Regents-Approved Library Charter Actions: 2005
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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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0800144610 | Town of North Collins Public Library | North Collins/ Erie | Buffalo & Erie County | Absolute | Provisional charter made absolute. | 11/3/05 |
3,376 |
Public |
Town |
3,376 |
Public |
Town |
0800587040 | Westhampton Free Library | Westhampton Beach/ Suffolk | Suffolk Cooperative | Amendment | Amended to increase the maximum number of trustees from five to seven, to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of process, and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 11/3/05 |
5,759 |
Association |
School District |
5,759 |
Association |
School District |
1200040120 | Allegany Public Library | Allegany/ Cattaraugus | Chautauqua- Cattaraugus | Amendment | Amended to specify the chartered service area as to the village of Allegany, and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 5/17/05 |
1,883 |
Public |
Village |
1,883 |
Public |
Village |
1200060290 | Ashville Free Library | Ashville/ Chautauqua | Chautauqua- Cattaraugus | Amendment | Amended to delete service to School District Number Three and specify the service area as the town of North Harmony, and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 5/17/05 |
2,301 |
Association |
Village |
2,521 |
Association |
Town |
1200063390 | Kennedy Free Library | Poland/ Chautauqua | Chautauqua- Cattaraugus | Amendment | Amended to specify the chartered service area as to the town of Poland, and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 5/17/05 |
2,467 |
Association |
Town |
2,467 |
Association |
Town |
2000152070 | Elizabethtown Library Association | Elizabethtown/Essex | Clinton- Essex- Franklin | Amendment | Amended to expand the service area to include the Town of Lewis | 9/9/05 |
1,315 |
Association |
Town |
2,515 |
Association |
Other |
n/a | Public Library System Directors Organization | Poughkeepsie/ Dutchess | n/a | n/a | Certificate of Incorporation. The purpose for which the corporation is formed is to "Serve our members enabling them to improve their services and serve as a component of the statewide library network." | 5/17/05 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
3200190300 | D.R. Evarts Library District | Athens/ Greene |
Mid-Hudson | Absolute in the first instance | New special legislative district library established in Chapter 313 of the Laws of 2004 to include the town of Athens, Greene County, except those portions of the town of Athens which are included in the Catskill Library District or the Cairo Library District. Succeeds a public town library. | 2/8/05 |
3,991 |
Public |
Town |
3600 |
Public |
Special Legislative District |
3200131885 | East Fishkill Community Library | Hopewell Junction/ Dutchess | Mid-Hudson | Amendment | Amended to clarify the service area from "the community of Fishkill Plains and surrounding territory - Hopewell Junction, etc." to the Town of Fishkill; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 9/9/05 |
25,589 |
Association |
Town |
25,589 |
Association |
Town |
3200483830 | Mahopac Library | Mahopac/ Putnam | Mid-Hudson | Amendment | Amended to change the corporate name to Mahopac Public Library, to designate the Commissioner of Education as the representative of the corporation upon whom process may be served, and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 11/3/05 |
26,485 |
Public |
School District |
26,485 |
Public |
School District |
3200623420 | Kingston Library | Kingston/ Ulster | Mid-Hudson | Absolute | Provisional charter made absolute. | 11/3/05 |
23,456 |
Public |
Special Legislative District |
23,456 |
Public |
Special Legislative District |
4000172520 | Gloversville Public Library | Gloversville/ Fulton | Mohawk Valley | Absolute in the first instance | New public school district library serving the residents of the Enlarged Gloversville City School District. Succeeds an association city library (Gloversville Free Library). | 7/21/05 |
15,413 |
Association |
City |
19,003 |
Public |
School District |
4000541470 | The Community Library | Cobleskill/ Schoharie | Mohawk Valley | Absolute | Provisional charter made absolute. | 10/7/05 |
13,525 |
Public |
School District |
13,525 |
Public |
School District |
4200262700 | Hamlin Public Library | Hamlin/ Monroe | Monroe | Absolute | Provisional charter made absolute. | 5/17/05 |
9,355 |
Public |
Town |
9,335 |
Public |
Town |
4400280080 | Shelter Rock Public Library | Shelter Rock/ Nassau |
