Regents-Approved Library Charter Actions: 2006
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Library ID Code | Name | Community/ County |
System | Action | Detail | Date | Popu. (2000 Census) | Type | Area | Popu. (2000 Census) | Type | Area |
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0800143380 | Town of Tonawanda Public Library | Kenmore / Erie | Buffalo and Erie County | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees to a range of not less than five nor more than fifteen; to designate the Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 7/26/06 |
78,155 |
Public |
Town |
78,155 |
Public |
Town |
1200044760 | Olean Public Library | Olean/ Cattaraugus | Chautauqua-Cattaraugus | Amendment | Amended to change the number of trustees to a range of not less than five nor more than fifteen; candidates for the office of trustee shall be nominated by petition and shall be elected by the legal voters of the Olean City School District; to designate the Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 5/23/06 |
16,818 |
Public |
School District |
16,818 |
Public |
School District |
1200064050 | Alexander Findley Community Library | Mina / Chautauqua | Chautauqua-Cattaraugus | Extension of provisional charter | Provisional charter extended to September 11, 2011. | 9/11/06 |
1,176 |
Association |
Town |
1,176 |
Association |
Town |
2000091290 | Chazy Public Library | Chazy / Clinton | Clinton-Essex-Franklin | Amendment | Amended to
designate the service area as the Chazy Union Free School District, to
designate the Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation; and
to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. |
10/23/06 |
3,059 |
Public |
School District |
3,059 |
School District |
|
2400055240 | Hazard Library Association | Poplar Ridge / Cayuga | Finger Lakes | Amendment | Amended to designate the service are to be the Town of Venice; to designate the Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 9/11/06 | 1,286 |
Association |
Village |
1,286 |
Association |
Town |
2400113890 | Peck Memorial Library | Marathon / Cortland | Finger Lakes | Amendment | Amended to
change the number of trustees to a range of not less than five nor more
than fifteen; and to designate the Commissioner of Education as agent
of the corporation. |
12/4/06 |
1,063 |
Association |
Village |
1,063 |
Association |
Village |
2800120210 | Andes Public Library | Andes / Delaware | Four County | Absolute | Provisional charter made absolute. | 9/11/06 | 1,356 | Public |
Town |
1,356 |
Public |
Town |
Andes Public Library | Andes / Delaware | Four County | Dissolution | Dissolution
of charter and distribution of the corporation's assets to the Andes Public
Library (town public library chartered on September
10, 2004). |
10/23/06 |
Public |
Village |
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2800125730 | Roxbury Library | Roxbury / Delaware | Four County | Amendment | Amended to
change the corporate name to "Roxbury Library Association",
the designate the service area to be the Town of Roxbury; to designate
the Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation; and to add
501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. |
10/23/06 |
700 |
Association |
Village |
2,509 |
Association |
School District |
3200105090 | Philmont Public Library | Philmont / Columbia | Mid-Hudson | Amendment | Amended to
define the service area as the Village of Philmont; to designate the Commissioner
of Education as agent of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language
of the Internal Revenue Code. |
10/23/06 |
1,480 |
Public |
Village |
1,480 |
Public |
Village |
3200106610 | Valatie Free Library | Valatie/ Columbia |
Mid-Hudson | Amendment | Amended to
designate the service area as the Village of Valatie, the Census-Designated
Place (CDP) of Niverville (as of the 2000 Census), and that area of the
Town of Kinderhook to the east of and including Route 28B and Plum Tree
Drive and north of State Highway 203. |
12/4/06 |
1,712 |
Association |
Village |
1,712 |
Association |
Other |
3200135160 | Pine Plains Free Library | Pine Plains / Dutchess | Mid-Hudson | Amendment | Amended to
designate the Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation; and
to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. |
12/4/06 |
2,569 |
Public |
Town |
2,569 |
Public |
Town |
3200192660 | Greenville Public Library | Greenville/Greene | Mid-Hudson | Amendment | Amended to indicate the library's service area as the Town of Greenville. | 3/21/06 |
3,316 |
Public |
Town |
3,316 |
Public |
Town |
3200192710 | Haines Falls Free Library | Haines Falls / Greene | Mid-Hudson | Amendment | Amended to
increase the number of trustees from seven to eleven; to designate the
Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3)
language of the Internal Revenue Code. |
12/4/06 |
1,358 |
Association |
Village |
1,358 |
Association |
Village |
3600417180 | Woodgate Free Library | Woodgate/Oneida | Mid-York | Amendment | Amended to indicate the library's service area as the township of Forestport. | 3/21/06 |
400 |
Association |
Village |
1,692 |
Association |
Town |
5600233940 | William H. Bush Memorial Library | Martinsburg/Lewis | North Country | Amendment | Amendment to specify the library's service area as the Town of Martinsburg and to designate the Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation. | 6/20/06 |
350 |
Association |
Village |
1,249 |
Association |
Town |
5600467060 | Williamstown Library | Williamstown / Oswego | North Country | Provisional | New public town library chartered to serve the residents of the town of Williamstown. | 5/23/06 |
1,350 |
Public |
Town |
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5600462430 | Fulton Public Library | Fulton / Oswego | North Country | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees to a range of not less than five nor more than fifteen; to designate the Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 9/11/06 |
11,855 |
Public |
City |
11,855 |
Public |
City |
5600514690 | Norwood Library | Norwood / St. Lawrence | North Country | Amendment | Amended to
change the chartered service area from Norwood to the Norwood-Norfolk
Central School District that falls within the towns of Potsdam and Stockholm,
excluding those areas served by the Hepburn Library of Madrid and the
Hepburn Library of Norfolk; and to designate the Commissioner of Education
as agent of the corporation. |
10/23/06 |
1,685 |
Association |
Village |
3,766 |
Association |
Other |
6400432480 | Geneva Public Library | Geneva / Ontario | Pioneer | Absolute in the first instance | A new public school district library chartered to serve the residents of the Geneva City School District; will replace the Geneva Free Library | 2/14/06 |
16,906 |
Association |
City |
17,846 |
Public |
School District |
6400436070 | Red Jacket Community Library | Shortsville / Ontario | Pioneer | Extension of provisional charter | Provisional charter extended to February 14, 2011. | 2/14/06 |
5,694 |
Public |
School District |
5,694 |
Public |
School District |
6400654450 | Newark Public Library | Newark / Wayne | Pioneer | Absolute in the first instance | A new public
school district library chartered to serve the residents of the Newark
Central School District; will replace the public village library of the
same name. |
10/23/06 |
9,682 |
Public |
Village |
15,813 |
Public |
School District |
7200500700 | Blauvelt Free Library | Blauvelt / Rockland | Ramapo Catskill | Amendment | Amended to
define the service area as the Census Designated Place of Blauvelt, NY,
as of the 2000 Census, to designate the Commissioner of Education as agent
of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue
Code. |
10/23/06 |
5,207 |
Association |
Other |
5,207 |
Association |
Other |
7200622452 | Gardiner Library | Gardiner / Ulster | Ramapo Catskill | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustee to be not less than five nor more than fifteen. | 7/26/06 |
5,238 |
Public |
Town |
5,238 |
Public |
Town |
7600205460 | Raquette Lake Free Library | Raquette Lake / Hamilton | Southern Adirondack | Amendment | Amended to
define the service area as the Raquette Lake Union Free School District;
to designate the Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation;
and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. |
10/23/06 |
200 |
Association |
Village |
132 |
Association |
School
District |
7600526310 | Stillwater Free Library | Stillwater / Saratoga | Southern Adirondack | Amendment | Amended to
designate the service area to be the Town of Stillwater, excluding those
areas included in the Mechanicville School District which are served by
the Mechanicville District Public Library; to designate the Commissioner
of Education as agent of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language
of the Internal Revenue Code. |
10/23/06 |
6,368 |
Association |
Other |
6,368 |
Association |
Other |
7800072130 | Chemung County Library District | Elmira / Chemung | Southern Tier | Absolute in the first instance | A new special district library chartered to serve the residents of Chemung County; will replace the Steele Memorial Library and the Horseheads Free Library Association. [SEE: Chapter 380 of the Laws of 2005] | 2/14/06 |
91,070 |
Association |
County |
91,070 |
Public |
Special Legislative District |
7800630750 | Bolton Free Library | Bolton Landing/ Warren | Southern Adirondack | Amendment | Amended to define the service area as the town of Bolton, to designate the Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 5/23/06 |
2,117 |
Association |
Village |
2,117 |
Association |
Town |
7600633470 | Caldwell-Lake George Library | Lake George/Warren | Southern Adirondack | Amendment | Amended to enlarge the library's service area to the Town of Lake George; to designate the Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 3/21/06 |
985 |
Association |
Village |
3,578 |
Association |
Town |
7800572750 | Hammondsport Public Library | Hammondsport / Steuben | Southern Tier | Amendment | Amended to change the corporate name to "Fred and Harriet Taylor Memorial Library." | 1/10/06 |
2,546 |
Public |
Town |
2,546 |
Public |
Town |
7800575382 | Prattsburg Free Library | Prattsburg/Steuben | Southern Tier | Amendment | Amended to designate the Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 3/21/06 |
2,064 |
Association |
Town |
2,064 |
Association |
Town |
7800680790 | Branchport Free Library | Branchport / Yates | Southern Tier | Amendment | Amended to
designate the chartered service area to be bordered to the south by the
Steuben County line and commencing at a point on the part of Burke Hill
Rd. that intersects the Steuben Co. border and continuing northwest to
the intersection of Italy Valley Rd. and continuing along Italy Valley
Rd. in a northeasterly direction to the intersection of Lafler Rd., thence
south along Lafler Rd. to the intersection of Grady Rd., thence in an
easterly direction to the intersection of Bordwell Rd., thence in a southern
direction on Bordwell Rd. to the intersection of Sherman Hollow Rd., thence
in an eastern direction along Sherman Hollow Rd. to Friend Rd., thence
southeast along Friend Rd. to the intersection of Yatesville Rd., thence
south on Yatesville Rd. to the intersection of Valley Rd., thense southwest along Valley Rd., thence along the border of Keuka Lake to the Steuben Co. Border, thence along the Steuben Co. border to the point of beginning; to change the name of the corporation to be Modeste Bedient Memorial Library; to change the number of trustees to be no less than five nor more than seven; to designate the Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. |
12/4/06 |
300 |
Association |
Village |
1,595 |
Association |
Other |
8800664310 | Mount Vernon Public Library | Mount Vernon / Westchester | Westchester | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees to a range of not less than five nor more than fifteen; to designate the Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 7/26/06 |
68,381 |
Public |
School District |
68,381 |
Public |
School District |
8800666190 | Lewisboro Library | South Salem / Westchester | Westchester | Amendment | Amended to change the corporate name to "South Salem Library"; to increase the term of office for each trustee to four years, and to change the number of trustees to not less than nine or more than fifteen. | 2/14/06 |
12,324 |
Association |
Town |
12,324 |
Association |
Town |
n/a | Hiram Halle Memorial Library | Pound Ridge / Westchester | Westchester | Dissolution | Dissolution of charter and distribution of the corporation's assets to the Pound Ridge Library District (chartered on March 23, 2004). | 2/14/06 |
4,726 |
Association |
Town |
See also: Types of Libraries: A Comparison and New Public Library Districts 1999-present