2026 Budget - Year to Date

Enforces animal ordinances and controls nuisance wildlife. Most ordinances are dog-related, ensuring that dogs are properly vaccinated and licensed every year.

Values more than 27,000 properties and determines each property's tax. Administers over 74,000 motor vehicle and boat excise bills and oversees all property tax exemptions. Accounts for 75% of the City's funding revenue.

Pays for community events including Flag Day, the annual Christmas Parade, the Lunar New Year Festival, as well as holiday decorations.

Operates and maintains six cemeteries. Ensures that burial is handled professionally and with compassion for the living and respect for the deceased.

Conducts an annual local census of Quincy residents.

Authorizes public improvements and expenditures; adopts regulations and ordinances; reviews and approves the City's annual budget; manages related legislative tasks.

Oversees daily operations of both the Vital statistics and elections departments and manages the Licensing Board. Clerk for the City Council, responsible for keeping City records and Campaign Finance reports.

Collects and disposes of solid waste, household hazardous waste, recyclables, and yard waste in a manner that is environmentally sound, cost-effective, and safe, promoting a healthy environment.

Serves as the central hub for Quincy's older adults, providing essential programs that promote independence, health, and social connection. Manages a comprehensive suite of services, including medical and social transportation, health screenings, and specialized SHINE insurance counseling. Oversees complex community initiatives in collaboration with local agencies. Ensures a high quality of life for all seniors while serving as a critical resource for their families and caregivers by facilitating a range of social, educational, and wellness activities.

Funds court-ordered judgments and negotiated settlements.

Responsible for identifying and managing grant opportunities, while ensuring compliance and offering support to various City departments. Additionally, the department administers and reports on federal funding opportunities.

Maintains and oversees all new assets in the downtown. Assets include Hancock Adams Common, Kilroy square, Generals Park, General dunford drive, McConville Way, perimeters of the Hancock parking garage.

Maintenance and repairs on the City's drainage system, as well as pumping operations during flood emergencies.

Educates close to 10,000 students attending school in eleven elementary schools, five middle schools, two high schools, an early childhood center, and a comprehensive extended education program. (Known for its long-standing tradition of innovative curriculum and excellence in public education.)

Conducts municipal, state, and federal elections. Equips precincts to vote and performs voter registration drives, processes nomination papers, and works with the Central Voter Registration System.

Coordinates the required activities to build and sustain the capabilities necessary to prevent, mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergency situations and disasters, both natural and man-made, utilizing an all-hazards approach.

Oversees road construction and rehabilitation projections, maintains surveying information, issues house numbers, and works with other departments to compile data and reports.

Provides fire suppression, medical services, technical rescue, and disaster mitigation to protect life and property. Enhance community safety through proactive fire prevention, building inspections, and public education initiatives.

Provides services and programs to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of Quincy's citizens. enforces all local and state public health and environmental regulations for prevention and control of disease; protects against environmental health hazards; designs programs to improve the health of the lives of Quincy residents.

Pays for the City's portion of employee insurance costs as well as a mandatory. Medicare program for all retired City employees seeking health insurance.

Oversees all employment matters and administers health, life, and dental benefits active and retired City employees.

Provides data-communications and telecommunications services for all City departments. Manages the networks, maintains all IT hardware, provides help desk support, and manages the City's website and phone service.

Enforces municipal ordinances covering construction, land use, retail scale and scanning accuracy, natural resource protection. The department's objective is to ensure the health and safety of Quincy's citizens.