Albertson | Amendment | Amended to include residents in that portion of North Hills by the following exterior boundaries: the southerly boundary line of the village of North Hills, the easterly boundary line of the Great Neck School District, the southerly boundary line of the Manhasset School District, the southerly boundary line of the Roslyn School District, and the easterly boundary line of the village of North Hills as authorized by Chapter 972 of the Laws of 1962. | 2/8/05 |
26,419 |
Public |
Special Legislative District |
29,399 |
Public |
Special Legislative District |
5200181560 | Corfu Free Library | Corfu/ Genesee | Nioga | Amendment | Amended to clarify the service area from "the Village of Corfu and vicinity" to the Town of Pembroke; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the representative of the corporation upon whom process may be served, and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 9/9/05 |
795 |
Association |
Village |
4,530 |
Association |
Village |
5200181560 | Corfu Free Library | Corfu/ Genesee | Nioga | Amendment | Amended to designate the Commissioner of Education as the representative of the corporation upon whom process may be served. | 10/7/05 |
4,530 |
Association |
Village |
4,530 |
Association |
Village |
5200407250 | Youngstown Free Library | Youngstown/ Niagara | Nioga | Amendment | Amended to clarify the service area from "Youngstown and the first two election towns of Porter" to "Commencing at the point where Lake Ontario meets the Niagara River and then east along Lake Ontario Shore Line to the point where Six Mile Creek enters the Town of Porter and then south along Six Mile Creek to where Six Mile Creek intersects Porter Center Road and then south along Porter Center Road to the Town Line between Porter and Lewiston and then west along the Town Line until the Town Line meets the Niagara River and then in a northerly direction along the Niagara River to the said place of beginning"; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 9/9/05 |
3,972 |
Association |
Village |
4,899 |
Association |
Other |
5600511520 | Hepburn Library | Colton/ St. Lawrence | North Country | Amendment | Amended to change the number of trustees from five to not less than five nor more than fifteen, to designate the Commissioner of Education as the representative of the corporation upon whom process may be served, and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 5/17/05 |
1,453 |
Public |
Town |
1,453 |
Public |
Town |
5600514573 | Hepburn Library of Norfolk | Norfolk/ St. Lawrence | North Country | Amendment | Amended to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of process, and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 11/3/05 |
4,565 |
Public |
Town |
4,565 |
Public |
Town |
5600515760 | Russell Public Library | Russell/ St. Lawrence | North Country | Amendment and Extension of Provisional Charter | Amended to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code, and to extend the provisional charter to October 7, 2010. | 10/7/05 |
1,913 |
Public |
Town |
1,913 |
Public |
Town |
6400432530 | Gorham Free Library | Gorham/ Ontario | Pioneer | Amendment | Amended to delete service to the Marcus Whitman School District and specify the service area as the towns of Gorham and Seneca. | 5/17/05 |
3,776 |
Association |
Town |
6,507 |
Association |
Other |
6400657170 | Wolcott Civic Free Library | Wolcott/ Wayne |
Pioneer | Amendment | Amended to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of process, and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 3/15/05 |
1,712 |
Association |
Village |
1,712 |
Association |
Village |
7200504360 | The New City Free Library | New City/ Rockland | Ramapo Catskill | Amendment | Amended to clarify the service area from "primarily the residents of New City, Bardonia, Congers (by contract all residents of the Clarkstown Central School District No. 1, including additionally West Nyack and the Town of Clarkstown by 1969 census)" to the census designated populations of New City, Bardonia and Congers; and to add 501©(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 9/9/05 |
46,708 |
Association |
Other |
46,708 |
Association |
Other |
7200506360 | Suffern Free Library | Suffern/ Rockland | Ramapo Catskill | Amendment | Amended to change the chartered service area from "Suffern and vicinity" to the "Ramapo Central School District" and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 5/17/05 |
27,426 |
Association |
Other |
27,426 |
Association |
School District |
