Budget Meeting Tuesday
City of Sulphur Springs Director of Finance Peter Karstens will distribute copies of a draft budget to City Council members at a workshop meeting Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. Karstens is expected to give a brief overview of the budget. During a regular meeting at 7 p.m., the council is expected to finalize ordinances adopting the International Property Maintenance Code and new Signs and Identification Regulations. By Don Julian, KSST...
Springs City Council will be mapping out Capital Improvement Plan
The Sulphur Springs City Council will be mapping out Capital Improvement Plans for years to come. They’ll meet with Director of Finance Peter Karstens Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Executive Chambers on the second floor of new City Hall. Topics will include streets, drainage, remodeling old City Hall, water and sewer lines, the Water Plant, raw water supply, Wastewater Treatment Plant, funding issues and wastewater collection rate...
100th Birthday Celebration Old Post Office/City Hall North
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City Director Of Finance Announces Plans For Upcoming Council Meeting
Peter Karstens, city of Sulphur Springs Director of Finance, has a feast of ideas planned for City Council members at a proposed meeting on July 22 at 6 p.m. He promises the council members will have a lot on their plates, as the menu will include high dollar long-range discussions of streets, the wastewater treatment plant, water treatment plant, Lake Sulphur Springs and the city’s excess water. Karstens says he’ll discuss ways to...
Update On Wastewater Treatment Plant
Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell gave the City Council an update Tuesday night on the city’s stressed Wastewater Treatment Plant. He said a new filter was helping and added the plant was within allowable limits for total suspended solids last month. Maxwell said the plant was out of compliance for ammonia. He said the plant still needed to get more oxygen for it to operate more efficiently. By Don Julian, KSST News and Sports...
Sulphur Springs City Council Passes New Ordinance
The Sulphur Springs City Council easily passed an ordinance on first reading Tuesday night that would adopt the International Property Maintenance Code but then struggled a bit to pass on first reading an ordinance that would replace an entire section on Signs and Identification in the city Zoning Ordinance. City Attorney Jim McLeroy said the Maintenance Code would allow the city to address property maintenance issues early and would...
City Council Approves Two Ordinances
During a twenty-five minute meeting Tuesday night, the Sulphur Springs City Council approved on first reading two ordinances that were postponed last month. One will adopt the International Property Maintenance Code. The second will replace the entire Signs and Identification section of the city zoning ordinance. That one is expected to be tweaked some. By Don Julian, KSST News and Sports Director
