Regents-Approved Library Charter Actions: 2008
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Library ID Code | Name | Community/ County |
System | Action | Detail | Date | Popu. (2000 Census) | Type | Area | Popu. (2000 Census) | Type | Area |
1200045340 | Portville Free Library | Portville/ Cattaraugus |
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus | Amendment | Amended to specify the service area to be the Town of Portville; to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 11/17/2008 |
3,952 |
Association |
Town |
3,952 |
Association |
Town |
The Friends of James Prendergast Library Association | Jamestown/ Chautauqua |
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus | Certificate of Incorporation | Friends group incorporated to support the James Prendergast Library Association. | 11/17/2008 |
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2000096930 | Dodge Library | West Chazy/ Clinton |
Clinton-Essex-Franklin | Provisional | New special legistative district public library serving the residents of the Dodge library district as established in Chapter 646 of the Laws of 2006 to consist of the Town of Chazy except for that portion of the Town of Chazy which is located in the Chazy Union Free School District. Succeeds the Dodge Library, a public school district library. | 10/20/2008 | 1,200 |
Public |
Special Legislative District |
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2000096930 | Dodge Library | West Chazy/ Clinton |
Clinton-Essex-Franklin | Amendment | Amended nunc pro tunc to clarify the Board of Regents approval of the library's purposes to specify the corporate purposes are to operate a public library to serve the residents of the Dodge Library District as established in Chapter 646 of the Laws of 2006 to consist of Chazy, Clinton County, except that portion of the town of Chazy which is located in the Chazy Union Free School District and to delete the incorrect reference to the corporate purposes in the October 20, 2008, provisional charter. | 12/16/2008 | 1,816 | Public | Special Legislative District | 1,816 | Public | Special Legislative District |
2000156700 | Wadhams Free Library | Wadhams/ Essex |
Clinton-Essex-Franklin | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the Town of Westport; to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 10/20/2008 |
250 |
Association |
Village |
1,362 |
Association |
Town |
2400050330 | Seymour Public Library District | Auburn/ Cayuga |
Finger Lakes | Extension | Provisional charter extended to September 16, 2013. | 9/16/2008 |
35,373 |
Public |
Special Legislative District |
35,373 |
Public |
Special Legislative District |
2400111610 | Cortland Free Library | Cortland/ Cortland |
Finger Lakes | Amendment | Amended to increase the service area from the City of Cortland to include the Town of Cortlandville and the Town of Virgil; to designate the Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 2/12/2008 |
25,617 |
Association |
Other |
28,946 |
Association |
Other |
2400600500 | Apalachin Library Association | Apalachin / Tioga |
Finger Lakes | Provisional | A new association library chartered to serve the residents of the Apalachin Census Designated Place (CDP) according to the 2000 U.S. Census. | 5/20/2008 |
1,126 |
Association |
Other |
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2400613500 | Lansing Community Library | Lansing / Tompkins | Finger Lakes | Provisional | A new public school district library chartered to serve the residents of the Lansing Central School District. | 3/18/2008 |
6,931 |
Public |
School District |
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3200136270 | Staatsburg Library District | Staatsburg/ Dutchess |
Mid-Hudson | Amendment and Absolute | Amended to change the corporate name to "Staatsburg Library" and as amended made absolute. | 9/16/2008 |
3,862 |
Public |
Special Legislative District |
3,862 |
Public |
Special Legislative District |
3600212350 | Frankfort Free Library | Frankfort/ Herkimer |
Mid-York | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the Village of Frankfort; to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 10/20/2008 |
2,537 |
Association |
Village |
2,537 |
Association |
Village |
3600214750 | Old Forge Library | Old Forge/ Herkimer |
Mid-York | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the Town of Webb. | 10/20/2008 |
1,912 |
Association |
Town |
1,912 |
Association |
Town |
3600251860 | Earlville Free Library | Earlville/ Madison |
Mid-York | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the Village of Earlville; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporationn for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 12/16/2008 | 791 | Association | Village | 791 | Association | Village |
