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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 23, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4-a <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board Update Presentation <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br /> <br />Attachment 1: July 1, 2017 Alcoholic <br />Beverage Control FY 2017-18 <br />Funding Memorandum <br />Attachment 2: ABC Board Annual Report <br />and Work Plan 2017-18 <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Clerk's Office, 245-2130 <br /> Travis Myren, 245-2300 <br /> Gary Donaldson, 245-2450 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To receive a brief presentation from representatives of the Orange County <br />Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board and to provide any feedback or questions. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The ABC Board provides an annual update to the Board of Commissioners at <br />the beginning of each calendar year. Gregg Jarvies, Chair of the Orange County Alcoholic <br />Beverage Control (ABC) Board, and Tony Dubois, Orange County ABC Executive Director, will <br />provide a brief presentation on ABC Board activities, operations, and external audit services <br />update, and will also respond to any questions. <br /> <br />Under North Carolina General Statute 18B-701, the ABC Board is required to distribute its <br />entire net income after deducting amounts required for law enforcement and education and <br />retaining proper working capital, to the General Fund of the County, which represents a <br />financial benefit to the County. <br /> <br />The ABC Contribution to the County’s General Fund had been set at $400,000 up through FY <br />2016-17. Based on State-wide benchmarking of other ABC Board’s contribution to their <br />respective governments, the County requested an additional funding of $150,000 for FY 2017- <br />18. The ABC Board approved an increase of $100,000 to the County’s General Fund from <br />$400,000 to $500,000 for FY 2017-18. The first attachment indicates the ABC FY 2017-18 <br />appropriation. <br /> <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with receiving the presentation. <br /> <br />SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice impact associated with <br />receiving this presentation. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the presentation <br />and provide any questions or comments. <br />1