The City of Sulphur Springs has many dedicated individuals who have continued to serve city residents for numerous years. To recognize those individuals for their work, the city presents service pins for each 5-year milestone an employee works. Earlier this month, Sulphur Springs City Council recognized 10 of those employees who were able to attend the regular monthly council meeting; 16 were not able to attend, however.
Typically, service awards are presented during the annual Christmas program hosted by the City. However, for the last three years the City did not have Christmas parties due to COVID-19. Therefore, 24 employees reaching 5-year milestones in the two prior years have not been publicly acknowledged for their service either, according to Sulphur Springs Assistant City Manager/Human Resources Director Gordon Frazier.
KSST extends congratulations and recognition to all 50 City employees for their dedication and commitment to service over the past 3 years.
2023 Service Awards
The average number of years of employment for all 137 City of Sulphur Springs employees as of Jan. 1, 2023, was 11.43 years with time of employment ranging from four months to over 45 years.
The following 26 individuals reached new 5-year milestones during the calendar year beginning Jan. 1, 2023:
45 Years of Service
- James Moten
40 Years of Service
- Tony Wilks
35 Years Of Service
- Gordon Frazier
25 Years of Service
- Jason Ricketson
- Russ Nuss, posthumously
- Duane Sprague
20 Years of Service
- David James
- Brian Adams
- David James
- Jennifer Graham
15 Years Of Service
- Jesus Diosdado
- John Lambert
- Steven Boyd
- Joseph Evans
10 Years of Service
- Joel Vaquera
- Jason Reneau
- Hope Cain
- Adriel Ramirez
- Manuel Hernandez Jr.
- Russell Ham
- Bruce Millard
5 Years of Service
- Jameison Hawkins
- Tory Niewiadomski
- Jason George
- Chris Rosamond
- Jerry Maynard
2022 Service Awards
The average number of years of service of all 142 individuals employed by the City of Sulphur Springs in 202 was 11.04 years.
The following 12 individuals had achieved 5-year mile stones of employment on or during the year leading up to Jan. 1, 2022:
40 Years of Service
- Kerry Carson
35 Years of Service
- Michael Allen
25 Years of Service
- Natalie Darrow
15 Years of Service
- Michael Booth
- James Jordan
- Matt Glenn
5 Years of Service
- Joshua Winnett
- Sean Hoffman
- Mitchell Vaughn
- Charles Fails
- Sarah Dicus
- Edgar Rocha Palacios
2021 Service Awards
The average length of employment among the city’s 141 employees in 2021 was 10.69 years. The following 12 individuals are recognized for reaching a new 5-year milestone either on or leading up to Jan. 1, 2021:
25 Years of Service
- Cynthia Matthews
- Marc Maxwell
20 Years of Service
- Clay Earl
15 Years of Service
- Karon Weatherman
- Joey Baker
10 Years of Service
- Lesa Smith
5 Years of Service
- Karen Newsom
- Bryan Craig
- Donnie Powers
- Buddy Williams
- Jessica Guajardo
- Ashley Floyd