3600254410 | New Woodstock Free Library | New Woodstock/ Madison |
Mid-York | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen and to designate the service area of the library to be the census tracts numbered 360530305022014, 360530305022015, 360530305022024 through 360530305022064 inclusive, 360530305022066 through 360530305022078 inclusive, and 360530305022999 according to census 2000 for a total population of 900 persons. | 10/20/2008 |
900 |
Association |
Other |
900 |
Association |
Other |
3600411010 | Camden Library Association | Camden/ Oneida |
Mid-York | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the Village of Camden; to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 10/20/2008 |
2,330 |
Association |
Village |
2,330 |
Association |
Village |
3600415510 | Didymus Thomas Library | Remsen/ Oneida |
Mid-York | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the Village of Remsen. | 12/16/2008 | 531 | Association | Village | 531 | Association | Village |
3600416590 | Utica Public Library | Utica / Oneida | Mid-York | Amendment | Amended to change the terms of office of the trustees to be three years with a maximum of three consecutive terms, with the terms of the trustees adjusted so that a substantially equal number of trustee terms expire in 2008, 2009 and 2010, with the individual terms to be determined by drawing lots. | 3/18/2008 | 60,651 |
Association |
City |
60,651 |
Association |
City |
3600416650 | Vernon Public Library | Vernon/ Oneida |
Mid-York | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the Village of Vernon; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than twenty-five; to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 10/20/2008 |
1,155 |
Association |
Village |
1,155 |
Association |
Village |
3600417020 | Western Town Library | Westernville/ Oneida |
Mid-York | Amended | Amended to specify the service area to be the Town of Western; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than twenty-five; to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 11/17/2008 |
2,029 |
Association |
Town |
2,029 |
Association |
Town |
4000270200 | Amsterdam Free Library | Amsterdam/ Montgomery |
Mohawk Valley | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the City of Amsterdam and the Town of Amsterdam; and to change the number of trustees from thirteen to be not less than five nor more than fifteen. | 12/16/2008 | 18,355 | Association | City | 24,175 | Association | Other |
4000541473 | The Community Library | Cobleskill/ Schoharie |
Mohawk Valley | Amendment | Amended to change the number of trustees from seven to be not less than five nor more than fifteen. | 12/16/2008 | 13,525 | Public | School District | 13,525 | Public | School District |
4000546030 | Sharon Springs Free Library | Sharon Springs/ Schoharie |
Mohawk Valley | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the Town of Sharon and to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than thirteen. | 10/20/2008 |
1,843 |
Association |
Town |
1,843 |
Association |
Town |
4200262190 | Fairport Public Library | Fairport/ Monroe |
Monroe | Amendment | Amended to change the number of trustees from five to be not less than five nor more than fifteen; to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 9/16/2008 |
40,055 |
Public |
School District |
40,055 |
Public |
School District |
4200262190 | Fairport Public Library | Fairport/ Monroe |
Monroe | Amendment | Amended to define the service area to be the Fairport Central School District. | 11/17/2008 |
40,055 |
Public |
School District |
40,055 |
Public |
School District |
4200262620 | Greece Public Library | Greece/ Monroe |
Monroe | Amendment | Amended to change the number of trustees from seven to be not less than five nor more than fifteen; to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 9/16/2008 |
94,141 |
Public |
Town |
94,141 |
Public |
Town |
4200263180 | Irondequoit Public Library | Irondequoit/ Monroe |
Monroe | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen; to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 10/20/2008 |
52,354 |
Public |
Town |
52,354 |
Public |
Town |
4400284620 | North Merrick Public Library | North Merrick/ Nassau |
Nassau | Amendment | Amended to provide that board vacancies due to cause other than expiration of a term shall be filled by board appointment not for the balance of the unexpired term of the vacancy, but, instead, shall be filled by board appointment for a term to extend only to the date of the next scheduled board of trustees election. | 10/20/2008 |
13,936 |
Public |
School District |
13,936 |
Public |
School District |
4400284730 | Oceanside Library | Oceanside/ Nassau |
