Page 53 - Keller Budget FY21

Public Safety: FY 2020-21 Budget $19,447,328
% of Fund Expenditures 49.5 %
Compared to $ Growth % Growth
FY 2019-20 Budget $1,194,296 6.5%
FY 2019-20 Projection $1,486,169 8.3%

The Public Safety function handles all aspects related to citizen protection and is made up of the Police
and Fire departments. The largest expenditure in public safety is personnel, which will increase $416,993
related to the market adjustments and the 2% step plan discussed in the personnel section. While
personnel costs for both departments have increased, FY 2019-20 year-end projections indicate salary
savings. During FY 2019-20, the City of Keller partnered with the Humane Society of North Texas (HSNT)
for the management of the Regional Animal Adoption Center. The center serves the cities of Keller,
Southlake, Colleyville, Westlake, and now Roanoke. During FY 2019-20, the City contracted with HSNT
to run the animal control kennel operations and will be removing the three part-time kennel technician
FTEs related to this service. As a result of the partnership with Roanoke, the city will be adding an animal
control officer position, which will be funded by the regional partners. For FY 2020-21, in Police
Operations a police officer position will be reclassified to a police sergeant position and the full-time SRO
position in the General Fund will be moved to a less-than full-time SRO position in the Public Safety
Fund. The SRO position will decrease FTEs by 0.25 in total but will have no impact to service levels or
interlocal funding. The FY 2020-21 Fire Services department budget includes $14,350 for training and
applicant agency fees required to apply for the Commission on Fire Accreditation International
accreditation and $10,500 for fire data analytics software. The FY 2019-20 budget included $138,023 for
the creation of the Fire/EMS Equipment Replacement Fund. Expenditures for FY 2019-20 also included
a one-time expenditure of $50,000 for grant match funding for a self-contained breathing apparatus
replacement grant through FEMA.

General Government
FY 2020-21 Budget $6,257,855
% of Fund Expenditures 15.9 %
Compared to $ Growth % Growth
FY 2019-20 Budget $(284,995) (4.4)%
FY 2019-20 Projection $(53,839) (0.9)%

This function handles the administrative functions of the city and is comprised of the City Council & Mayor,
City Manager & Administration, Town Hall Operations, Finance & Accounting, Municipal Court, Human
Resources and Economic Development departments. For FY 2020-21, Economic Development includes
a reduction in funding for economic development incentives of $327,636 and a reduction of $108,466 in
services and other for Finance related to a FY 2019-20 one-time purchase for new finance software. FY
2020-21 also includes additional funding related to increases in Municipal Court costs.

Recreation & Culture: FY 2020-21 Budget $5,213,808
% of Fund Expenditures 13.3 %
Compared to $ Growth % Growth

FY 2019-20 Budget $259,181 5.2%
$421,807
8.8%
FY 2019-20 Projection

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