Agenda - 03-01-2016 - 6-a - Minutes

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5 1 Total Alcohol Law Enforcement $135,000 2 3 Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Grants 4 Mental Health Orange Co Teen Partnership $ 5,000 5 El Centro Hispano $ 10,000 6 Carpe Diem $ 13,125 7 El Futuro $ 18,000 8 Orange County Drug Court $ 25,000 9 Orange County Health Department $ 30,000 10 Orange County Schools $ 32,000 11 Chapel Hill-Carrboro city Schools $ 40,000 12 Total Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation $173,125 13 14 Ron McCoy said the ABC Board has the mission to return the profits made back into the 15 Orange County community. He said this mission is taken seriously and is successfully met. He 16 said the FY 2015 sales were $17.9 million. He said 1.3 million bottles were sold in Orange 17 County with the average sale price of a bottle at $13.80. He said $7.10 per bottle was the cost 18 of the product with $3.30 remitted to the state and local tax authorities, $2.30 went to 19 operational costs, $.38 was retained by the ABC Board for working capital and $.72 was 20 distributed directly back into the County. He said in FY 2015, the total amount distributed by 21 the ABC Board was $737,315. He said $50,765 was paid directly to the County for alcohol 22 rehabilitation services; $156,550 was distributed to schools and community organizations for 23 alcohol education; $130,000 was distributed to local law enforcement agencies; and $400,000 24 was distributed to the Orange County general fund. 25 Lisa Stuckey said the ABC Board did a careful wage and salary study and adopted the 26 living wage last month. She said entry level, part-time pay was increased to $12.76 per hour, 27 full-time pay was increased to $14.00 per hour, and everyone in the organization received a pay 28 increase. She said the pay increases most greatly benefited those at the bottom of the pay 29 scale. She said this is a substantial change, increasing the payroll by about $118,000 but the 30 ABC Board is very excited to be moving in this direction. 31 Lisa Stuckey referred to the North Carolina ABC annual report, noting the "Talk It Up" 32 campaign to reduce underage drinking, which the Orange County ABC Board is happy to 33 support. She said additionally this year, the Board has partnered with the University of North 34 Carolina (UNC), the Town of Chapel Hill, and the Orange County Health Department to fund a 35 position, under the town gown auspices, that will coordinate community and campus efforts to 36 curb high-risk drinking. 37 Lisa Stuckey said she will be rotating off the ABC Board and she thanked the 38 Commissioners for the opportunity to serve. 39 Commissioner Price expressed congratulations to Lisa Stuckey for her six years of 40 service. 41 Commissioner Jacobs asked if a pay study was completed. 42 Lisa Stuckey said yes. She added that the ABC Board does not determine the price of 43 the bottles that are sold or purchased and therefore it was important to insure that increased 44 wages were fiscally viable. 45 Commissioner Jacobs asked if salary compression was reviewed. 46 Lisa Stuckey said yes, and noted that it will be reviewed further. She said merit raises 47 were not sacrificed in order to achieve the overall wage increases. 48 Commissioner Jacobs said the ABC Board has made admirable positive steps to treat 49 its employees appropriately.