City Attorney Discusses Potential Impact Of Friday's Called City Council Meeting
Sulphur Springs (far left) Mayor Pro Tem Erica Armstrong, Council member Jimmy Lucas, (center) Mayor Norman Sanders and (second from right) Jeff Sanderson submitted notices of resignation from the City Council in the last week. How the city operates and functions for the next 6 months could be determined Friday at the called noon meeting of Sulphur Springs City Council. A quorum is needed to hold the meeting. Four of the seven...
Special City Council Meeting Called For Friday To Accept Resignations; Appoint 1 New Council Member, Mayor
Sulphur Springs City Hall, 201 North Davis St. A special meeting of Sulphur Springs City Council has been called to address resignations of council members made over the last week and to appoint a mayor and pro tem. Sulphur Springs Mayor Norman Sanders gave notice of resignation on Thursday December 5th, 2019. Council members Erica Armstrong, Jimmy Lucas and Jeff Sanderson submitted notice of resignation, “effective...
4 Members Of Sulphur Springs City Council Resign
Sulphur Springs City Council members (far left) Erica Armstrong, Jimmy Lucas, (fourth from left) Norman Sanders and (second from right) Jeff Sanderson have resigned their seats from Sulphur Springs City Council, effective immediately Four members of Sulphur Springs City Council had submitted letters of resignation, effective immediately, as of Monday morning. Mayor Norman Sanders submitted his resignation on Thursday. Erica Armstrong,...
2 Business Women Ask City For Help With Unsupervised Children Downtown
Sulphur Springs City Council Two local business women this week approached Sulphur Springs City Council regarding concerns of middle school-aged children being unsupervised downtown. “We would like to approach y’all for a curfew for the children running downtown. It is out of control. My people sit outside at night and eat. The language of the 12- and 13-year-olds, and they’re running back and forth and fighting....
JetTribe Receives Approval To Host Jet Ski Watercraft Event At Coleman Lake
JetTribe Core Watercraft Company officials have been given the go-ahead to host a jet ski watercraft exhibit on Coleman Lake in the spring. Dinh Tran, senior partner of Vosh International Corp, told Sulphur Springs City Council that with the help of the Sulphur Springs-Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation Tony and Sarah Whitehead, founders of JetTribe, have established a distribution center in Sulphur Springs. Tran...
City Officials Discuss Potential Options, Alternate Ideas For Downtown Parking
Celebration Plaza, on the square in Sulphur Springs Downtown parking and options to potentially increase or identify available parking downtown were discussed during Sulphur Springs City Council’s regular meeting this week. Place 2 Council member Jimmy Lucas said he asked that the discussion on downtown parking be placed on the council agenda after being approached by vendors downtown. The business person expressed concern to...
City Manager's Report for December 2019
Below is the City Manager’s Report reported by Marc Maxwell Dec. 3, to Sulphur Springs City Council by Wastewater Treatment Plant The construction on all of the functional elements at the wastewater treatment plant is complete. All that remains is construction of the road. The plant is completely operational. Bellview Street The Bellview project has begun. Installation of sewer mains is ongoing. Connally Street The contractor on...
City Appraisal District Board Representative Appointed
Of the two appointments Sulphur Springs City Council was asked to consider appointing, only one received approval; the other was tabled at the Dec. 3 City Council meeting. City Secretary Gale Roberts recommended Bill Watts to serve another term on the Hopkins County Appraisal District Board of Directors. Watts has served on the board since 2010. Before Watts, Michael Barrett served on HCCAD Board. Roberts said she contacted Watts, who...
City Takes First Steps To Begin Process To Annex Former Luminant Property
Aerial view of the old Thermo mine property The first steps were taken Tuesday night by Sulphur Springs City Council to being the process of annexing the former Luminant property into the city. “Now that the city now owns the former Luminant property, one of the first steps that needs to happen before it’s incorporated into the city limits is to annex the property. Before we do that, we need to establish what process...
Sulphur Springs City Council Dec. 3 Agenda
City of Sulphur Springs CITY OF SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 3, 2019 7 P.M. An Executive Session will be held at 6PM in accordance with Texas Government Code, Title 5, Chapter 551.074, Personnel Matters specifically relating to the City Manager. The regular meeting of the Sulphur Springs City Council will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 in the Council Room at 201 North Davis...
