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Kingston administrator presents $12.8 million 2026 budget and proposes small EIT increase
Summary
Administrator Sondra Riviello presented a balanced $12,816,324 2026 General Fund budget with a 5.19% growth projection and urged council to consider a rise in the earned-income tax (EIT) from 2.175% to 2.2% to cover capital needs; council opted to keep the rate unchanged for now.
Administrator Sondra Riviello on Monday presented the Town of Kingston’s final 2026 General Fund budget of $12,816,324 and urged the Town Council to consider a modest increase to the earned-income tax (EIT).
Riviello said the proposed budget reflects a conservative 5.19% growth over 2025 and incorporates minimal modifications from earlier drafts. She noted negotiated increases in public-safety costs, including a recent agreement with the ambulance association that added roughly $63,000 to next year’s funding and retention stipends that cost nearly $66,000 this year to keep officers from leaving for lateral hires.
Riviello outlined additional…
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