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Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell says excitement is building for the nighttime Lions’ Club Christmas Parade. He says several banks have registered to have floats as have Wal-Mart and Tractor Supply. More than $10,000 in prize money will be offered in commercial, non-profit and marching band categories. Parade registration forms are available at local banks or from any chamber of commerce ambassador.
donjulian@ksstradio.net

The entire meeting lasted two minutes including the pledge of allegiance and invocation. No members of the public showed up for a required public hearing Monday at noon held by the Sulphur Springs City Council. Cities are required to hold these hearings when their tax revenue increases from one year to the next. Although the proposed city budget for the next fiscal year keeps the tax rate the same as the year before, it contains 5% more tax revenue due to increased property value. A second required public hearing takes place Thursday at noon at City Hall.
donjulian@ksstradio.net

city-streetlights

Using a bucket truck, the city of Sulphur Springs Capital Construction Crew began to install streetlights on Main Street Monday. A dozen streetlights arrived last Thursday from Montreal, Canada. Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell says the black streetlights are twenty feet high and are made of commercial grade cast aluminum that won’t rust. Maxwell says the streetlights will be very versatile.
donjulian@ksstradio.net

The Sulphur Springs City Council is expected to have two extremely brief meetings this week. The council has noon meetings on Monday and Thursday to conduct public hearings. The hearings are required because city tax revenue will be increasing in their budget for the next fiscal year even though their tax rate remains unchanged. Net taxable value of property went up around 5% for the city this year.
donjulian@ksstradio.net

street-lamps-arrive
Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell notes that the streetlights for Main Street have arrived. A dozen of them were shipped from Montreal, Canada last Friday. Maxwell says the black streetlights are twenty feet high and are made of commercial grade cast aluminum that won’t rust. Maxwell adds the streetlights can be used to hang speakers from and have been plumbed so that misters can be installed. The bases of the streetlights are large enough to handle Wi-Fi equipment. Installation of the streetlights is expected to begin next week.
donjulian@ksstradio.net

christmas-tree-and-parade
A 28-foot tall Christmas tree donated for use in downtown Sulphur Springs is expected to arrive any day now. Gary and Dr. Debra Stokes and Dr. Don and Mary Ann O’Neal provided funds for the tree. City Manager Marc Maxwell says the tree comes with 10,000 LED lights on it. Maxwell says when the tree arrives, city employees will put it together for practice so they’ll be ready in December. Maxwell also says people are currently being recruited to build floats for the nighttime Lions’ Club Christmas Parade. Cash prizes will be awarded for the top three floats in commercial and non-profit categories and for the top three bands.
donjulian@ksstradio.net

shooting-info
The Sulphur Springs Police Department continues to release very little information about a shooting early Tuesday morning at an apartment complex in the 500 block of Church Street. Lead investigator Sgt. David Gilmore says due to safety issues, he does not want to release the identities or hospital locations of the two shooting victims. He did say both were in stable condition. Sgt. Gilmore says he is hearing different stories about what happened. He is being assisted by investigators from the Texas Rangers, the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department, the police department and by DA Martin Braddy.
donjulian@ksstradio.net

Hopkins County is having a community wide cleanup this week. Clean up days are taking place Monday through Friday in all County Commissioner precincts except precinct 1 where clean up will run Monday through Thursday. Dumpsters will also be available in the cities of Sulphur Springs, Como, Cumby and Tira. As usual, the clean up is not available to commercial haulers. The sites will not be accepting tires or any liquids such as pesticides, herbicides, paint, antifreeze, oils, gasoline or diesel. This second clean up week of the year is made possible by a solid waste grant to the Hopkins County Commissioners Court.
donjulian@ksstradio.net

city-council-budget-session
city-drainage-issues
The Sulphur Springs City Council met for over three hours Thursday night going over the proposed city budget for the next fiscal year. Director of Finance Peter Karstens went over the budget department by department. Department heads were available to answer questions from the council. Sludge disposal was discussed at length. The city will be hauling sludge to a landfill for now while city staff researches cost of buying an oven to cook sludge so that it can be applied anywhere. Maxwell also told the council that drainage is an issue that can’t be put off much longer.
donjulian@ksstradio.net

more-trees-on-main-st
A total of 19 street trees have now been planted along the block of Main Street being renovated. After 8 Magnolia trees showed up over the weekend, 11 Red Oak trees arrived on Tuesday. Streetlights are expected to be shipped from Canada Friday. The city’s Capital Construction crew was busy working on sidewalks Thursday. Brick work will get underway soon. Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell said the project remains on schedule and on budget. He’s hoping for an October completion date.
donjulian@ksstradio.net

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