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by our police department which highlights their efforts to provide quality police services while also maximizing
community engagement.

The fire department continues to engagement with the community by hosting the fire safety education programs

annually. Fire fighters attend several career day events with local schools show casing their career path and
passion of serving the community they work for. Throughout the year the fire department also host other events

to the general public, including the open house for public safety and fire prevention week. During the open

house the fire and police departments show case their equipment and gear to demonstrate the capabilities of
serving and helping the public. The fire department serves the community by providing a local Angel Tree

Christmas Program. The program helps support the needs of the community and its citizens during the

Christmas season. In FY2025, the fire department will create a new program for fire safety prevention inside
citizens homes, by providing residential smoke detectors. The program will allow the homes to have smoke

detector that work and are up to industry standards, at no charge to the public.

The Kennedale Public Works departments helps with all aspects of city activities and services. Public Works

teams up with Keep Kennedale Beautiful Program. Each year public works helps KKB and organizations and
business owners. Organizations and citizens help public works and KKB by providing an program of Adopt-

A-Spot. This is where local citizens and businesses partner and clean the city within a designated area of the
city. We also provide an annual Bring-it campaign to help control residential waste and debris from piling up

inside/outside the home. Public works supports all city events including hosting their own KidFish. Kidfish is

an event that brings families out to Sanora Park where we have a small lake to provide fishing and outdoor
activities throughout the park. Public Works is a huge partner setting up our city events including; HomeTown

Christmas. They decorate the Town Center Park with all the holiday décor including our 34ft Christmas tree.

Citizen involvement on our city boards and commissions is another important aspect that is key to promoting

better communication with our citizens. We updated our communication technology to increase our audio and
visual reach through our online communication system to increase transparency with our community. We will

continue to build upon our previous efforts to encourage more citizen involvement in the new year and will
seek other avenues to improve communication with our citizens. The city will continue to improve messaging

through social media and our city and departmental website pages. We will continue to host townhall meetings

and increase city representation at homeowner association meetings and other community events. We will also
continue to partner with the Kennedale Rotary and the Kennedale Area of Chamber of Commerce.

We recognize the importance of keeping our citizens up-to-date on information that affects the community.
The city has made improvements regarding notifications for situations such as street closures or weather events,

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