Courthouse Window Repair Approved; Commissioners Meet Next Week to Discuss Sale of Property on Main Street
Hopkins County Commissioners Court awarded a contract to Phoenix I Corp, of Farmers Branch, to do restoration and repair on the courthouse windows on lower floors. The project slated to begin in January and continue for three months will cost $145,000. Restoration and repair on the windows on the upper floors was carried out in 2008. Next week, Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 9 a.m. commissioners’ court will conduct a work session in the...
Construction Project, Repairs Discussed By Commissioners Court
Hopkins County Commissioner Court, during a work session this week, discussed a construction project and needed repairs at county facilities. Inmates remove debris from a demolished building to clear the site for a new county building at the corner of Rosemont Street and Houston Street. Tom Glossup reported construction on the new building to be located at the corner of Houston and Rosemont Streets is expected to really get under way...
Hopkins County Seeks Grant For Courthouse Roof Repair
Monday morning the Hopkins County Commissioners Court agreed to pursue a $250,000 grant from the Texas Historical Commission to fix the hail-damaged roof on the County Courthouse and to reinstall some leaky windows that were not put in correctly during restoration in 2003. The county will have to match the grant amount. County Judge Robert Newsom said the county has tried to secure the grant before but failed. He thinks Hopkins...
Road Materials Bids, Equipment Purchase Approved By Hopkins County Commissioners Court
Bids for road materials, continued participation in a grant program to help feed county residents, improvements to the courthouse, a new BOMAG machine for Precinct 4 and a reappointment to the county appraisal district board were among the items approved by Hopkins County Commissioners Courts Road Materials “We went out for bids for road materials and received back from all the normal vendors that send back every year,”...
