Agenda - 05-18-2004-5d Increase ABC Board Member and Board Chair Stipends

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t ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 18, 2004 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Increase ABC Board Member and Board Chair Stipends DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners and PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No Personnel ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Jacobs, Board Chair, Area ABC Board Stipends Extension 2130 Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director, Extension 2550 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider increasing the monthly stipend for the ABC Board members and ABC Board Chair effective July 1, 2004, BACKGROUND: In 2003 the ABC Board proposed that the Board's monthly stipend increase to $200 ($2,400 annually) for Board members and $250 ($3,000 annually) for the Board Chair. Under North Carolina General Statute 186-700(g), a local ABC Board member "...may be compensated as determined by the appointing authority." The appointing authority for the Orange County ABC Board is the Board of County Commissioners. Orange County ABC Board members presently receive a monthly stipend of$50 ($600 annually) for Board members and $100 ($1,200 annually) for the Board Chair. Attached is a chart showing the current Orange County stipend, ABC Board 2003 proposal and stipends paid by other area ABC Boards. Based on this, the Manager recommends the monthly stipends for Orange County Board members increase to $75 ($900 annually) and to $125 ($1,500 annually) for the Board Chair. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Funding for the increases will come from ABC Board revenue. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board increase the ABC Board stipends as shown below effective July 1, 2004, 1. Increase the ABC Board member monthly stipend to $75 ($900 annually) and 2. Increase the ABC Board Chair monthly stipend to $125 (1,500 annually).