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Cost Savings Initiatives
Department Initiative Benefit Savings / Result
Fire Began using operational Extends useful life of equipment until $136,916
ability instead of maintenance costs or other needs
recommended service life as dictate and allows costs to be spread
the determinant for out over several years
equipment replacement
Use of shift fire personnel to Defers the need to hire an additional fire $134,000
conduct annual commercial inspector for the Fire Prevention division
fire inspections to meet annual inspection requirements
and maintain current ISO Fire Protection
rating
Information Researched alternative Switching carriers resulted in savings for $7,200
Services carriers for city iPads all iPads with cellular network
connectivity
Library MetrOPAC Borrowing Allows library users to borrow items from $566,280
Agreement MetrOPAC member libraries, saving the
Keller Public Library the expense of
purchasing these items
TexShare Databases Total cost of access to databases if $157,866
purchased outside the TexShare
consortium
MetrOPAC courier service MetrOPAC courier service provides $84,942
deliveries 5 days a week, saving the
Keller Public Library the cost of mailing
interlibrary loans via traditional postal
service
North Texas Libraries on the Keller Public Library users have access to $82,000
Go Consortium - Overdrive content purchased by all 30 members of
the consortium
North Texas Libraries on the Keller Public Library users have access to $13,500
Go Consortium – Zinio content purchased by all 31 members of
the consortium
Volunteers Library volunteers contributed 3,392 $27,500
hours of work at the library
Hudson Foundation Grant The Hudson Foundation funded One $20,000
Book One City Program, books and
dynamic library programs for teens and
children
Friends of the Library Friends of the Library donated funds for $18,081
donations technology, books and programs
Summer Reading Club Value of donated prizes from local $12,000
Contributors businesses for summer reading club
participants
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