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text: form8k507april2010.htm
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
  __________________
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT REPORT
  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
  April 28, 2010
  Community Bank System, Inc.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  001-13695
  16-1213679
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)
  (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  5790 Widewaters Parkway, DeWitt, New York
  13214
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
  (315) 445-2282
  Not Applicable
  (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
  o
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 5.07
  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
  The 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Community Bank System, Inc. (the "Company") was held on April 28, 2010 in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania.  At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders approved all of the items presented which included (i) the election of eight (8) directors, all of whom were then serving as directors of the Company, for terms indicated below and until their successors are elected and qualified; and (ii) the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2010.  At the organizational meeting following the Annual Meeting, the Board appointed David C. Patterson as Chair of the Board.
  The following table reflects the tabulation of the votes with respect to each director who was elected at the Annual Meeting:
  For term expiring at the Annual Meeting in 2013:
  For
  Withheld
  Broker Non-Vote
  Mark J. Bolus
  22,181,836
  594,196
  6,958,425
  Nicholas A. DiCerbo
  21,373,690
  1,402,342
  6,958,425
  James A. Gabriel
  12,406,039
  10,369,993
  6,958,425
  Edward S. Mucenski
  22,199,230
  576,802
  6,958,425
  Charles E. Parente
  19,433,705
  3,342,327
  6,958,425
  For term expiring at the Annual Meeting in 2011:
  John Parente
  22,150,462
  625,570
  6,958,425
  John F. Whipple, Jr.
  22,191,910
  584,122
  6,958,425
  For term expiring at the Annual Meeting in 2012:
  Neil E. Fesette
  22,189,824
  586,208
  6,958,425
  The following table reflects the tabulation of the votes with respect to the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2010:
  For
  Against
  Abstain
  27,522,051
  188,000
  109,812
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  Community Bank System, Inc.
  By:
  /s/ George J. Getman
  Name:  George J. Getman
  Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel
  Dated:  May 3, 2010