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25 <br /> 1 Pat Burns said these positions seemed more comparable than the Clerk of Court <br /> 2 position. <br /> 3 Commissioner Greene said she meant more data from other ABC General Managers in <br /> 4 counties that are similar sizes to Orange County. <br /> 5 Chair Price said that Durham and Wake counties have many more stores and the <br /> 6 comparison from those counties was also a concern to her. <br /> 7 Pat Burns said there is a new store coming in Southern Village. <br /> 8 Chair Price said Chatham or Alamance may be more comparable with the number of <br /> 9 stores. <br /> 10 Pat Burns said that for sales for the state, Orange County hovers around 10th <br /> 11 Commissioner Hamilton asked if the Board could get more information on the size of <br /> 12 counties, number of stores, and number of employees. She said if she must make the decision, <br /> 13 she wants to know the basis on which she is making it, <br /> 14 Commissioner McKee said the BOCC is not approving a salary for the General <br /> 15 Manager, only approving a salary cap for the ABC Board to decide the salary. He said this is a <br /> 16 state statute board. He said that the BOCC's sole responsibility is to find a work around for the <br /> 17 County Clerk tie in and that he would not want to tie it to department heads because it ties it to a <br /> 18 county. He said he has no issue approving the increase in the salary cap. <br /> 19 Chair Price said the question is if the percentage is reasonable. <br /> 20 Commissioner McKee said this is a max of 20% for the cap but the 20% is not a <br /> 21 guaranteed increase by the ABC Board. <br /> 22 Chair Price said she understands. <br /> 23 Commissioner Richards said she is comfortable with ABC Board's recommendation if <br /> 24 they think 20% is appropriate. <br /> 25 Tony DuBois, the General Manager for the Orange County ABC Board, said Durham <br /> 26 County does about $50 million while Orange County does $30 Million. He said that Wake <br /> 27 County is huge, so it is not really comparable. He said that Durham and Orange Counties both <br /> 28 have ten stores. He said it's hard to compare between counties because of all the differences <br /> 29 but they provided Durham and Wake because they are close neighbors, He said that Durham <br /> 30 increased theirs to $180,000. <br /> 31 Commissioner Fowler asked if there were numbers for Alamance. <br /> 32 Tony DuBois said that Alamance only has five stores. <br /> 33 Chair Price said Orange and Durham are the same in number of stores and close in <br /> 34 number of employees. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Fowler, to <br /> 37 increase the salary cap for the ABC General Manager to $132,000. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 40 <br /> 41 <br /> 42 <br />