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Council as discussed at the March Strategic Workshop and adopted at their May 18, 2021 meeting, and
this memo outlines the connection between this year’s adopted budget and leadership’s strategies.

Goal 1: Elevate Family Life

Strategy 1.1: Establish the Keller Sports Park as a Premier Destination

During FY 2020‐21, City Council created a Keller Sports Park Task Force with participants from the Council,
the Parks and Recreation Board, and representatives from various leagues and user groups. Together, this
task force will review the Keller Sports Park Master Plan and recommend updates to transform it into a
premier destination addressing current and future sporting needs. Our annual debt obligations for the
Keller Development Corporation, which allocates the ½‐cent of sales tax revenue dedicated to parks
capital projects, drops from approximately $1.6 million to $250,000 in FY 2023‐24. With that opportunity
on the horizon, current and future KDC budgets are being constructed to allow for a new debt issuance
related to the proposed sports park improvements.

Additionally, the FY 2021‐22 budget includes $790,000 from the KDC Fund for improvements to a Keller
Sports Park parking lot (specifically the softball parking area) to ensure that sports participants and
attendees have a safe and well‐maintained place to park while taking in athletic events. The FY 2021‐22
parking lot improvement project is part of a seven‐year commitment to refurbishing all of the Sports Park’s
lots for a proposed total of $3.2 million in improvements.

Strategy 1.2: Expand and Maintain the City’s Trail System to Provide Continuous Connectivity of the
Parks System

Keller continues to be recognized for its award‐winning parks and recreation amenities, including the trail
system. The Keller Development Corporation in FY 2021‐22 has budgeted $302,500 for expansion of the
trails that will better connect the city’s park system so residents can gain greater use and enjoyment of
our 340 acres of developed parkland. The five‐year Capital Improvements Plan also includes a 10%
increase per year for trail funding, which combines for a proposed $1,846,793 commitment to trail
construction from FY 2021‐22 through FY 2025‐26.

Strategy 1.3: Continue to Achieve Excellent Public Safety Services

Police

Keller regularly earns a spot among the 50 Safest Cities in Texas as well as the 100 Safest Cities in America.
The Keller Police Department was the first agency in Texas to be both nationally accredited and state
recognized, and the department most recently re‐accredited at the national level in 2018, earning the
Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies’ Advanced Law Enforcement Accreditation
with Excellence. That same year, our NETCOM 911 dispatch team became the first regional dispatch
center in Texas to earn national accreditation from CALEA.

In this year’s budget, the Keller Police Department is proposing the addition of one detention officer at
the Keller Regional Detention Facility. Stemming from a recent workload assessment and staffing study,
this addition will improve the amount of time the jail is staffed by only one detention officer from 42% of
the time to 15% of the time. While the total cost of the new position is $64,834, the cost will be split with
our regional partners and Keller will only be paying $30,123.

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