Response of TSAFF to Department of Public Safety Decision Not a Surprise to City Manager
City Manager Marc Maxwell said he is not surprised by the response of The Texas State Association of Fire Fighters (TSAFF) to the consolidating of management of the Sulphur Springs Police Department and the city Fire Department. Maxwell noted that the TSAFF is made up of current and retired firefighters and serves to hear and support grievances filed by the members. The organization did not contact Maxwell prior to Monday to question...
Updated Manager, Finance Director Video Interview: County, City Say Firefighter Rumor False
“It is hard to dispel a rumor about something that has not happened,” according to Craig Johnson, Sulphur Springs City Council Place 1. His comment was made in response to questions asked by KSST News regarding social media posts claiming a number of firefighters would lose their job as a result of an agreement between the City of Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County Commissioners. However, no agreement has been made and the city and...
Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County EDC Receives Texas Economic Development Council’s 2017 Community Economic Development Award
The Texas Economic Development Council announced the recipients of its annual Community Economic Development Awards for 2017. The awards were presented at a special awards luncheon at the TEDC’s Annual Conference in Houston. Sulphur Springs/Hopkins County EDC received the CEDA award for communities with a population of 10,001 to 20,000. Sulphur Springs was in competition with Anna, Athens, Bay City, Brenham, Brownwood, Converse,...
City Council Approves First Reading of Ordinance Regulating Pay Day Lenders, Concrete for Crosstown Trail, Plat for Love’s Travel Center
During the Sulphur Springs City Council Meeting the council approved all items on the agenda. Love’s Travel Center, to be located across Highway 19 from Pilot Truck Stop, will be required to install a 12-inch water main as a part of the plat approval. City Manager Maxwell noted to KSST News that the two agencies in the world that provide mapping information to all the other GPS groups have been updated with the new configuration at...
Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report October 10, 2017
In his report to city council Tuesday night, October 10th, City Manager Marc Maxwell noted: MOORE STREET – The concrete work is completed. All that remains is a little backfilling behind the curbs and some cleanup. PAMPA STREET – The reconstruction of Pampa Street has begun. The Capital Construction Division has finished replacing the sewer line. Construction on the water line is about to begin. After that the street will be...
City Development Department Proposes Fees Adjusted to Value of Project
Tuesday night, the Sulphur Springs City Council passed the first reading of an ordinance setting the fee schedule for the Community Development Department. A second reading approval is necessary before the new fee schedule takes affect. The proposed Community Development Department fee schedule does a number of things, according to Tory Niewiadomski, Community Development Director. It provides more clarity such as defining what...
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...
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,...
Council Conducts Final Public Hearing on Tax Revenue Rate; Property Values Noted
There were two that addressed the Sulphur Springs City Council during the public hearing last week on tax revenue increase for 2017 but Tuesday, August 29th, no one was present to address the council in the second and final public hearing on the tax revenue rate. In comments to the council, City Finance Director Peter Karsten noted that the Texas Legislature requires cities, counties, schools, and other taxing entities to conduct two...
City Fire Department Water Rescue Team Deployed to Harris County
According to City Manager Marc Maxwell, the City of Sulphur Springs will deploy four (4) fire fighters and the water rescue boat to the staging area in Humble, Texas, where they will report to the Harris County Fire Marshall. The fire fighters leave Tuesday for the deployment that will be for five (5) to six (6) days. The water rescue unit will be coordinated through the Ark-Tex Council of Governments with cost for the deployment...
