Call for Candidates for the Citizens Nominating Committee

The Procedure Committee invites eligible Scarsdale residents to run for election to the Citizens Nominating Committee (CNC), the caucus of the Scarsdale Citizens Non-Partisan Party that selects candidates for mayor, trustee and village justice. Once elected, the newest members of the CNC will join 20 sitting CNC members in four or five meetings to consider and choose candidates to run for any open positions in the March Village election. These candidates run under the banner of the Scarsdale Citizens Non-Partisan Party.

CNC members are expected to attend all CNC meetings, to serve on the CNC for three years and to serve for one year on the Procedure Committee after their service on the CNC. The meeting dates for 2015-2016 are: Sunday, December 13; Sunday, January 10; Wednesday, January 20; Sunday, January 31 and, if necessary, Wednesday, February 3. This year's CNC will select candidates for the three open Trustee positions and Village Justice.

Eligibility is governed by the Non-Partisan Resolution which can be found at the Procedure Committee website: www.scarsdaleprocedurecommittee.org. A candidate for the CNC must be a qualified voter and a resident of Scarsdale for at least two years. A CNC candidate may not be a member of the Procedure Committee, the School Board Nominating Committee, the School Board Administrative Committee, the Scarsdale Board or the Village Board.

Candidates run for the open CNC positions in their elementary school district. A minimum of two candidates is sought for each position. This year, there are two open positions for three year terms in Edgewood and Greenacres. There are three open positions in elementary school districts Fox Meadow (one position to fill a two year term), Heathcote (one position to fill a one year term) and Quaker Ridge (one position to fill a one year term).

Candidates must file a short biographical sketch and a nominating petition with 10 signatures of registered voters from their elementary school district. Forms for both are available as downloads at: www.scarsdaleprocedurecommittee.org. Hard copies may be obtained at Village Hall and the Scarsdale Library as well. Filing instructions can be found on the forms.

The deadline for filing both forms is Friday, October 2; after this date, additional candidates for any school district will be accepted only if there are fewer than two candidates for each position in that school district. The CNC election will be held at Village Hall on Tuesday, November 10.

Potential candidates are welcome to contact individual members of the Procedure Committee which include members of the CNC graduating class of 2015 Linda Blair, Linda Flaxer, Susan Groner, Warren Haber, Robert Reiffel, Andrea Seiden, Michael Stevens and Evelyn Stock; Town and Village Civic Club (TVCC) representatives Lena Crandall, Tim Foley, Dan Hochvert, Jackie Irwin, Eli Mattioli, Lucas Meyer, BK Munguia, Howard Nadel, Susan Douglass and Bruce Wells; and Scarsdale Neighborhood Association Presidents (SNAP) representative Matthew Martin.