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Home My WebLink About2025-11-20 Minutes New Hanover County ABC Board Meeting Minutes November 20, 2025 I. Call to order Chair Angela Barr, called to order the regular meeting of the New Hanover County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board at 9:00 am on November 20, 2025 at the General Office, 6009 Market Street, Wilmington, NC. II. Chairman confirms quorum The following Members of the Board were present: Angela Barr, Chair Louis Burney, Jr., V i c e Chair Bruce Shell, Member William Rivenbark, Member George Huffmon, Member Others in attendance were: Charles Hill, General Manager James Casteen, Assistant General Manager Kathy Clark, Finance Officer/Board Secretary Lauren Iammatteo, Outreach & Communications Specialist Lt. Josh Cortes,NHC Sheriff Department Sgt. Daniel Gaither, Wrightsville Beach Police Department III. Conflict of Interest Reminder Ms. Barr verbally confirmed that the Board members had read the following ethics reminder: "In accordance with General Statute 18B-201, it is the duty of every Board member to avoid both conflicts of interest and appearances of conflicts. Does any member have any known conflict of interest or appearance of conflict with respect to any matters coming before the Board today? If so,please identify the conflict or appearance of conflict and refrainfrom any undueparticipation in theparticular matter involved. " Let it be recorded that no conflicts were identified by any Board member regarding this Board meeting. IV. Consent A ends Items of Business Ms. Barr presented the minutes from the Regular Meeting of October 16, 2025, Mr. Burney made the motion to approve the minutes as written. Mr. Huffmon seconded the motion, all approved. 1 � Page Ms. Barr presented the proposed meeting agenda. Mr. Shell made the motion to approve the agenda as written. Mr. Huffmon seconded the motion, all approved. V. Regular AlZenda Items of Interest • Finance Committee Agenda Items —Mr. Hill advised the Board that the Finance Committee met several times over the past couple of months to review the Salary study performed by Catapult. The study recommendation was to increase the starting hourly rate for the Store Manager from $23.76 to $30.75, Assistant Store Managers from $19.16 to $23.33, Sales Associates from $17.24 to $18.50, Warehouse Associates from $18.37 to $19.50. A compression was applied based on each individual employee's seniority. After this was done, each employee was reviewed to ensure that no employee has been in a position longer making less than an employee newer to the position. If so, exceptions were then applied. The total increased cost to the Board is $119,655 for the remainder of Fiscal Year 25/26. Broken down by department as follows: Stores, $78,343; Warehouse, $10,609; and Office/Administration, $30,703. The Finance Committee made a motion to increase salaries on January 18, 2026, in the amount of$119,655 for FY 25/26, as recommended by the salary study performed by Catapult. With motion coming from Finance Committee, no need for a second, all approved. • FY 2025/2026 Budget Amendment 4001 — Ms. Clark provided the proposed Budget Amendment #001 for FY 2025/2026 to increase Pay and Related by $119,655. Mr. Shell made the motion to approve FY 2025/2026 Budget Amendment 4001 (see Attachment "A"). Mr. Huffmon seconded the motion, all approved. VI. Administrative Reports • ABC Law Enforcement Officers' Unit Monthly — (ALE) Report for October was presented by Lt. Josh Cortes, NHC Sheriff's Department. Please see the attached LE Monthly Reporting Numbers from the North Carolina ABC Commission website (Attachment"B"). Sgt. Daniel Gaither of the Wrightsville Beach Police Department presented stats for the Wrightsville Beach Police Department. • Financial Statements —Mr. Casteen and Ms. Clark presented a copy of the Board Financial Statements for October, 2025. The Financial Statement showed, the Actual-to-Actual comparison Gross Sales less than the prior October by S76k (1.26%), Operating Expenses less than prior October by $1Ok (1.70%), and Income from Operations more than prior October by $17k. • Outreach & communications Update—Ms. Iammatteo provided the Board with an update on the virtual informational sessions for the scholarship program. She advised that currently 62 applications are in draft phase. • General ManaLrer Undate—Mr. Hill present a proposed new Special Order Policy for the Board to review. The policy would require retail and LBD customers to prepay for 2 Page half the case before it is ordered, Mr. Burney made a motion to approve the Special Order Policy as written (see Attachment "C"). Mr. Huffinon seconded the motion, all approved. VIL Adiournment Ms. Barr advised the Board the next regular Board Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 9:00 am at the General Office, 6009 Market Street, Wilmington, NC. After discussion with no pressing items before the Board in December, 2025. Mr. Burney made a motion to cancel the December 18, 2025 Board Meeting. Mr. Shell seconded the motion, and all approved. Mr. Burney made the motion to adjourn the meeting; Mr. Fluffinon seconded the motion, and all approved. Minutes submitted by: Kathy Cla +ecretary Minutes approved by: rl VgA77�-Date: Angela Ba �, air 3 P a f� e Attachment "A" New ➢a nover County ABC Board Budget Amendment FY 2025-2C No.001. The amo dtmments to the anmmu document budget docuent for thefiscal year encbng,lune 30 2112G were /i,tl�I��s� 1)v board mmmennber vote at the�17G'i�r.�'ff a,.2V*;Uwe,ulrar board meeting. The purpose of time aammeadmamcut is to bmcrease Pay and Itel7ated. To amend budgeted fray a,ml Related for FY 2025-2026 Acet.No. 70100 IncreaseAnuual Salaries 95,722 70200 increase Salary"faxes 7,482 70300 Increase LGERS 13,889 70500 Increase 401 K Employer Match 2,562 78071 Decrease Contingency Fund(Admiu,stradve Reserve) 119,655 119,655 119,655 Section 2. Copies of thisAdministrative budget amendment shall be included in the minutes and provided to the Budget Officer and the Finance(Officer for their direction. ,A copy shall be furnished to the Clerk to the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners(appointing authority'). Adopted tlmis aJay of 0V k9 V 2025. Sigtmed: — Ck Angela BAY I'llis cli trscr a: Teen plmroved bm time manner required by G.S. 1811-702" (Signat re of Finance Officer) Page 1 of I Attachment "B" 1 Law Enforcement Report Report Date: 10/01/2025 Violation Reports Submitted to ABC Commission 4 — Total Number of Ctffertises Contained iri Reports 12 j j Sell to Underage Campaign Checks 18 Per mittee Inspections 53 T Compliance Checks 207 Seiler/Server Training 0 II Alcohol Education z At Permitted Establishment Away From Permitted Establishment Sell/Give to Underage 0 0 Attempt to Purchase/Purchase by Underage 8 0 Underage Possession 11 12 Unauthorized Possession 0 _ -4 --__.-- Sell/Give to Intoxicated 0 0 All Other Alcohol Related Charges 20 16 39 22 At Permitted Establishment Away From Permitted Establishment Felony Drug Related Charges 0 fMisdemeanor Drug Related Charges �— 27 0 33 E..Mis_..._._ ._—.._ _-. _.__..__.__.... ._....... ......... ........... --- — — At Permitted Establishment Away From Permitted Establi5hmertt -1 — Driving While Impaired 0 All Other Criminal Charges --� �— 6 1133 6 143 243 Assistance Provided to Other Agencies 31 Rema rks, Store Visits 926,Bank Deposits 319,Change Deposits 4,Video Investigations 46.Charges 49,Arrests 20.Searches 12.Taught 9 New Hanover County Law Enforcement Officers the 32 hour Standardized Field Sobriety Testing. Reporting Officer/Title- New Hanover County ASC Officers Report Date: 11/OiV2025 Attachment"C" New Hanover ABC Special. Order Policy Retail Customer will have to prepay for half of the case before order is placed with NC ABC commission. Example 6 Bottle case- customer must prepay for 3 12 Bottle case- customer must prepay for 6 When special order arrives to the store customer will be called for pickup of prepaid bottles. Remaining bottles will be placed on Special Order shelf in store for public to purchase. LB D MXB customer will have to prepay for half of the case up front before is placed with the NC ABC Commission. if MXB customer is requesting an outlet to carry a special-order product on a full-time basis, customer must prepay for half of the first case before ordered. If product is ordered again within 2 months prepayment will be waived. Barrels Sales reps will be informed if they present a barrel opportunity to a MXB customer, the entire barrel must be purchased by the end of the month that we receive it or their special-order privileges will be placed on probation for three months or until the remaining bottles are purchased. The Special Order policy was approved by the Board November 20,2025;it was subsequently approved by the NC ABC Commission on December 2, 2025.