Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report – Jan. 3, 2023
Jan04

Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report – Jan. 3, 2023

Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell Tuesday evening, Jan. 3, 2023, presented to the City Council, in a Memorandum as well as aloud, the following monthly manager’s report: CLAIMS We had one workers compensation claim in December for a firefighter who  fractured his ribs in a fall.  We filed a claim on another driver’s insurance who crashed into a trailer at the water  treatment plant.  We filed a claim on our...

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11 City Employees Recognized For Service
Jan04

11 City Employees Recognized For Service

Sulphur Springs City Council during the regular meeting Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, took time to recognize 11 employees for their service to the city. Mayor Doug Moore presented service pins to city employees who’ve hit new 5-year milestones this year. “When I first got on this council, I didn’t realize what it took to run this city, and I do now. I especially realize what a great bunch of employees the city has....

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City Council To Consider Ordinances Setting New Sanitation Rates, Rezoning Request
Jan02

City Council To Consider Ordinances Setting New Sanitation Rates, Rezoning Request

Sulphur Springs City Council is slated Tuesday evening, Jan. 3, 2023, to consider two ordinances, one setting new sanitation rates and one which would rezone an East Shannon Road property to allow for residential development, and two 380 agreements. Service pins are slated to be awarded and an executive session to be held to discuss personnel and economic development matters. Sanitation Ordinance The Council is asked to consider...

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Zoning Board Considers Request To Subdivide A Carter Street Property, Which Requires A Variance
Dec22

Zoning Board Considers Request To Subdivide A Carter Street Property, Which Requires A Variance

Sulphur Springs Zoning Board of Adjustments during the regular December meeting considered a Carter Street property subdivision variance request. The applicant, Dave McIlrath of McIlrath Properties of Greenville asked for a variance for lot sizes for 407 Carter Street in Sulphur Springs. The developer plans to split the lot into two lots to build brick homes on the lots, which are more than 5,500 square feet in size. That’s...

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East Shannon Road Zoning Change Request Receives Planning & Zoning Commission Recommendation
Dec21

East Shannon Road Zoning Change Request Receives Planning & Zoning Commission Recommendation

The Sulphur Springs Planning and Zoning Commission was asked Monday to consider a request from Kennedy Commercial-Shannon Rd LLC to rezone approximately 0.78-acre of land at 1439 East Shannon Road, changing that part of the property from heavy industrial to multifamily. The property is located near the intersection of Cadi Lane and Helm Lane, where the developer plans to construct three duplex-style rental properties. The intent is...

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Hawk Builders LLC Awarded Contract To Build New Senior Citizens Activity Center
Dec08

Hawk Builders LLC Awarded Contract To Build New Senior Citizens Activity Center

After 2 years, the Sulphur Springs City Council this week finally selected a contractor to build a new Senior Citizens Activity Center, to be funded in part by a Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs Community Development Block Grant-CV Community Resiliency Program Grant as well as voter approved bonds. “Since March of 2020, City staff along with hired professionals have been working diligently to design a Senior...

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Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report — December 2022
Dec08

Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report — December 2022

Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell Tuesday evening, Dec. 6, 2022, presented to the City Council in a Memorandum as well as aloud the following monthly manager’s report: CLAIMS We did not have any workers comp claims in November. We did have two liability claims. One was for damage to a Frontier cable allegedly caused by city employees. The other claim seeks reimbursement for a tire and wheel after a driver struck a valve cover...

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City Approves 35 MPH Speed Limit For The Section Of Mockingbird Lane South Of I-30
Dec07

City Approves 35 MPH Speed Limit For The Section Of Mockingbird Lane South Of I-30

In the future, you’ should be able to legally drive a little bit faster along Mockingbird Lane, south of Interstate 30. Sulphur Springs City Council on Dec. 6, 2022, approved Ordinance No. 2819, which sets a prima facie speed limit of 35 miles per hour along Mockingbird Lane. The change followed a request by a City Councilman to look into the speed limit on Mockingbird Lane from East Shannon Road to Posey Lane, as traffic...

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City Council To Consider Bids, Award Contract For Construction Of New Senior Citizens Center
Dec06

City Council To Consider Bids, Award Contract For Construction Of New Senior Citizens Center

After a lengthy delay of more than a year, Sulphur Springs City Council is expected during Tuesday night’s regular December meeting to consider bids and at long last award a contract for construction of a new Senior Citizens Activity Center on Oak Avenue. The City Council is also slated to consider on final approval an ordinance changing the speed limit on Mockingbird Lane; purchasing communications equipment, 2 airport ground...

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SSISD Approves Application, Tax Agreement With Ashoka Steel Mills
Nov17

SSISD Approves Application, Tax Agreement With Ashoka Steel Mills

Ashoka Steel Mills, LLC, this week cleared another hurdle toward locating the company’s first US plant in Sulphur Springs. The business received approval from Sulphur Spring ISD Board of Trustees for what is often referred to as a Chapter 313 Tax Agreement, referring to Texas Tax Code Chapter 313, which allows businesses to apply for a tax break on all or part of school district maintenance and operations taxes. Ashoka Steel...

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