Commissioners Court Approves Disaster Relief grant services provider, Communications Funding
Hopkins County AgriLife Extension Assistant Agent Jessica Taylor, and Agents Johanna Hicks and Mario Villarino and update commissioners on projects and programs offers by the local Extension service or that the local office participated in during the last quarters, as well as upcoming programs. Hopkins County Commissioners approved disposal of property for three of the four county precincts, requests from an electric company to put...
Cumby Boil Water Notice Rescinded
Water service is back to normal in Cumby after the city received notification from the state TCEQ that the boiling requirement has been lifted. Customers no longer need to boil their water before consumption, as was required 10 days ago, due to low water pressure. Boil Water Notice Rescinded March 21, 2019 On March 12, 2019, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality required the City of Cumby water system, PWS 1120001 public water...
Sulphur Springs City Council Agenda for Tuesday, December 4, 2018
The regular meeting of the Sulphur Springs City Council will be held at 7:00 p.m.on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 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 a status report of capital improvements, wastewater treatment plant operations,...
Dairy Outreach Training Scheduled for October 31, 2018
In Texas, concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are regulated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Any CAFO with more than 300 animal units (more than 200 mature dairy cows) located in the dairy outreach program area (DOPA) must meet the following training and educational requirements (the DOPA includes Bosque, Comanche, Erath, Hamilton, Hopkins, Johnson, Rains, and Wood Counties): Complete an initial...
Commissioners Court Approves Line Item Changes to Assist with Rising Fuel Costs; List 110 Main St Building
Monday morning in regular session at the courthouse, Hopkins County Commissioners Court approved several line item moves to assist various departments as fuel costs rise, approved a realtor to list the county annex building at 110 Main Street, heard a request for a resolution to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding natural obstructions on the Sulphur River and reappointed Mike Matthews as Hopkins County Fire...
City Manager’s Report June 5, 2018
City Manager Marc Maxwell highlighted the work of city crews and improvements being made in the city during his report to the Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday night in their June session. Activities included in his written report: SUNSET STREET – We have designed the Sunset Street improvements. The project will include new water mains, new sewer mains and a new concrete street from Connally to Houston. The $275,000 CDBG grant is...
Sulphur Springs City Manager’s September Report
Tuesday night, September 6, City Manager Marc Maxwell reported to the city council: STREETS, WATER AND SEWER – Water and sewer improvements on Bill Bradford Road are completed. Atmos completed the replacement of the gas main. The curb & gutter and street will be replaced next by a contractor. DAVIS/TOMLINSON PARKING LOT – This project has been on hold for a couple of weeks while the Capital Construction crew has been...
What Comes Next?-A Sulphur Springs Recycling Update
We’ve gotten a lot of interest in recycling in the community. If a recycling facility is to be established locally, there are several steps that must be taken. The first step in establishing a recycling facility will be for the community to designate a Recycling Coordinator. Someone will need to perform tasks such as setting up informational meetings and calling for the city council to pass a motion for recycling. The next step...
Why Does Sulphur Springs Not Have A Recycling Facility?
Think about it, you finish drinking a can of soda or a bottle of water and you toss it in the trash. What happens next? The can or bottle goes into a landfill where it may take from 50-450 years to decompose. Glass bottles may take millions of years to decompose. That’s a lot of time and a lot of trash! Stanford University found that the “average American discards seven and a half pounds of garbage every day.” All...
Water Now OK in Mt Vernon
Due to low system pressure as a result of low water levels, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) required Mount Vernon water system, the City of Mount Vernon/800001, to notify customers of the need to boil their water prior to consumption Saturday, August 29. The order has now been removed following a testing that assured the proper standards for the public water service. A refill switch on water tower malfunctioned. ...