Nassau | Amendment | Amended to designate the service area to be the Oceanside Union Free School District. | 10/20/2008 |
37,508 |
Association |
School District |
37,508 |
Association |
School District |
5200403580 | Lewiston Public Library | Lewiston/ Niagara |
Nioga | Amendment and Absolute | Amended to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code; and as amended made absolute. | 9/16/2008 |
13,348 |
Public |
Other |
13,348 |
Public |
Other |
5600221740 | Depauville Free Library | Depauville/ Jefferson |
North Country | Amendment | Amended to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 9/16/2008 |
2,996 |
Public |
Other |
2,996 |
Public |
Other |
5600231530 | Constableville Library | Constableville/ Lewis |
North Country | Amendment | Amended to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 5/20/2008 |
305 |
Association |
Village |
305 |
Association |
Village |
Potsdam Public Library and Reading Room | Potsdam/ St. Lawrence |
North Country | Dissolution | Dissolution of town public library and the distribution of the corporation's assets to the Potsdam Public Library, a school district public library, which was granted an absolute charter in the first instance on June 25, 2007, to serve the residents of the Potsdam Central School District. | 6/24/2008 | |||||||
6000423870 | Manlius Library | Manlius/ Onondaga |
Onondaga | Amendment | Amended to change the number of trustees from eight to be not less than nine more more than fifteen. | 9/16/2008 |
10,940 |
Association |
Other |
10,940 |
Association |
Other |
6400242470 | Wadsworth Library | Geneseo/ Livingston |
Pioneer | Absolute in the first instance | New school district public library established to serve the residents of the Geneseo Central School District. Succeeds the Wadsworth Library, an association town library. | 9/16/2008 |
9,654 |
Association |
Town |
10,730 |
Public |
School District |
6400431040 | Wood Library Association of Canandaigua | Canandaigua/ Ontario |
Pioneer | Amendment | Amended to specify the service area to be the Canandaigua City School District; to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen; to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 11/17/2008 |
23,795 |
Association |
School District |
23,796 |
Association |
School District |
6400430130 | Allen's Hill Free Library | Allen's Hill (Bloomfield)/ Ontario |
Pioneer | Amendment | Amended to to designate the service area of the library to be the census blocks numbered 360690520001000, 360690520001001, 360690520001005, 360690520001006, 360690520001007, 360690520001008, 360690520001009, 360690520001014, 360690520002001, 360690520002002, 360690520002003, 360690520002004, 360690520002005, 360690520002006, 360690520002007, 360690520002008, 360690520002009, 360690520002010, 360690520002011, 360690520002012, 360690520002016, 360690520002017, 360690520002018 according to census 2000 for a total population of 318 persons, to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen; to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 10/20/2008 |
311 |
Association |
Village |
318 |
Association |
Other |
6400433020 | Honeoye Public Library | Honeoye (Richmond)/ Ontario |
Pioneer | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than twenty-five. | 10/20/2008 |
3,452 |
Association |
Town |
3,452 |
Association |
Town |
6400653795 | Macedon Public Library | Macedon/ Wayne |
Pioneer | Amendment | Amended to change the number of trustees from eight to be not less than five nor more than fifteen. | 9/16/2008 |
8,688 |
Public | Town | 8,688 |
Public |
Town |
6400676110 | Town of Gainesville Public Library | Gainesville/ Wyoming |
Pioneer | Amendment | Amended to change the number of trustees from five to be not less than five nor more that fifteen; to designate the Commissioner of Education as agent of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 1/15/2008 |
2,333 |
Public |
Town |
2,333 |
Public |
Town |
6400656150 | Sodus Free Library | Sodus/ Wayne |
Pioneer | Amendment | Amended to specify the number of trustees to be not less than five nor more than fifteen; to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 10/20/2008 |
1,735 |
Association |
Village |
1,735 |
Association |
Village |
6400656150 | Pike Library | Pike/ Wyoming |
Pioneer | Amendment | Amended to specify the service area to be the Town of Pike; to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 11/17/2008 |
1,086 |
Association |
Town |
1,086 |
Association |
Town |
n/a | The Friends of the Ontario Public Library | Ontario/Wayne | Pioneer | Certificate of Incorporation | Friends group incorporated to support the Ontario Public Library. | 1/15/2008 |
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Perry Public Library | Perry/ Wyoming |
