2024 Procedure Committee Invites Residents to Run for CNC

To the Editor:
The Procedure Committee (PC) invites Scarsdale residents to run for a position on the nonpartisan Citizens Nominating Committee (CNC). Thirty voting members on the CNC, six representing each of the five elementary school districts, will interview, evaluate, and select candidates running on the nonpartisan slate for open Village offices in the March 18, 2025 Village Election.

A candidate for membership on the CNC must be a qualified voter (18 years of age or older) and a resident of Scarsdale for at least two years. The CNC application is simple, consisting of a biographical form and a 10-signature petition signed by the applicant’s neighbors. Instructions for filing can be downloaded on the PC’s website at www.scarsdaleprocedurecommittee.org. The deadline for submitting the CNC application is Monday, September 30, 2024. The CNC election will be held on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from 7 am to 9 pm or by mail-in ballot.

The CNC meets 5 or 6 times on weekday evenings at 8 PM at the Scarsdale Library.CNC meeting dates for 2024-2025 are Wednesday, December 4th, 2024 (Organization Meeting); Wednesday, December 11, 2024; Wednesday, December 18, 2024; Wednesday, January 8, 2025; Wednesday, January 15, 2025; and if necessary, Wednesday, January 25, 2025. All meetings begin at 8 PM.. By its last meeting date the CNC will nominate a nonpartisan slate of candidates for the open positions on this year on the Scarsdale Board of Trustees.

For more information contact PC Chair Heath Sroka, [email protected] or PC Vive Chair Ralph Geer, [email protected] . The other members of the 2024-2025 Procedure Committee are: Elaine Weir, Manisha Maria, Rohini Shani, Rebecca Chase, David Peretz, Jeremy Perelman, Nikki Dragisty, Christopher Burrows, Matt Chesler, Andrew Gorrin & Andrew Sereysky.
Heath Sroka, Chair Ralph Geer, Vice Chair Procedure Committee