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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 5, 2022 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-c <br /> SUBJECT: Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board Request for Salary Range Update for <br /> the ABC Board General Manager <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Memorandum from ABC Board Chair Bonnie Hammersley, 919-245-2306 <br /> 2. Excerpt from Minutes of the June 15, <br /> 2021 BOCC Business Meeting <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a request from the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board to <br /> update the ABC General Manager's salary range to either: <br /> 1) Correlate the General Manager salary range to that of a County department head; <br /> or <br /> 2) Increase the salary cap for the ABC General Manager by 20% to $132,379.20 <br /> BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statutes stipulate that the salary of the General <br /> Manager of a local ABC board "shall not exceed the salary authorized by the General <br /> Assembly for the clerk of superior court of the county in which the appointing authority was <br /> originally incorporated unless such compensation is otherwise approved by the appointing <br /> authority." <br /> The Chair of the Orange County ABC Board has requested that the Board of Commissioners <br /> consider allowing the ABC Board to grant a performance based salary increase to the ABC <br /> Board's General Manager that exceeds the State limitation. The FY2021-22 authorized <br /> salary for the Orange County Clerk of Superior Court is $110,316. The ABC General <br /> Manager's current salary is within statutory maximum at $110,316. <br /> According to the ABC Board's compensation policies, a performance rating of average or <br /> abovewould qualify for an increase of between three percent (3%) and five percent (5%). <br /> The ABC Board General Manager does not receive any additional compensation beyond the <br /> amount reported in his annual salary. The ABC Board Chair has provided the attached <br /> memorandum to support the ABC Board's request. The ABC Board Chair has indicated that <br /> updating the General Manager's salary range will address salary compression and align with <br /> other ABC Boards. <br /> The ABC Board Chair is requesting correlating the General Manager's salary range to that <br />