levels were causing him to lose a number of his younger Deputies . He then reviewed the number of men he had lost and notices he had received from men who planned to terminate their employment with his department. Sheriff Knight requested that the starting pay for Deputies be raised to $8 , 064 .00 and that Dispatchers ' beginning salary be raised to $7, 200 . 00 . Sheriff Knight stated that it was impossible for him to organize his department into the needed division due to the fact he could not retain a permanent staff. His budget allowed for twenty-nine deputies , however, he currently had employed twenty-six and some of these were planning to leave. Chairman Garrett stated that she personally did not know what should be done in order to rectify the situation but that she would like to do something for the Sheriff' s Department on a interim basis and that perhaps the matter of a salary review or study could be imple- mented for other departments . Commissioner Whitted questioned the Sheriff about the life insur- ance policy that Durham County carried on its law enforcement personnel. (Sheriff Knight reported that some departments used life insurance policies as a fringe benefit in order to attain and maintain qualified personnel. Commissioner Whitted stated that he would like for the Board to study all the salaries of County employees and to keep the possiblity of securing a life insurance policy fo rthe Deputies under consideration.