Regents-Approved Library Charter Actions: 2019
Note: See also below for the same chart in reverse chronological order, with newest first.
2019
Charter Actions By System |
Old (2018) |
New (2019) |
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| Date | Name | Library ID Code |
Community/ County |
System | Action | Detail | *Pre-Charter Action Population | Type | Area | *Current Population | Type | Area | **Local Fiscal Year (FY) |
| 6/4/2019 | Ewell Free Library | 0800140100 | Alden/Erie | Buffalo and Erie | Charter Amendment | Charter is amended to designate the service area to be the town of Alden; to specify a range of 5 to 25 trustees with the current number being 5; and to add the IRS and Commissioner of Education designation provisions. | 2,605 | Association | Village | 10,865 | Association | Town | |
| 1/15/2019 | Town of North Collins Public Library | 0800144610 | North Collins/Erie | Buffalo and Erie | Petition for Merger | Town of North Collins Public Library and The North Collins Library Association merged; surviving corporation is Town of North Collins Public Library. Merger specifies a range of 5 to 11 trustees with the current number being 8; and designates trustee terms of 5 years. | 3,523 | Public | Town | 3,523 | Public | Town | |
| 4/9/2019 | Your Home Public Library of Johnson City | 2800033300 | Johnson City/ Broome |
Four County | Charter Amendment | Charter is amended to designate the service area as the village of Johnson City; to specify a range of 7 to 11 trustees with the current number being 7; to change the name to Your Home Public Library; and to add the IRS and Commissioner of Education designation provisions. | 15,174 | Public | Village | 15,174 | Public | Village | |
| 4/9/2019 | Middleburgh Library | 4000544060 | Middleburgh/ Schoharie |
Mohawk Valley | Charter Amendment | Charter is amended to designate trustee terms of 3 years; to also authorize the corporation to establish, conduct, maintain and operate a museum; and to add the IRS and Commissioner of Education designation provisions. | 6,433 | Association | School District | 6,433 | Association | School District | |
| 2/11/2019 | Bloomfield Public Library | 6400431880 | East Bloomfield/ Ontario |
Pioneer | Dissolution | Charter of the Bloomfield Public Library, a town public library, is dissolved and the Library's assets are transferred to the Bloomfield Public Library, a school district public library, serving the residents of the Bloomfield Central School District. | 3,634 | Public | Town | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 1/15/2019 | Wolcott Public Library | 6400657170 | Wolcott/Wayne | Pioneer | Charter Amendment | Charter is amended to designate trustee terms of 3 years; and to add the IRS provision. | 1,701 | Association | Village | 1,701 | Assocation | Village | |
| 1/15/2019 | Annie Porter Ainsworth Memorial Library | 5600465840 | Sandy Creek/ Oswego |
North Country | Charter Amendment | Charter is amended to designate the service area to be the town of Sandy Creek; to specify a range of 5 to 15 trustees with the current number being 5; and to add the IRS and Commissioner of Education designation provisions. | 3,939 | Public | Town | 3,939 | Public | Town | |
| 1/15/2019 | Lyme Free Library | 5600221270 | Lyme/Jefferson | North Country | Charter Amendment | Charter is amended to designate the service area to be the town of Lyme; to specify a range of 7 to 13 trustees with the current number being 7; and to add the IRS and Commissioner of Education designation provisions. | 2,185 | Association | Town | 2,185 | Association | Town | |
| 4/9/2019 | Hendrick Hudson Free Library | 8800664230 | Montrose/ Westchester |
Westchester | Charter Amendment | Charter is amended to designate trustee terms of 3 years; and to add the IRS provision. | 16,618 | Association | School District | 16,618 | Association | School District | |
| 2/11/2019 | The Somers Library | 8800666170 | Somers/ Westchester |
Westchester | Charter Amendment | Charter is amended to specify a range of 5 to 9 trustees, the current number being 5; and to add the IRS provision. | 20,434 | Public | Town | 20,434 | Public | Town | |
** 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 19, 2019 -- sm