Sulphur Springs City Council received from City Manager Marc Maxwell the following monthly manager’s report during the July 7, 2021, council meeting:
COVID-19 Response
The number of active cases in Hopkins County decreased 58% since our last meeting with 16 active cases as of May 28th. There are 0 patients in the COVID unit at the hospital.
Grays Building
The building is sufficiently completed to rent out for events. Landscaping is in-process, and the 3 large roll-up doors are temporarily fitted with aluminum panels rather that the glass panels that will eventually be installed.
Claims
We received 1 minor workers compensation claim in June. A Police officer backed into a passenger car causing $3,653 of damages to the passenger car. A claim has been submitted to TML.
A local motorist submitted a claim for damages to their vehicle after they drove over an incomplete utility repair. TML denied the claim.
Senior Citizens Building
We received a single bid for the engineered metal frame for the building. We will discuss that in another agenda item.
Saputo Sewer Main
Construction is about 80% complete. This $750,000 sewer project is funded entirely by a grant from the Texas Department of Agriculture. The new main will supplement an older undersized main. The path of the new main begins at Saputo and continues under the interstate. It then continues South for 3,500 feet before connecting to an existing trunk line. The new main has a 15-inch diameter. This grant is made possible because of a $50 million plant upgrade at Saputo and their cooperation with the Texas Department of Agriculture. Without their cooperation this project would not have been possible.
College Street
This will be the next reconstruction project after the Saputo Sewer Line Project.
Revenues And Expenditures
Finance Director Lesa Smith will present a report of revenues and expenditures.
Street Improvement Program
Texana Land and Asphalt began repaving the streets in this year’s Street Improvement Program (SIP) today. I expect them to finish by summer’s end. They began with Duckworth Street.
Street Segment Length Austin Davis to Brinker 565 Beckham Oak to Elm 3,379 Duckworth Mockingbird to Broadway 1,250 Gena Cul de Sac to end 1,130 League Bellview to Pampa 3,131 Lee Davis to Broadway 1,901 N. Davis Houston to Bonner 675 Patton College to Weaver 950 Phyllis Ct. College to Cul de Sac 950 Texas Tate to Lee 2,772 Texas Lee to Industrial 1,188 Woodbridge Crossing Various 500 Total Linear Feet 19,391 Total Miles 3.67 Total Cost $1,152,098 Street Maintenance Fee Revenue $502,000
* Funding from street maintenance budget.
Miscellaneous
Elsewhere around the city, employees:
- Repaired 238 potholes.
- Removed fallen trees from city streets after storms.
- Installed 932 feet of 15-inch sewer main.
- Finished installing parking, sidewalks, and other concrete flat work at the Grays building.
- Installed plumbing fixtures in the Grays Building.
- Completed public safety training in the areas of driving, crime scene investigation, defensive tactics, and CPR.
- Responded to 210 animal control calls while achieving a 79% adoption rate.
- Made 4 felony arrests in the Special Crimes unit.
- Seized 1.5 pounds of marijuana and $14,444 in the Special Crimes Unit.
- Responded to 49 accidents, wrote 512 citations, made 49 arrests, and recorded 48 arrests in the Patrol Division.
- Responded to 2,408 calls for police service.
- Responded to 197 fire/rescue calls including 3 structure fires, 3 vehicle fires, and 2 grass fires.
- Performed preventative maintenance on 84 fire hydrants.
- Conducted 48 fire inspections and reviewed 48 pre-fire plans.
- Hosted a softball tournament and a baseball tournament.
- Served 3,649 meals to seniors.
- Checked out 3,735 items from the library plus 722 eBooks.
- Installed a generator on the Grays Building.
- Installed controls for irrigation system at Pacific Park.
- Filed a claim with Federal Signal for non-working tornado sirens.
- Performed preventative maintenance on many items at the wastewater treatment plant.
- Sent 275 tons of sludge to composting contractor and 400 tons to the landfill.
- Repaired 3 water main ruptures.
- Replaced 14 water meters.
- Unstopped 23 sewer mains.
- Saw another employee receive a Class D water License.
- Repaired 7 sewer mains.
- Flushed 36 dead-end water mains.
- Operated flood gates at lake Sulphur Springs.
- Sold 147 million gallons of potable water.
- Sold 3,189 gallons of AvGas and 13,026 gallons of JetA fuel.
- Accommodated 1,621 operations at the airport.