Pioneer | Dissolution | Dissolution of town public library and the distribution of the corporation's assets to the Perry Public Library, a school district public library, which was granted an absolute charter in the first instance on October 4, 2002, to serve the residents of the Perry Central School District. | 10/20/2008 |
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7200000000 | Ramapo Catskill Library System | Middletown/ Orange |
Ramapo Catskill | Amendment | Amended to change the number of trustees from eleven to be not less than five nor more than twenty-five; to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 9/16/2008 | ||||||
7200445140 | Pine Bush Area Public Library District | Pine Bush / Orange | Ramapo Catskill | Provisional | A new special legislative district public library, established in Chapter 299 of the Laws of 2007, chartered to serve the residents of the library district comprised of the Town of Crawford in Orange County and that portion of the Town of Shawangunk which lies within the Pine Bush Central School District in Ulster County. Succeeds the Town of Crawford Free Library, an association town library. | 3/18/2008 |
7,875 |
Association |
Town |
13,835 |
Public |
Special Legislative District |
7200446540 | Tuxedo Park Library | Tuxedo/ Orange |
Ramapo Catskill | Amendment | Amended to define the service area to be the Town of Tuxedo; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporationn for the purpose of service of process; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 12/16/2008 | 3,334 | Association | Town | 3,334 | Association | Town |
7200506125 | Sloatsburg Public Library | Sloatsburg/ Rockland |
Ramapo Catskill | Amendment | Amended to change the number of trustees from five to be not less than five nor more than fifteen. | 12/16/2008 | 3,117 | Public | Village | 3,117 | Public | Village |
7600636340 | Stony Creek Free Library | Stony Creek/ Warren |
Southern Adirondack | Amendment | Amended to change the number of trustees from five to be not less than five nor more that fifteen; to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 5/20/2008 |
743 |
Association |
Town |
743 |
Association |
Town |
7600647080 | Whitehall Free Library | Whitehall/ Washington |
Southern Adirondack | Amendment | Amended to define the service area to be the Whitehall Central 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. | 1/15/2008 |
4,093 |
Association |
Town |
4,941 |
Association |
School District |
7600522500 | Galway Public Library | Galway/ Saratoga |
Southern Adirondack | Dissolution | Dissolution of town public library and the distribution of the corporation's assets to the Galway Public Library, a school district public library, which was granted a provisional charter on October 23, 2007, to serve the residents of the Galway Central School District. | 1/15/2008 |
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7800570490 | Dormann Library | Bath/ Steuben |
Southern Tier | Amendment | Amended to change the number of trustees from nine to be not less than nine nor more than fifteen. | 5/20/2008 |
11,286 |
Association |
School District |
11,286 |
Association |
School District |
8800660280 | North Castle Public Library | Armonk/ Westchester |
Westchester | Amendment | Amended to change the number of trustees from five to be not less than five nor more than nine. | 12/16/2008 | 10,849 | Public | Town | 10,849 | Public | Town |
8800664290 | Mount Kisco Public Library | Mount Kisco/ Westchester |
Westchester | Amendment | Amended to change the number of trustees from five to not less than five nor more than seven; to designate the Commissioner of Education as representative of the corporation; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 6/24/2008 | 9,983 | Public | Village | 9,983 | Public | Village |
8800665770 | Rye Free Reading Room | Rye/ Westchester |
Westchester | Amendment | Amended to specity the number of trustees to be not less than fifteen nor more than twenty-five. | 10/20/2008 |
14,955 |
Association |
City |
14,955 |
Association |
City |
8800666190 | South Salem Library | Lewisboro/ Westchester |
Westchester | Amendment | Amended to change the corporate name to "Lewisboro Library". | 5/20/2008 |
12,324 |
Association |
Town |
12,324 |
Association |
Town |
8800664230 | Hendrick Hudson Free Library | Montrose/ Westchester |
Westchester | Amendment | Amended to specify the service area to be the Hendrick Hudson Central School District; and to change the number of trustees from five to be not less than seven nor more than eleven. | 12/16/2008 | 15,642 | Association | School District | 15,642 | Association | School District |
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