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...
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....
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...
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....
Bradley Files Candidacy For Place 1 On Sulphur Springs City Council
A third candidate filed for Place 1 on Sulphur Springs City Council. Mark Bradley, Justin Brown and Jay Julian, Place 1 City Council candidates Mark Bradley filed Friday morning, Feb. 14, for a spot on the May 2 ballot for Place 1 on the council. He challenges Justin M. Brown and Jay W. Julian for the seat. Also filing for council are: Place 2 — Harold Nash Sr. Place 3 — Oscar Aguilar Place 5 — Ricardo Chavarria and...
Spraggins Files For Place 5 On Sulphur Springs City Council
Place 5 on the May 2 City Council Election in Sulphur Springs is now contested. Ricardo ChavarriaGary Spraggins, Ricardo Chavarro Gary Spraggins signed up shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, to run for Place 5. He faces Ricardo Chavarria, who filed candidacy for Place 5 on Jan. 23. That is the second contested race to develop for City Council this spring. Justin M.Brown and Jay W. Julian both filed candidacy Jan. 27 for Place 1 on...
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...
Brown, Julian File Candidacy For Place 1 On Sulphur Springs City Council
Two individuals filed candidacy Monday morning for a place on the May 2 Sulphur Springs City Council Election ballot. Justin M. Brown Justin M. Brown had filed by 9:15 a.m. Jan. 27, as a candidate for Place 1 on the City Council. Jay W. Julian At 9:50 a.m. Jan. 27, Jay W. Julian had also filed as a candidate for Place 1 on the City Council. So far, Place 1 is the only place in which a contested race has developed. Five other places...
City Council Appoints Police Chief, Fire Chief/Marshal, Utilities Director
Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday night voted to eliminate the public safety director position, with one council member voting against the measure. The city will go back to the prior tradition of having a separate fire chief and separate police chief. For the fire department, the top officer will be the fire chief/fire marshal. David James was appointed to fill that role. Jason Ricketson, a longtime officer at Sulphur Springs...
Contractors Selected For Curb And Gutter Work; Backhoe Purchase Put On Hold For A Month
Contractors were selected for curb and gutter removal and replacement as part of the 2022 street improvement program, while a backhoe purchase was put on hold for a month by Sulphur Springs City Council. Also during the regular March council meeting earlier this week, action was taken to cancel the May 7 City Council election. Street Work Assistant City Manager/Community Development Director Tory Niewiadomski told the City Council the...
