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Cost Savings Initiatives

Department Initiative Benefit Savings / Result

Fire Use of a Third-Party Utilizing a third-party fire inspector has $139,000
Certified Fire Inspector to reduced the overtime costs of using in-
conduct state-mandated house inspectors.
(technical) commercial
fire inspections

Use of Public Safety Reduces the administrative burden and $5,000
Answers (PSA) to handle associated costs of managing the hiring
various aspects of the process internally.
hiring process, from initial
screenings to virtual
interviews, making the
hiring process faster and
more efficient.

Human Salary Survey Conducted annual salary survey on $20,000
Resources benchmark cities with the use of existing
Human Resources staff.
Deferred Compensation Negotiated lower administrative fees for $25,000+
Provider Fees for 457b providers, Nationwide and Mission
Employees Square, and incorporated the use of a
Fiduciary to provide better plan and
fund management.

Goodwill Summer Earn Provided job skills and job experience to $7,000
and Learn Program students with disabilities who in turn
worked at The Keller Pointe providing
services to our citizens.

The Keller Maintenance Department Internal maintenance and equipment $51,000
Pointe repair in the Maintenance Department

Aquatics Department Internal maintenance and equipment $56,100
repair in the Aquatics Department

Recreation Department Relocated all volleyball practices to The $5,000
Keller Pointe and KSAC; KISD facilities
were not utilized.

Library TexShare Database Consortium of Texas libraries joining $163,591
together to share print and electronic
materials, purchase online resources,
and combine staff expertise.

North Texas Libraries on Keller Public Library users have access to $698,025
the Go Consortium content purchased by all 31 members of
the consortium.

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