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RES-2014-083 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Resolution Adjusting the Salary of the Sheriff and Register of Deeds <br /> Effective December 1, 2014 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners as authorized by North Carolina General Statutes <br /> 153A-92 and Article II, Section 28-13 (o) of the Orange County Code of Ordinances has set the salaries <br /> of the Sheriff and Register of Deeds as provided below effective December 1, 2014. <br /> The salary of Sheriff Charles Blackwood is $110,668, the midpoint assigned to Salary Grade 31 <br /> of the Orange County Classification and Pay Plan to reflect his years of service with Orange County <br /> Sheriff's Office and his many years of experience in law enforcement. <br /> The salary of Mark Chilton is $75,967, the minimum assigned to Salary Grade 29 of the Orange <br /> County Classification and Pay Plan. <br /> All other compensation elements including expense allowances are as set forth in the Orange <br /> County Code of Ordinances. <br /> The compensation of the Sheriff and Register of Deeds may be subject to change accordingly to <br /> the Orange County Classification and Pay Plan pursuant to Performance Reviews conducted by the <br /> Chair of the Board of Commissioners or where that Plan prescribes changes in salaries or as otherwise <br /> changed by Resolution of the Board of Commissioners. <br /> Further, North Carolina General Statute Sections 161-4 and 162-8 states the bond requirements <br /> for every Register of Deeds and Sheriff holding an elected position in the State of North Carolina, and <br /> that the Board of County Commissioners shall approve those bonds. The bonds of these two officers are <br /> attached and approved. <br />