311

Central to his efforts has been the establishment of a 311 Constituent Response System. This new technology provides North Hempstead residents greater access to government, while enhancing efficiency and accountability.

“The One-Call-To-Town Hall” concept has put an end to an often long and bureaucratic nightmare of calls being endlessly transferred in order to get information or assistance to problems. To date, North Hempstead's 311 Call Center has responded to over a half-million service requests.

TownStat

TownStat, another one of Kaiman’s key initiatives, is gaining momentum in the town. A performance measurement and management tool, TownStat tracks and reports performance in departments throughout the town with the goal of monitoring the efficiency and effectiveness of how constituents’ concerns are addressed. In August of 2011, the Town of North Hempstead was the only municipality in the Northeast to be awarded the prestigious Certificate of Distinction for superior performance management efforts from the ICMA Center for Performance Management. The ICMA (International City/County Management Association) is tasked with creating excellence in good local governance throughout the world.

Project Independence

In Kaiman’s continuing quest to be responsive to the needs of the community, Kaiman also initiated Project Independence, a town-wide program that assists and enables aging residents of the Town to remain in their own homes and familiar surroundings as they grow older. In August of 2011, Project Independence was featured at the region's first Aging-in-Place conference at Hofstra University. Special Keynote speaker was Senator Kirsten Gillibrand who spoke praises of Kaiman's brainchild.

Maintaining Sound Finances

The town has achieved a balanced budget for eight years in a row, and has among the lowest local taxes of the 13 Long Island towns. In addition, amidst a faltering Long Island Economy, North Hempstead has maintained its highest bond rating in Town History.

Environmental Initiatives

In May of 2011, the United States EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) recognized Supervisor Kaiman's efforts to keep prescription medications from the water stream, by awarding North Hempstead's Pharmaceutical Collection Program with the EPA's Environmental Quality Award. The EPA, which granted North Hempstead the award for its Pharmaceutical Collection Program, cited the Town for its “outstanding commitment to protecting and enhancing environmental quality and public health.”

Kaiman’s mission to green North Hempstead also includes the purchase of over 30 hybrid and electric vehicles and most recently two new hybrid buses. In addition, Kaiman organized the staging of various events, such as EcoFest, promoting environmental stewardship.

As Supervisor, Kaiman has instituted North Hempstead’s annual Earth Day Program and Operation Clean Sweep—a month-long, top to bottom “Spring Cleaning” of the Town. During its five years of existence, the program has removed tens of thousands of tons of garbage and debris.

Recent environmental awards included an A+ from the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, #1 for Sierra Club's National Environmental Video Competition and the 2009 New York State Environmental Excellence Award for the School Recycling Partnership Program.

School Recycling Partnership Program

Steering the town towards environmentally-friendly alternatives, he has engineered the establishment of the School Recycling Partnership Program, that has located recycling containers in nine of North Hempstead’s 11 school districts. With over 30,000 students participating in the comprehensive program, the School Recycling Partnership Program reaps an average of 25 tons of paper and 6 tons of co-mingled recyclables a month. As the lead agency in local solid waste management planning, Supervisor Kaiman recognized the potential of recycling to prevent large amounts of solid waste from entering the landfills and saving significant taxpayer dollars. This innovative program won the 2009 New York State Environmental Excellence Award.

Office of Intermunicipal Coordination

Yet another of Kaiman’s initiatives focuses on partnerships with neighboring municipal entities—more than 100 exists within the town—to cut costs and help save taxpayer dollars. Since the formation in 2006 of the Office of Inter-municipal Coordination, the town has over sixty inter-municipal agreements with various entities, including villages, special districts, school districts and associations.

Kaiman serves also as the Chairman of the town’s Solid Waste Management Authority, Commissioner of the Great Neck North Water Authority, board member of the Long Island Regional Planning Council and most recently, a board member of the ABLI (Association of a Better Long Island). He also serves as chair of approximately nineteen non commissioner run special districts operating within the town’s borders.

He received a Juris Doctorate from Hofstra University Law School, and a Bachelor of Arts from Hofstra University. Jon was elected in 1999 to the Nassau County District Court, where for two consecutive years he received the highest rating possible from the Nassau County Bar Association’s Judicial Screening Committee.

Kaiman is a longtime resident of Great Neck, where he lives with his wife Kim, sons Shaun and Jared and daughter Iyana..