Agenda - 10-08-20; 1 - Alcohol Beverage and Control Board Voting Membership and Financial Allocation

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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 8, 2020 1 SUBJECT: Alcohol Beverage and Control Board Voting Membership and Financial Statement Analysis DEPARTMENT: County Attorney and Finance ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: John Roberts, (919) 245-2318 Attachment 1: ABC Listing of Gary Donaldson, (919) 245-2453 Distributions Attachment 2: 2016 ABC Benchmarking Petition Attachment 3: 2017 ABC Funding Increase Petition Attachment 4: ABC Memorandum Response to updated Benchmarking Analyses PURPOSE: To provide: 1) An update on the BOCC commissioner being an ABC voting member 2) A financial analysis of the ABC Board revenue, profitability and funding capacity BACKGROUND: LEGAL —Voting Member Information The BOCC has expressed interest in having the commissioner appointee to the ABC Board be a voting member rather than a non-voting liaison. There are multiple options available to the BOCC if the BOCC is dissatisfied with some aspect of ABC operations or governance or if the BOCC simply believes changes should be made for other reasons. 1) Change the Chair. The BOCC has full authority to appoint the Chair. 2) Change or reduce salaries. Again full authority to do so rests with the BOCC. 3) Adopt standards of conduct for ABC board members. 4) Appoint commissioners or senior county employees to the ABC board. Both have been done by counties in North Carolina. This fourth option is further explored below. As authorized by statute the BOCC appoints both the members and the Chair of the ABC Board and members serve three-year terms. Due to the fact that terms are for three years it may be administratively best to appoint a commissioner who has at least three years left in office. However, this is not absolutely necessary because vacancies are filled by the BOCC to complete the term of the member who created the vacancy and should a commissioner leave