Proposed Woodcreek Addition: 9.31-Acre Lot To Be Developed Into 39 Single Family Residences
Dec10

Proposed Woodcreek Addition: 9.31-Acre Lot To Be Developed Into 39 Single Family Residences

Infill Housing Development Policy To Be Expanded To Include Duplexes and Quadplexes A majority of items on Sulphur Springs City Council’s regular December meeting agenda had to do with property and construction projects, including six of seven requests for infill housing program agreements, a plat request to change a 9.31-acre property into 39 single family lots, expansion of the 380 policy, an agricultural land lease, and...

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Parking Ordinance, Grant Writer For Senior Center On Dec. 7 Council Agenda
Dec07

Parking Ordinance, Grant Writer For Senior Center On Dec. 7 Council Agenda

Sulphur Springs Municipal Building (City Hall) If you have something to say about parking on East Shannon Road, from Broadway Street to Mockingbird Lane, Tuesday night is the time to voice it. Ordinance No. 2794, which would prohibit vehicles from parking on the south side of East Shannon Road along that block, and selection of a company to compose a grant application which would provide additional funding for the Senior Citizens...

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Bid For New Senior Citizens Center, Grant Application On Aug. 3 City Council Agenda
Aug02

Bid For New Senior Citizens Center, Grant Application On Aug. 3 City Council Agenda

Budget Workshop For 2021-22 Budget To Precede Regular Tuesday Meeting Sulphur Springs City Council will hold two meetings Tuesday, a workshop and a regular monthly meeting. The elected officials are slated to discuss and consider acting on a bid for a pre-engineered metal building to become a new senior citizens center during the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. Aug. 3., as well as a number of other items, including a reinsurance...

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Sulphur Springs City Council Will Be Asked To Act To Protect Area Water Rights
Jul02

Sulphur Springs City Council Will Be Asked To Act To Protect Area Water Rights

Maxwell: City of Texarkana’s Superior Water Use Request Could Impact Cooper Lake, Regional Water Supply While most of the Sulphur Springs City Council July 6 agenda appears fairly routine, with the exception of two items: one would start the process to protect the area water rights and another could provide funding to advance development on the old Thermo mine property. Water Use Permit The Sulphur Springs City Council will be...

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Rezoning and Parking Ordinances, Oncor Distribution Rate Increase Request On May 4 City Council Agenda
May03

Rezoning and Parking Ordinances, Oncor Distribution Rate Increase Request On May 4 City Council Agenda

Rezoning and parking ordinances, an agreement with the city of Frisco, an application from Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC to amend its distribution cost recovery factor to increase rates within the city and action related to the request, and a 380 agreement highlight the Sulphur Springs City Coucil’s May 4 meeting agenda. Zoning Ordinances The City Council will hold a public hearing for the second and final reading of an...

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Spring Signals Start Of Construction Projects In Sulphur Springs
Apr11

Spring Signals Start Of Construction Projects In Sulphur Springs

Spring signals a time of new things, and in Sulphur Springs, many are taking advantage of the warmer weather to begin construction projects – including road work, new apartments and multifamily housing units and business renovations. Four additional single family housing projects were green lit by city officials, and the city also approved a contract to jump start the Saputo sewer line expansion project, submission of a grant...

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City Manager’s Report – February 2, 2021
Feb03

City Manager’s Report – February 2, 2021

Sulphur Springs City Council received from City Manager Marc Maxwell the following monthly manager’s report on during the Feb. 2, 2021 council meeting: COVID-19 Response The number of active cases in Hopkins County decreased 13% since our last meeting with a total of 120 active cases as of February 1, 2021. The is the second consecutive month of declining active cases. Last month active cases fell by 11%....

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