KINGSTON – Mayor Steven Noble has released the City of Kingston’s 2021 Annual Report.
The report, which includes Police, Fire, Engineering, Building Safety, Planning, and many others, is a comprehensive report for each department’s accomplishments in 2021, along with goals for the next year.
Some of the many accomplishments highlighted in the 2021 Annual Report include:
- Arts & Cultural Affairs shepherded the completion of the Arts & Culture Master Plan
- Completion of the 2021 Assessment Roll, without non-reappraisal reassessment
- Hundreds of Building permits issued and commercial property Fire Inspection Program implemented
- Added a full-time Bilingual Clerk to serve Spanish-speaking community
- Community Development utilized unspent grant allocations for various City projects
- Comptroller’s Office launched a debt analysis project
- Engineering Department oversaw four major projects to completion: Broadway Streetscape Project, Pedestrian Safety Action Plan, Broadway sewer replacement and the Broadway/Grand intersection realignment
- KFD responded to 4,882 calls for service, including 2,572 for medical emergencies
- Grants Management oversaw a portfolio of 60 grant-funded projects
- Health & Wellness hired a new Project Manager and launched the Traffic Safety Education Campaign
- Human Rights created the City of Kingston Compliment and Complaint form
- IT installed wi-fi at parks including Kingston Point Beach, Loughran, Hasbrouck and T.R. Gallo Park
- Parks & Recreation offered a wide variety of programming and activities through a difficult time
- Sustainability oversaw the completion of the Climate Action Plan 2030
- Planning & Housing Departments helped kick-off the Kingston Forward citywide rezoning process
- KPD responded to 19,916 requests for service
- DPW placed 12,500 tons of blacktop and paved 16 streets
- Waste Water Treatment Plant continued improvements and upgrades
“Our city departments accomplished a great deal in 2021. We have built a strong and capable team to better serve our residents,” said Noble
The 2021 Annual Report can be found here.
