Election petitions available now for two Florida library trustees seats

Florida - Trustee petitions for the annual Florida Public Library election on May 15 are now available at the library and the Florida School District office. In order to secure a place on the ballot, interested candidates must return a completed petition to the school office by 5 p.m. on Monday, April 16. Two library trustee seats will be on the ballot. Both are five-year terms and run from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2012. Trustees John Sgombick and David O’Neill are the current incumbents of the seats. Candidates must be qualified voters of the Florida School District. To learn more about the position of library trustee, contact library director Madelyn Folino at 651-7659. Interested parties are encouraged to review the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State which is available in the library’s reference section.