Vote for the Citizen's Nominating Committee Today

The Scarsdale Village election for the Citizen’s Nominating Committee is just one week away. Voting will take place at Scarsdale Village Hall on Tuesday November 15th, 2011, from 7 - 9:30 A.M. and 2 - 9 P.M. However, if you won’t be able to get to the polls, you can download the ballot online and mail it in. The ballots are now available on the Procedure Committee web site at www.ScarsdaleProcedureCommittee.org , or can be picked up at the Scarsdale Public Library, Scarsdale Village Hall or can be requested from Michelle Lichtenberg, Chair of the Procedure Committee, (914-725-6545).

Absentee ballots must be received by the Scarsdale Post Office by 5PM Monday, November 14th. Print the ballot from the Procedure Committee website, fill it out and mail it to:

The Procedure Committee
P.O.Box 284
Scarsdale, New York 10583

Here's whos running for the Citizen's Nominating Committee:

Edgewood (Vote for 2)

Nathan M. Barotz
Betsy Bush
Michael Duncanson
Ken Kehoe

Fox Meadow (Vote for 2)

Linda Blair
Anita Mann
Salvatore Rao
Theodore Tyberg, MD

Greenacres (Vote for 3)

Glenn I. Fishman, MD
Michael Green
Barbara L. Jaffe
Mona Longman
Andrew Sereysky
JeannetteWarner-Goldstein

Heathcote (Vote for 2)

Norman Bernstein
Ray Cooper
David Michaels
Emilia Rodriguez

Quaker Ridge (Vote for 2)

Douglas R. Birns
Norbert Elsner, MD
Kenneth Keats
Joseph E. Sarachek

In addition, the ballot includes nine proposed amendments to the Non-Partisan Resolution.  They can be also be viewed on the Procedure Committee website and a summary of the amendmentsis below for your review. If approved, the proposed amendments would accomplish the objectives of encouraging broader participation in the election of members of the Citizens Nominating Committee, diversifying the membership of the Committee and avoiding the appearance of conflicts of interest on such Committee by:

1. Prohibiting two persons from the same household from simultaneously serving as a voting member of the CNC.

2. Prohibiting a former Mayor or Trustee of the Village from running for election to the CNC unless more than one election cycle (approximately 19 months) has passed since the person last served in such position.

3. Allowing residents to vote by mail-in ballot, accompanied by a certification of eligibility to vote.

4. Prohibiting any member of the Citizens Nominating Committee from simultaneously being a member of The Procedure Committee.

5. Prohibiting any person from serving as a voting member of the CNC for more than three consecutive years, except under circumstances where a person was elected to fill a one-year vacancy in the CNC.

6. Prohibiting any person from serving as a voting member of the CNC who is at the time of the election a member of certain other Village Committees or Boards.

7. Allowing the Procedure Committee to make recommendations on Rules of Procedure consistent with the purpose and provisions of the Non-Partisan Resolution.

8. Providing that any questions of compliance with the provisions of the Resolution shall be ruled on by the Chairperson, whose decision can only be overruled by a 2/3 vote of the voting members present.

9. Providing that no vote for any nominee for a particular office shall be taken at a meeting at which a Committee member has presented new information as to a nominee for such office based upon the Committee member’s personal experience.

Remember to vote on Tuesday November 15 at Scardale Village Hall.