Regents-Approved Library Charter Actions

2025
Date Name Community/County System Action Detail Pre-Charter Action Population Previous Type Previous Area Current Population Current Type Current Area
Skaneateles Library Association (chartered) and Skaneateles Library Association (incorporated) Skaneateles/Onondaga Onondaga County Petition for Merger Pre-Charter Action Population is Skaneateles Library Association-chartered and incorporated combined.

Skaneateles Library Association (chartered) and Skaneateles Library Association (incorporated) merged; surviving corporation is Skaneateles Library Association (chartered). 		7,112 Association/Association Town/Chartered and incorporated 7,112 Association Town
Fluvanna Free Library Fluvanna/Chautauqua Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Amendment Charter is amended to designate the service area to be the Bemus Point Central School District, minus the village of Bemus Point; to change the trustee term length from five years to three years; and to add the IRS designation provision. 2,864 Association Other 4,540 Association Other
Cheney Library Hoosick Falls/Rensselaer Upper Hudson Amendment Charter is amended to change the trustee term length from five years to three years; and to add the IRS designation provision. 6,711 Association  Town 6,711 Association Town
Morristown Public Library Morristown/St. Lawrence North Country Amendment Charter is amended to designate the service area to be the town of Morristown; and to add the IRS designation provision. 398 Assocation Village 2,082 Association Town
Warsaw Public Library Warsaw/Wyoming OWWL Amendment Charter is amended to state that the trustees shall be appointed by the Board of the Town of Warsaw. 5,316 Public Town 5,316 Public Town
Red Jacket Community Library Shortsville/Ontario OWWL Amendment Charter is amended to change the trustee term length from five years to three years; and to state that vacancies due to cause other than the expiration of term shall be filled by the board of trustees until the next election. 5,961 Public School District 5,961 Public School District
Haxton Memorial Library Oakfield/Genesee Nioga Dissolution Charter of the Haxton Memorial Library, a public town library, ceased operation and is dissolved. The successor library, the Haxton Memorial Public Library, was granted a provisional charter on December 12, 2023, as a school district public library serving the Oakfield-Alabama Central School District. 3,250 Public Town
Grafton Community Library Grafton/Rensselaer Upper Hudson Amendment Charter is amended to specify a range of trustees of 5 to 7 with the current number being 5. 2,051 Association Town 2,051 Association Town
Rockwell Falls Public Library Lake Luzerne/Warren Southern Adirondack Absolute Charter to Replace Provisional Charter Provisional charter made absolute. 6,143 Public School District 6,143 Public School District
E.J. Cottrell Memorial Library Atlanta/Steuben Southern Tier Amendment Charter is amended to specify a range of trustees of 5 to 9 with the current number being 5; and to add the IRS designation provision. 888 Association Other 888 Association Other
Roscoe Free Library and Livingston Manor Free Library Roscoe and Livingston Manor/Sullivan Ramapo Catskill Petition for Merger Roscoe Pre-Charter Action Population: 1,772

Livingston Manor Pre-Charter Action Population: 3,298

Roscoe Free Library and Livingston Manor Free Library merged; surviving corporation is Roscoe Free Library. The corporation name will be amended to Livingston Manor-Roscoe Library, serving the residents of the Livingston Manor-Roscoe Central School District now renamed as Rockland Central School District. Merger specifies a range of 11 to 18 trustees with the current number being sixteen and trustee terms of three years. 		Association/Association School District/School District 5,070 Assocation School District
Harrisville Free Library Harrisville/Lewis North Country Amendment Charter is amended to designate the service area to be the Harrisville Central School District; to specify a range of trustees of 5 to 15 with the current number being 5; and to add the IRS designation provision. 528 Association Village 2,219 Association School District
Dodge Library West Chazy/Clinton Clinton-Essex-Franklin Absolute Charter to Replace Provisional Charter Provisional charter made absolute. 1,855 Public Special Legislative District 1,855 Public Special Legislative District