City Council Special Meeting Agenda For Aug. 13
CITY OF SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXASSPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 13, 2019, 5:30 P.M. A special meeting of the Sulphur Springs City Council will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 in the Council Room at 201 North Davis. The following items will be discussed: Call to order.Pledge and invocation.Discussions on proposed fiscal year 2019-20 budget.Discussion/action on motion to place a proposal to increase total tax...
Officials Proposing No Change To County Tax Rate
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday morning gave approval for the county tax rate to remain the same, at the recommendation of Tax Assessor/Collector Debbie Pogue Mitchell. She reported officials from her office and those of the appraisal district and auditor’s office met last week to go over tax rolls. Work proceeded to calculate a tax rate to propose to commissioners court. Recent legislative changes regarding tax caps...
Commissioners Court To Consider Proposed Tax Rate, Consolidation of 2 VFDs
Hopkins County Commissioners Court have a full morning of work ahead of them Monday with a regular meeting scheduled at 9 a.m., with a work session to immediately follow. Commissioners will be asked Aug. 12, to consider and vote on a proposed tax rate; and to set the date, time and place for two public hearing regarding the tax rate. A public hearing will also be conducted to consider a plan for the district clerk’s technology...
Sulphur Springs City Council Awards Contract For Re-Insurance to HM Life
City Considering Take Stand In Railroad Law Suit The city of Sulphur Springs will continue to partially self-fund health insurance for city employees, the city council decided during their regular August meeting. Also discussed during a closed executive session was the city’s potential involvement in law service involving rail service. Re-insurance contract Sulphur Springs sought bid proposals for re-insurance coverage, as has...
Landmark Southside, Travel Time RV To Expand; Agreement Amended For Main Street Project
Sulphur Springs City Council at their August meeting approved two contracts and an agreement amendment which will impact three local businesses. Community Facilities Contracts Approval was given for Community Facilities Contracts for expansion of Travel Time RV and a Wildcat Way storage facility for Landmark Southside Storage, provided each meets the terms of the contract. Travel Time RV, 1811 West Industrial Drive. According to City...
Sulphur Springs City Council Approves Ordinances Rezoning 2 Business Parks, Defining Travel Center, Amending Fee Schedule
Sulphur Springs City Council approved four city ordinance proposals — two rezoning annexes, one amending the community development fee schedule and one defining truck stops and travel centers — during Tuesday evening’s regular meeting. Business Park Rezoning Sulphur Springs Community Development Director Tory Niewiadomski Ordinances 2747 and 2748 rezone Pioneer Business Park and Heritage Business Park from...
Commissioners Approve Equipment Purchases, Bridge Replace Program Agreement
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Steps to attain equipment for road maintenance and fund bridge repairs were among the actions take by Hopkins County Commissioners Court this week. Precinct 3 Commissioner Wade Bartley will be getting Kubota Tractor with side boom mower, a Ford F250 Ford pickup and Mobank wood chipper to help workers keep county roads in Precinct 3 brush cut, and ditches cleared and brush cut back. The equipment will...
My Perfect Pet Expanding Business To Sulphur Springs
Groundbreaking For Gourmet Pet Food Business Scheduled July 31 at 9 a.m. at Pioneer Business Park My Perfect Pet is expanding its gourmet pet food business to Sulphur Springs. Sulphur Springs will soon be home to My Perfect Pet, a gourmet pet food company. After nearly 2 ½ years of work, terms have been reached for the Poway, California company to expand its operation to Texas, according to Sulphur Springs-Hopkins County Economic...
Chamber Connection For July 25, 2019
By Lezley Brown, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce president/CEO I’m just so excited about the upcoming 4th Annual Chamber of Commerce Photography Contest! Let me review the basics. Anyone of any age can enter as we have a children’s category. The picture must be newer than Jan. 1, 2017, and must have been taken in Hopkins County. The contest will be open from Aug. 1 to Aug. 31. There are seven categories you may enter: Natural...
Commissioners Adopt Fund Balance Policy To Meet Standards, Protect County
Hopkins County Commissioners Court this week adopted a new fund balance policy to meet standards recommended by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. “When the outside auditors are here, you will often hear them talk about GASB. County government operates under GASB. That’s Governmental Accounting Standards Board. They set the rules,” Hopkins County Auditor Shannah Walker told commissioners when proposing the...
