Agenda - 12-10-2024; 8-a - Minutes

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9 1 on the General Manager's salary, have resulted in compression issues. 2 3 The Orange County ABC Board requests an increase in the salary cap for the General Manager 4 position to $150,000. Attachment 1 provides ABC General Manager compensation comparison 5 data points from other jurisdictions to support the ABC Board's request for a salary cap increase 6 for the General Manager. 7 8 Stipends Increase for ABC Board Members 9 The second request from the Orange County ABC Board seeks an increase in the stipends for 10 ABC Board Members. The stipends were last raised in July 2004 for ABC Board members as 11 follows: 12 • $75 per month ($900 annually, up from $50 per month); and 13 • $125 per month ($1,500 annually, up from $100 per month) for the ABC Board Chair. 14 15 Attachment 1 notes the ABC Board's request to increase the stipends to: 16 • $150 per month ($1,800 annually) for ABC Board Members; 17 • $200 per month ($2,400 annually) for the ABC Board Vice-Chair; and 18 • $250 per month ($3,000 annually) for the ABC Board Chair. 19 20 Attachment 1 also provides ABC Board Member stipend comparison data points from other 21 jurisdictions with similar annual sales of$30-$35 million, and also from neighboring jurisdictions, 22 to support the ABC Board's stipends increase request. 23 24 Judson Williamson, ABC Board Chair, reviewed information from the abstract. 25 Commissioner Richards asked if the ABC Board reviewed salaries and stipends from other 26 ABC Boards around the state. 27 Judson Williamson said they reviewed the salaries for ABC Boards that generate $25-$30 28 million per year. He said that the general manager salaries and board stipends are all higher in 29 those areas. 30 Commissioner Portie-Ascott said there is no financial impact to the county. She asked for 31 clarification on the reason the ABC Board has to ask the Board. 32 Judson Williamson said they are asking for a variation from the statutory structure where 33 the position is tied to the Clerk of Court unless there is approval from the local governing body. 34 He said there is no financial impact to the county. 35 Commissioner McKee said he supports the request given the size of the organization and 36 that it has no financial impact on county government. He said that the Orange County ABC gives 37 funding to the Sheriff's Department to assist. He said the proposal is not unreasonable and it has 38 been a long time since any changes were made. 39 Commissioner Hamilton said it is reasonable to compare the salary to the Clerk of Court 40 position with the general manager's position, given the importance of that work to the citizens of 41 the county. She said in regard to ABC Board member stipends, there are many people who serve 42 on boards in Orange County who do not receive stipends. She said the more funds that go to 43 salaries, the less will go back to the county. She said that there is an indirect financial impact on 44 the county with the decision. She said that she supports changing the salary cap to $135,000, 45 and not above, and stipends. 46 Judson Williamson said he does not believe the position of Clerk of Court and ABC 47 General Manager are not analogous positions in every county given the number of locations and 48 staff that the General Manager oversees. He said that Orange County has over 9 retail locations 49 with a warehouse. 50 Commissioner Hamilton said it is a value judgment and arbitrary.