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25 <br /> treatment opportunities. He said there are department heads within a salary range that are not <br /> at the top. <br /> Commissioner Greene said she wished more comparable had been included besides <br /> Durham and Wake since those populations are larger. <br /> Pat Burns said these positions seemed more comparable than the Clerk of Court <br /> position. <br /> Commissioner Greene said she meant more data from other ABC General Managers in <br /> counties that are similar sizes to Orange County. <br /> Chair Price said that Durham and Wake counties have many more stores and the <br /> comparison from those counties was also a concern to her. <br /> Pat Burns said there is a new store coming in Southern Village. <br /> Chair Price said Chatham or Alamance may be more comparable with the number of <br /> stores. <br /> Pat Burns said that for sales for the state, Orange County hovers around 10`h <br /> Commissioner Hamilton asked if the Board could get more information on the size of <br /> counties, number of stores, and number of employees. She said if she must make the decision, <br /> she wants to know the basis on which she is making it, <br /> Commissioner McKee said the BOCC is not approving a salary for the General <br /> Manager, only approving a salary cap for the ABC Board to decide the salary. He said this is a <br /> state statute board. He said that the BOCC's sole responsibility is to find a work around for the <br /> County Clerk tie in and that he would not want to tie it to department heads because it ties it to <br /> a county. He said he has no issue approving the increase in the salary cap. <br /> Chair Price said the question is if the percentage is reasonable. <br /> Commissioner McKee said this is a max of 20% for the cap but the 20% is not a <br /> guaranteed increase by the ABC Board. <br /> Chair Price said she understands. <br /> Commissioner Richards said she is comfortable with ABC Board's recommendation if <br /> they think 20% is appropriate. <br /> Tony DuBois, the General Manager for the Orange County ABC Board, said Durham <br /> County does about $50 million while Orange County does $30 Million. He said that Wake <br /> County is huge, so it is not really comparable. He said that Durham and Orange Counties both <br /> have ten stores. He said it's hard to compare between counties because of all the differences <br /> but they provided Durham and Wake because they are close neighbors, He said that Durham <br /> increased theirs to $180,000. <br /> Commissioner Fowler asked if there were numbers for Alamance. <br /> Tony DuBois said that Alamance only has five stores. <br /> Chair Price said Orange and Durham are the same in number of stores and close in <br /> number of employees. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Fowler, to <br /> increase the salary cap for the ABC General Manager to $132,000. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />