Stipend Program
General Information
The program will pay a $50 stipend to eligible County-appointed members for each meeting they attend. Payouts will be completed quarterly in January, April, July, and October—first payments will be distributed in October 2023. Meeting attendance will be verified by the Clerk's Office with staff liaisons or chairpersons. Stipends will be provided retroactively for meetings attended since July 1, 2023. Durham County employees are not eligible for the stipend program.
Members of the eligible boards listed below who are not Durham County employees and want to opt-in: please contact Tania De Los Santos, Senior Administrative Assistant, at tdelossantos@dconc.gov or (919) 560-0072. Opting in will require members to complete and return a W9 and Vendor form.
Payouts are distributed via check only. All checks will be mailed to the address the Clerk’s Office has on file unless otherwise specified.
Quick Facts
- Program is "opt-in" and requires submission of W9 and Vendor forms.
- $50 per meeting.
- Payments are based on attendance records.
- Payments are completed quarterly in January, April, July, and October.
- Payments will be distributed via check only beginning in October 2023.
- Durham County employees are not eligible for the stipend program.
- Animal Welfare Advisory Committee
- Audit Oversight Committee
- Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission
- Board of Adjustment
- Board of Health
- Boxing and Wrestling Commission
- Citizens Advisory Committee
- City-County Appearance Commission
- Community Child Protection/Child Fatality Prevention Team
- Criminal Justice Advisory Committee
- Dangerous Dog Appeal Board
- Department of Social Services Board
- Discover Durham Tourism Development Authority
- Durham Convention Center Authority
- Durham County Women’s Commission
- Durham Cultural Advisory Board
- Durham Open Space and Trails Commission
- Durham Planning Commission
- Durham Racial Equity Commission
- Durham Sports Commission
- Durham Technical Community College Board of Trustees
- Environmental Affairs Board
- Farmland Protection Advisory Board
- GoTriangle Transit Advisory Committee
- Historic Preservation Commission
- Homeless Services Advisory Committee
- Juvenile Crime Prevention Council
- Library Board of Trustees
- Memorial Stadium Authority
- Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority