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) | |||||||||||
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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) |
10/19/2020 | Boston Free Library Association | 0800140770 | Boston/Erie | Buffalo & Erie County | Charter Amendment | Charter is amended to designate the service area to be coterminous with the Town of Boston and the Town of Colden. | 8,023 | Association | Town | 11,288 | Association | Other | |
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 | |
11/16/2020 | East Williston Public Library | 4400281980 | East Williston/ Nassau |
Nassau | Charter Amendment | Charter is amended to designate the service area to be the Village of East Williston; and to add the IRS and Commissioner of Education designation provisions. | 2,556 | Public | Village | 2,556 | Public | Village | |
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 | |
11/16/2020 | Victor Farmington Library | 6400436670 | Victor/ Ontario |
Pioneer | Charter Amendment | Charter is amended to designate trustee terms of 3 years. | 22,766 | Association | School District | 22,766 | Association | School District | |
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 |
10/19/2020 | Brunswick Community Library | 8400490680 | Brunswick/ Rensselaer |
Upper Hudson | Charter Amendment | Charter is amended to specify a range of 5 to 15 trustees with the current number being 10. | 11,941 | Association | Town | 11,941 | Association | 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:
June 15, 2023 -- sm