Sulphur Springs City Council Place 1 Candidate Jay Julian
Oct10

Sulphur Springs City Council Place 1 Candidate Jay Julian

Four places are on the November 3, 2020 ballot for the special Sulphur Springs City Council election. The seats became open when four council members resigned in December. Harold Nash Sr. was appointed on Dec. 13 to serve in Place 2 on the council until the election; he was the only candidate to file for the seat. Oscar Aguilar was the only candidate to file for Place 3 on the council. He was sworn in to the sea Both Nash will appear...

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Sulphur Springs City Council Place 5 Candidate Ricardo Chavarria
Oct10

Sulphur Springs City Council Place 5 Candidate Ricardo Chavarria

Four places are on the Nov. 3 ballot for the special Sulphur Springs City Council election. The seats became open when four council members resigned in December. Harold Nash Sr. was appointed on Dec. 13 to serve in Place 2 on the council until the election; he was the only candidate to file for the seat. Oscar Aguilar was the only candidate to file for Place 3 on the council. He was sworn in to the sea Both Nash will appear on the...

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Cumby, Sulphur Springs To Hold City Council Elections
Aug18

Cumby, Sulphur Springs To Hold City Council Elections

Both Cumby and Sulphur Springs are scheduled to hold City Council elections on Nov. 3, each to fill two seats on the council. City of Cumby Cumby Municipal Building The City of Cumby had called for a special election in May to fill the open seats on the council. However, state election officials contacted city officials in April regarding the Cumby special election. All candidates for Places 1 and 2 in the May 2 election were...

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Sulphur Springs City Council Appointed A Place 3 Councilman, Named New Parks Director
May06

Sulphur Springs City Council Appointed A Place 3 Councilman, Named New Parks Director

Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday appointed a Place 3 councilman and named a new parks and recreation director during their regular monthly meeting, conducted May 5, via Zoom videoconferencing and live streamed for public viewing on City of Sulphur Springs YouTube channel. Place 3 Appointment Sulphur Springs City Council appointed Oscar Aguilar to Place 3 on the council, one of four seats on the special election ballot. The...

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Sulphur Springs City Council Approves Curfew, Postpones Election
Apr10

Sulphur Springs City Council Approves Curfew, Postpones Election

The April meeting of Sulphur Springs City Council may have been delayed while technical kinks were worked out of the viewing and teleconferencing systems but, once under way, officials wasted no time Tuesday night making short order of the agenda. Due to the stay at home safe and social distancing parameters in place during the global COVID-19 pandemic, Sulphur Springs City Council members and city staff signed in for a Zoom...

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Sulphur Springs City Council To Consider Minor Curfew, Election, Step Plan For SSPD
Apr07

Sulphur Springs City Council To Consider Minor Curfew, Election, Step Plan For SSPD

Due to COVID-19 social distancing and closed lobbies measures in place, the regular April meeting of Sulphur Springs City Council will be conduced online, and can be viewed by the public online starting at 7 p.m. tonight. The agenda is relatively short agenda, and includes for City Council consideration a curfew ordinance for minors, resolution to postpone the May 2 election and a step plan for Sulphur Springs Police Department....

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Sulphur Springs City Council To Consider 4 Ordinances At March 3 Meeting
Mar03

Sulphur Springs City Council To Consider 4 Ordinances At March 3 Meeting

Non-Motorized Sports Concession At Coleman Lake, Sludge Contract Pricing, Audit Submitted For Council Discussion, Action Sulphur Springs City Council will be asked Tuesday night during their regular March meeting to consider approving four ordinances, seven action items, hear a presentation proposing the”antidote to urban sprawl” and be asked to consider one executive session item. Sulphur Springs City Council The City...

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Ballot Order Drawn For Opposed Places For May 2 Sulphur Springs City Council Election
Feb20

Ballot Order Drawn For Opposed Places For May 2 Sulphur Springs City Council Election

The official drawing for order of candidate names in the opposed places on the May 2 Sulphur Springs City Council Election ballot was conducted Thursday morning, Feb. 20. Names for opposed places will appear on the ballot as follows: Place 1 Jay W. JulianMark BradleyVanessa DiosdadoJustin M. Brown Vanessa DiosdadoJustin M. Brown Place 5 Ricardo ChavarriaGary Spraggins Ricardo ChavarriaGary Spraggins The names of the four unopposed...

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Diosdado Files Candidacy For Place 1 Seat On Sulphur Springs City Council
Feb14

Diosdado Files Candidacy For Place 1 Seat On Sulphur Springs City Council

The election for Place 1 on Sulphur Springs City Council had drawn four candidates as of noon Friday, the last day of filing. Vanessa Diosdado signed to run for Place 1 just before noon. She challenges Justin M. Brown, Jay W. Julian and Mark Bradley for the unexpired term Place 1 seat. Vanessa DiosdadoMark Bradley Justin M. BrownJay W. Julian Places 1 and 5 are the seats among the six up for election that were contacted as of 2 p.m....

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Candidate Filing Deadline Nears For May 2 City, School District Elections
Feb07

Candidate Filing Deadline Nears For May 2 City, School District Elections

Those planning to file candidacy in local municipal and school board elections in Sulphur Springs, Cumby and Yantis have just one week left to do so, as filing in regular May 2 elections ends on Feb. 14. Sulphur Springs City Council As of last reporting, the Sulphur Springs City Council Election was the only May 2 election in which a contested race had developed. While there are six places up for election on the ballot, two regular...

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