Regents-Approved Library Charter Actions: 2020
Note: See also below for the same chart in reverse chronological order, with newest first.
2020
| Charter Actions By System | Old (2019) | New (2020) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Name | Library ID Code |
Community/ County |
System | Action | Detail | *Pre-Charter Action Population | Type | Area | *Current Population | Type | Area | **Local Fiscal Year (FY) |
| 2/11/2020 | Patterson Library | 1200067030 | Westfield/ Chautauqua |
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus | Charter Amendment | Charter is amended to specify a range of 5 to 25 trustees with the current number being 17; and to designate trustee terms of 5 years. | 4,896 | Association | Town | 4,896 | Association | Town | |
| 2/11/2020 | Dodge Library | 2000096930 | West Chazy/ Clinton |
Clinton-Essex-Franklin | Extension of Provisional Charter | To extend provisional charter | 1,905 | Public | Special Legislative District | 1,905 | Public | Special Legislative District | |
| 1/14/2020 | Avon Free Library | 6400240370 | Avon/Livingston | Pioneer | Charter Amendment | Charter is amended to specify a range of 5 to 15 trustees with the current number being 6; to designate trustee terms of 3 years; and to add the IRS provision. | 7,164 | Association | Town | 7,164 | Association | Town | |
| 1/14/2020 | Wyoming Free Circulating Library Association | 6400677220 | Wyoming/ Wyoming |
Pioneer | Charter Amendment | Charter is amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Wyoming Central School District; to specify a range of 5 to 15 trustees with the current number being 9; to designate trustee terms of 5 years; and to add the IRS provision. | 434 | Association | Village | 1,755 | Association | School District | |
| 1/14/2020 | Moffat Library of Washingtonville |
7200446800 | Washingtonville/ Orange |
Ramapo Catskill | Charter Amendment | Charter is amended to specify a range of 5 to 15 trustees; and to remove the last sentence of Paragraph 3, "Vacancies due to cause other than expiration of term shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term by the library board of trustees." | 24,399 | Public | School District | 24,399 | Public | School District | |
| 5/4/2020 | Rockwell Falls Public Library | 7600633490 | Lake Luzerne/Warren | Southern Adirondack | Provisional Charter | A new school district public library is established to serve the residents of the Hadley-Luzerne Central School District; trustee terms of three years with a range of 5-15 trustees, the current number being 5. Succeeds the Hadley-Luzerne Public Library. | 5,395 | Public | Joint Town | 6,585 | Public | School District | 7/1-6/30 |
** When applicable: newly incorporated libraries only.
** When applicable: newly incorporated libraries only.
NOTES:
- The phrase ”IRS provision” refers to: the IRS dissolution language necessary for tax-exempt status under section 501(c)3.
- The phrase “Commissioner of Education designation provision” refers to: the designation of the Commissioner of Education as the representative of the corporation upon whom process in any action or proceeding against it may be served.
See also: Types of Libraries: A Comparison and New Public Library Districts 1999-present
Last Updated:
July 2, 2020 -- sm