How long should this take?

There has been a large piece missing from the base of this street light pole for over a year.  Unsurprisingly, the light atop the pole has been out for months.  Get a close enough look, like from a child's perspective, and you can easily see, and easily touch, exposed live electric wires...

Would this also go ignored for over a year
 if it were in front of City Hall?

The City of Hudson is responsible for the maintenance of these fiberglass poles.  National Grid only services the wood poles, as well as all the bulbs in town which illuminate our sidewalks and streets.  DPW usually covers holes like this with black electrical tape.  Sometimes it takes a year or more to find the tape, apparently.