Ulster County amends 2025 budget to add technician for state lead rental registry covering Kingston ZIP 12401
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Summary
The committee approved a budget amendment to add a grant-funded public health technician for a five-year state lead rental registry expected to screen more than 5,000 units (ZIP code 12401); the county will add a third technician (grant-funded), train Kingston inspectors on screeners and coordinate potential remediation with Repco.
Ulster County legislators voted on June 5 to amend the 2025 budget to create a public health technician position to administer a five-year state lead rental registry program focused on ZIP code 12401 (mostly Kingston).
Director Walter said the program identifies rental units in buildings with more than one address built before 1980 and that the state provided a list estimated at more than 5,000 units in the ZIP code area. Because of the scope, Walter said the county needs three technicians and had budgeted only two; the amendment adds a third technician covered entirely by the state grant, creating no additional county cost.
Walter described training plans: the county has received screening equipment and is waiting for vendor training; once scheduled the county will train its technicians and a Kingston building inspector so the city can help identify units. Staff noted most qualifying units outside Kingston would be few (fewer than roughly 300) and stressed the registry will primarily affect city units.
Committee members discussed rental registries and inspection practices; one legislator noted Kingston’s twice-every-two-years fire-safety inspections for multifamily rentals and said the registry work would add lead screening to those inspections. The committee adopted Resolution 2 99 by voice vote.
