City Council Approve Rate Increases, Drainage Repair for Issues at Pacific Park
Sep05

City Council Approve Rate Increases, Drainage Repair for Issues at Pacific Park

In the city of Sulphur Springs, water rates will increase 2%, sewer rates will increase 2%, and sanitation rates will increase 2.25% following the unanimous vote of the Sulphur Springs City Council during their September 4th regular session. A budget amendment for Fiscal Year 2018 and the appropriations for Fiscal Year-2019, which included salary increases for the two municipal judges and city secretary, were approved with only one...

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City Council Approve Rates, Fees, Rezoning; Manager Reports  Start of Reconstruction on Pampa Street, Completion of Locust Street
Sep06

City Council Approve Rates, Fees, Rezoning; Manager Reports Start of Reconstruction on Pampa Street, Completion of Locust Street

Attendance was sparse at the Sulphur Springs City Council meeting Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in the council chambers. All council members and members of city staff attended but few members of the public were present as the council approved on first reading ordinances that set the tax rate and water, sewer, and sanitation fees for the city for the new budget year. The second reading of ordinances establishing a tax increment reinvestment...

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City Council Meets Tuesday: Tax Rate, Fees, Rezoning
Sep04

City Council Meets Tuesday: Tax Rate, Fees, Rezoning

The regular meeting of the Sulphur Springs City Council will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 in the Council Room at 201 North Davis Street.  The following items will be discussed: Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag, Texas Flag, and invocation.Presentations, proclamations, and announcements. Manager’s report will include status report of capital improvements, wastewater treatment plant operations,...

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Sanitation Solutions Begins Service in Sulphur Springs
Jan04

Sanitation Solutions Begins Service in Sulphur Springs

Sanitations Solutions, the new trash service for Sulphur Springs, made their first commercial pickups Saturday and will begin residential service today (Monday, January 4, 2016). According to City Manager Marc Maxwell there has been and will be no interruption in garbage collection as Sanitation Solutions begins their service to the city. Days set for residential trash collection will not change according to Maxwell. If the resident’s...

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Same Rate, Pick Up Dates, Different Color Truck; City Manager Talks Trash
Oct29

Same Rate, Pick Up Dates, Different Color Truck; City Manager Talks Trash

Rates will remain the same. Pick up dates will remain the same. Only the color of the truck will change when the city of Sulphur Springs begins being served by a new sanitation company in January. Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell literally talked trash Thursday morning with KSST News. Maxwell said a number of false rumors have been circulating in social media recently. He stated that residents can be assured service will...

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Water Pressure, Police Cruisers, Sanitation Service on Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday Agenda
Oct05

Water Pressure, Police Cruisers, Sanitation Service on Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday Agenda

The Sulphur Springs City Council will be an executive session at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday before a regular meeting at 7 p.m. They will be meeting with an attorney concerning pending litigation. Any decision on the matter will be made during the open meeting. Monday morning City Manager Marc Maxwell discussed the agenda items with KSST News. Other actions for the city include a water supply contract with Shady Grove Water Supply #2. Maxwell...

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Sulphur Springs City Council To Consider Rate Changes
Sep21

Sulphur Springs City Council To Consider Rate Changes

The Sulphur Springs City Council will consider several matters on second and final reading that are budget related at a special meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. Agenda items are for the appropriations ordinance, setting the tax rate, the water rate, the sewer rate, sanitation rate and authorization of updated service credits.

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City Council Approves 2 Ordinances, Appoints New Public Works Director
Jan05

City Council Approves 2 Ordinances, Appoints New Public Works Director

Sulphur Springs City Council approved 2 ordinances and appointed a new public works director during the regular January 2023 meeting Tuesday evening. Bryan Craig City Appointment The City Council met at 6:30 p.m. in executive session, just prior to the open portion of the Jan. 3, 2023 meeting, to discuss deliberations regarding economic development for Ashoka Steel, personnel matters — including the public works director position —...

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City Council To Consider Bids, Award Contract For Construction Of New Senior Citizens Center
Dec06

City Council To Consider Bids, Award Contract For Construction Of New Senior Citizens Center

After a lengthy delay of more than a year, Sulphur Springs City Council is expected during Tuesday night’s regular December meeting to consider bids and at long last award a contract for construction of a new Senior Citizens Activity Center on Oak Avenue. The City Council is also slated to consider on final approval an ordinance changing the speed limit on Mockingbird Lane; purchasing communications equipment, 2 airport ground...

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Sulphur Springs City Council Special Meeting Set for September 25, 2018
Sep22

Sulphur Springs City Council Special Meeting Set for September 25, 2018

A special meeting of the Sulphur Springs City Council will be held at 6:00 p. m. on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 in the Council Room at 201 North Davis Street. The following items will be discussed: Discussion/action on public hearing for the second and final reading of Ordinance No. 2727, the appropriations ordinance for the City of Sulphur Springs for FY 2018-19. Discussion/action on public hearing for the second and final reading of...

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