7200506970 | West Nyack Free Library | West Nyack/ Rockland | Ramapo Catskill | Amendment | Amended to change the chartered service area from "West Nyack Library District-West Nyack portion of Clarkstown School District No. 1" to "the Census Designated Places of West Nyack and Bardonia" and to 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 5/17/05 |
3,282 |
Association |
Village |
7,649 |
Association |
Other |
7200593350 | Western Sullivan Public Library | Jeffersonville/ Sullivan | Ramapo Catskill | Absolute | Provisional charter made absolute. | 12/9/05 |
10,162 |
Public |
School District |
10,162 |
Public |
School District |
7200621630 | Cragsmoor Free Library | Cragsmoor/ Ulster | Ramapo Catskill | Amendment | Amended to change the number of trustees from five to not less than five nor more than nine, to designate the Commissioner of Education as the representative of the corporation upon whom process may be served, and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 5/17/05 |
474 |
Association |
Other |
474 |
Association |
Other |
7600522500 | Galway Public Library | Galway/ Saratoga | Southern Adirondack | Extension of Provisional Charter | Provisional charter extended to October 7, 2010. | 10/7/05 |
3,589 |
Public |
Town |
3,589 |
Public |
Town |
7600630795 | Horicon Free Library | Brant Lake/ Warren |
Southern Adirondack | Absolute | Provisional charter made absolute. | 2/8/05 |
1,479 |
Public |
Town |
1,479 |
Public |
Town |
7800025960 | Scio Free Library | Scio/ Allegany | Southern Tier | Amendment | Amended to change the corporate name to "Scio Memorial Library"; to increase the service area to the Scio Central School District; to designate the Commissioner of Education as the representative of the corporation upon whom process may be served, and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 5/17/05 |
1,914 |
Association |
Town |
2,408 |
Association |
School District |
7800571280 | Cohocton Public Library | Cohocton/Steuben | Southern Tier | Extension of Provisional Charter | Provisional charter extended to December 9, 2010. | 12/9/05 |
1,418 |
Association |
Town |
1,418 |
Association |
Town |
8000582020 | Elwood Public Library | Elwood/Suffolk | Suffolk Cooperative | Amendment and Absolute | Provisional charter made absolute; amended to change the terms of the trustees from three years to five years. | 12/9/05 |
13,023 |
Public |
School District |
13,023 |
Public |
School District |
8400011730 | Bethlehem Public Library | Delmar/Albany | Upper Hudson | Amendment | Amended to designate the Commissioner of Education as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 11/3/05 |
25,965 |
Public |
School District |
25,965 |
Public |
School District |
8400496300 | Stephentown Memorial Library | Stephentown/ Rensselaer | Upper Hudson | Amendment | Amended to change the number of trustees from the current seven to not less than five nor more than twenty-five. | 9/9/05 |
2,873 |
Association |
Town |
2,873 |
Association |
Town |
8800664640 | North Salem Free Library | North Salem/Westchester | Westchester | Amendment | Amended to change the corporate name to Ruth Keeler Memorial Library, to designate the Commissioner as the agent of the corporation for the purpose of process, and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 12/9/05 |
5,173 |
Association |
Town |
5,173 |
Association |
Town |
8800665410 | Purchase Free Library | Purchase/ Westchester | Westchester | Amendment | Amended to clarify the service area as follows: "Commencing at the junction of the Cross Westchester Expwy and Blind Brook traveling north along Blind Brook until it comes to the western corner of the Westchester Cnty Airport north of Lincoln Ave.; moving in a westerly direction along the southwest boundary of the Westchester Cnty Airport until it intersects with Rte 120; following Rte 120 north to the northern side of Kemnper Ln.; directly west from Kemnper Ln. until it intersects with Route 684; Route 684 south to Barnes Ln.; west on Barnes Ln. until it intersects with the Mamaroneck River; follow the Mamaroneck River south until it intersects with Westchester Ave.; southeast on Westchester Ave. of 1/3 mile; due east at that point until it intersects with the southeastern portion of Rte 684 that borders the western side of Manhattanville College; south on Rte 684 until Rte 684 intersects the Cross Westchester Expwy; southeast on the Cross Westchester Expwy until it reaches Blind Brook, back at the beginning point."; and to add 501(c)(3) language of the Internal Revenue Code. | 7/21/05 |
4,925 |
Association |
Village |
3,480 |
Association |
Other |
See also: Types of Libraries: A Comparison and New Public Library Districts 1999-present