{"id":76712,"date":"2017-01-10T22:18:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T03:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=76712"},"modified":"2017-01-09T19:24:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T00:24:57","slug":"candidates-sought-for-two-opl-board-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=76712","title":{"rendered":"Candidates sought for two OPL Board seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_61797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61797\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=61797\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61797\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61797\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/oneida-public-library-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Oneida Public Library\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/oneida-public-library.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/oneida-public-library-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oneida Public Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Oneida Public Library Board of Trustees invites adult residents of the OPL Special Legislature Library District who are interested in running as candidates for one of two open board seats to pick up voter petition forms at the library, 220 Broad St., Oneida.<\/p>\n<p>To get on the ballot for the trustee election, which will be held <span data-term=\"goog_2137968808\">Tuesday, March 7, 2017<\/span>, each candidate must collect a minimum of 25 signatures of registered voters who reside in the OPL Special Library District. The Special District is coextensive with the Oneida City School District. It includes Durhamville, Oneida City, Oneida Castle, Wampsville and portions of Sylvan Beach <!--more-->and the towns of Lenox, Lincoln, Vernon, Verona and Vienna. Completed petitions must be returned to the library by<span data-term=\"goog_2137968809\">Friday, February 3<\/span>, at <span data-term=\"goog_2137968810\">5 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A duly elected member of the OPL Board of Trustees serves a five-year term without reimbursement. The two members elected this coming <span data-term=\"goog_2137968811\">March 7<\/span> will serve on the board from <span data-term=\"goog_2137968812\">July 1, 2017 until June 30, 2022<\/span>, in line with the library\u2019s fiscal year that begins <span data-term=\"goog_2137968813\">July 1<\/span> and runs to <span data-term=\"goog_2137968814\">June 30<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The OPL board currently consists of George Richard Kinsella, Jr. (president), Lillian White (vice-president), Charles Chambers (treasurer), Patricia Albaugh (secretary), Heather de la Riva, Robert Wilkins and Katherine Wojciechowski.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact the OPL Board Secretary, Patricia Albaugh, at 761-9701, or the Oneida Library at 363-3050.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oneida Public Library Board of Trustees invites adult residents of the OPL Special Legislature Library District who are interested in running as candidates for one of two open board seats to pick up voter petition forms at the library, 220 Broad St., Oneida. 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