1) The City of Kingston Fire budget is about 40 % HIGHER than the City of Poughkeepsie Fire budget.
2) The City of Kingston Water and Sewer charges are about 40 % HIGHER than the City of Poughkeepsie Water and Sewer charges.
3) The City of Poughkeepsie has a population of 30,000 and the City of Kingston has a population less than 25,000.
4) The City of Poughkeepsie’s 2010 budget calls for NO TAX INCREASE, while the City of Kingston 2010 budget calls for about a 10 % TAX INCREASE.
Are you SHOCKED by the above facts? These facts are HURTING you and your children by FORCING them to move elsewhere. What can we do about it?
Call your Alderman at the phone numbers below and tell them to look at the suggestion to convert one fire station from paid to volunteer.
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First Ward
Al Teetsel
(845) 331-4862
189 Fairview Ave.
Second Ward
Thomas Hoffay
(845)331-8317
160 Tremper
Third Ward
Charles Landi
(845)338-6955
20 Arlmont Street
Fourth Ward
Shirley Whitlock
(845) 338-3739
89 Prospect Street
Fifth Ward
Ann Marie DiBella
(845) 331-7570
116 Fair Street
Sixth Ward
Ron Polacco
(845)594-4758
170 O'Neil Street
Seventh Ward
William P. Reynolds,
Majority Leader
(845)331-1421
181 Clifton Avenue
Eighth Ward
Robert Senor
(845) 339-2955
63 Crane St.
Ninth Ward
Michael Madsen
(845) 399-9644
61 Brewster Street
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For that 40% difference in fire budgets, the Kingston Fire Dept. uses calls such as lockouts and non-emergency medical calls to inflate their calls. Ask what percentage of their calls are fires. You will be very surprised at the answer.
Take out all of the non-emergency calls and you are pretty close to the Town of Ulster's call numbers. They handle those calls with all volunteers and a cost to the tax payer of 1.7million or so. Not to mention that huge numbers of city residents volunteer in Town of Ulster and other departments because they are made to feel like second class citizens in Kingston. You need some serious attitude changes in management if you ever hope to have volunteers in Kingston again.
Interesting isn't it.
After years of enforcement of building codes - the risk of fire is less. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Time to cash in.
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