Information Sessions (2024-25)

SCHOOL BUDGET

On Monday, March 17, 2025 at 11 am at Scarsdale Public Library Scott Room and via Zoom (Meeting ID 829 0191 9382, Passcode 569799), LWVS held its annual general membership information session and consensus meeting regarding the preliminary 2025-26 Scarsdale School District Budget. Members of the District Cabinet and Board of Education were present and answer questions. The information session was open to the public; the consensus meeting was for current LWVS members only.

Follow these links to the LWVS Questions re 2025-26 School Budget posed during the November 18, 2024 Community Forum, the District’s Responses, the FY 2025-26 Budget Documents files on Board Docs, the LWVS Information Session Agenda, and the LWVS Consensus Questions. Links to the District’s Responses to the Agenda will be posted here when available. Additional materials, including links to presentation slides, are housed on the District’s 2025-26 Budget Documents webpage.

LWVS issued its Consensus Statement at the Budget Forum on Monday, March 24, 2025.

Important dates on the Budget Development Calendar are noted below:

Monday, February 3, 2025: Budget Study Session #1
Monday, March 3, 2025: Budget Study Session #2
Monday, March 10, 2025: Budget Study Session #3
Monday, March 24, 2025: Budget Forum
Monday, April 7, 2025: Board Adopts Budget
Monday, May 12, 2025: Statutory Budget Hearing
Tuesday, May 20, 2025: Annual Budget Vote and School Board Election

For more information, please contact Dalya Khan and Nan Eileen Mead, LWVS School Budget Chairs, at LWVSschoolbudget@gmail.com.

VILLAGE BUDGET

On Friday, March 21, 2025 at 10 am at Village Hall, 3rd Floor Conference Room and via Zoom (Meeting ID 875 7508 7498, Passcode 974855), LWVS held its annual general membership information session and consensus meeting regarding the preliminary 2025-26 Village Budget. Members of the Village Administration and Board of Trustees were present and answer questions. The information session was open to the public; the consensus meeting was for current LWVS members only.

Follow these links to the archives of adopted Village Budgets, the Village Budget FY 2025-26 files on ClearGov that include the Multi-year Capital Improvement Plan, and the recordings of the Village Board of Trustee work sessions.

Follow these links to the LWVS Information Session Agenda and the LWVS Consensus Questions. Links to the Village Responses will be posted here when available.

Village budget sessions are open to the public and public participation is encouraged. Meeting details and Zoom links are available on the Board of Trustees website and on the Village Budget Calendar for FY 2025-26.

LWVS issued its Consensus Statement at the Village Board meeting on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

Important dates are noted below:

Tuesday, January 14, 2025: First Pass Budget review
Tuesday, February 11, 2025: Second Pass Budget review and Public Hearing on Tax Cap Local Law
Tuesday, February 25, 2025: Third Pass Budget review
Thursday, February 27, 2025: Preliminary 2025-26 Budget to be discussed with Village organizations
Friday, March 7, 2025: Filing date for the Tentative 2025-26 Budget
Tuesday, March 11, 2025: Tentative 2025-26 Budget to be presented during Work Session (must be filed by March 20, 2025)
Tuesday, April 8, 2025: Statutory public hearing on Tentative Budget (must be completed prior to April 15, 2025)
Tuesday, April 29, 2025: Village Board of Trustees to adopt budget (must be adopted prior to Monday, May 1, 2025)

For more information, please contact Debbie Bhatt, LWVS Village Budget Chair, at LWVSvillagebudget@gmail.com.

NATIONAL AND STATE STUDIES

On Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at 7 pm via Zoom (Meeting ID 858 9283 6580, Passcode 152110), LWVS will hold a general membership and consensus meeting to discuss the LWVUS federal judiciary study, the LWVNYS ranked choice voting study, and the LWVNYS voting systems approval process study.

Attendees will be asked whether to concur with the proposed position statements set forth in the Agenda and Consensus Questions for the meeting.

In preparation for the discussion, participants are encouraged to review the following materials that have been provided by the national and state leagues:

For more information, please contact Abigail Ruane, LWVS Advocacy Portfolio Chair.

Information Sessions from Earlier this Year

SCHOOL ELECTION SYSTEM* Newly Added to Address Proposed SBNC Resolution Amendments

On Monday, November 18, 2024, at 9:15 am at Scarsdale Public Library, North Meeting Room and via Zoom, LWVS held a general membership information session regarding this year’s Proposed SBNC Resolution Amendments. Representatives from the SBNC Administrative Committee, including the Resolution Chairs, were present to answer questions. The information session was open to the public; the consensus meeting was for current LWVS members only.

Follow these links to the Information Session Agenda and the Consensus Questions and the resulting LWVS Consensus Statement.

For more information, please contact Anne Lyons, LWVS Board Member.

VILLAGE ELECTION SYSTEM

On Monday, December 9, 2024, at 10 am at Village Hall, 3rd Floor Conference Room and via Zoom, LWVS held its annual general membership information session regarding this year’s Citizens Nominating Committee (CNC) election. The Procedure Committee Chair Heath Sroka and Vice Chair Ralph Geer were present to answer questions. The information session was open to the public; the consensus meeting was for current LWVS members only.

Follow these links to the Information Session Agenda with Procedure Committee Responses, the Consensus Questions, and the resulting LWVS Consensus Statement.

For more information, please contact Diane Baylor and Beth Cukier, LWVS Village Election System Chairs, at LWVS.ves@gmail.com.

SCHOOL ELECTION SYSTEM

On ~~Monday, January 27, 2025, at 10 am at Scarsdale Public Library~~ Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at 10 am at Village Hall, 3rd Floor Conference Room and via Zoom (Meeting ID 818 7780 6568, Passcode 327654), LWVS held its annual general membership information session regarding this year’s School Board Nominating Committee (SBNC) election. Christine Weston, SBNC Administrative Committee Election Chair and other designated representatives were invited to answer questions. The information session was open to the public; the consensus meeting was for current LWVS members only.

Follow these links to the Information Session Agenda the Consensus Questions, and the resulting LWVS Consensus Statement.

For more information, please contact Seema Jaggi, LWVS School Election System Chair, at LWVS.ses@gmail.com.

LOCAL, COUNTY, AND STATE LEAGUE PROGRAMS

On Monday, February 10, 2025 at 11:15 am at the Scarsdale Public Library North Meeting Room and via Zoom (Meeting ID 868 8577 8764, Passcode 097621), LWVS held its annual general membership and consensus meeting to discuss next year’s programs for LWVS (to be proposed for adoption at the LWVS Annual Meeting in May), for the Westchester County League (to be communicated to the LWVW board for its consideration), and for the State League (to be communicated to the LWVNYS board for discussion in drafting the proposed 2-year program to be adopted after debate and discussion by delegates at the biennial June convention).

In preparation for the discussion, attendees were asked to review the Agenda and Consensus Questions for the Meeting, which included links for the current LWVS Program for 2024-25, the current LWVW Program for 2024-25, and the LWVNYS Program Planning Materials for 2025-27.