City Manager Reports to Council
on January Activity

 

From City of Sulphur Springs

 

GILMER STREET – Gilmer Street is done.  You may have noticed that the street was closed for most of the day Monday.  We had the brick contractor return to re-lay a portion of the street as some of the bricks were beginning to creep. 

 

MAIN/COLLEGE STREET – Work is progressing quickly.  We poured 260 cubic yards of concrete today.  Sidewalks, trees, and streetlights are next, as well as the small portion on the County’s property.  We will also be removing the remainder of the brick in the interior of the square very soon in preparation for the plaza improvements.

 

WINTER PAVING PROGRAM –COMPLETED!

 

NEW CITY HALL – The asbestos and lead-based paint have been removed from the interior of the old library building.  The exterior paint will not be removed until the construction project is ready to begin which should be in late April.  In the meantime we will remove the mezzanine and perform some demolition outside in preparation for site work.

 

HOME GRANT PROGRAM - We had five successful applicants on the previous round of HOME grant funding.  Two are nearly completed.  Slabs are in place for the other three.  The contractor has until July to complete the homes.

 

We have five more applicants for funding for additional homes in the works.  Some of them look fairly promising.  The HOME grant program is funded by HUD.  It pays for the replacement of old dilapidated homes for qualifying low and moderate income applicants.

 

 

CLAIMS – We did not have any worker’s compensation claims in January, but we did have three liability claims all relating to sewer overflows of one form or another.  All three claims have been submitted to TML for consideration.

 

REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES – Finance Director, Peter Karstens will present a year-to-date review of revenues and expenditures.

 

 

                                                                                                                

 

 

                                                                                                  

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS –   Elsewhere around the City, employees:

 

• Sold 9,456 gallons of jet fuel and 1,444 gallons of aviation gas.
• Repaired 36 water main ruptures.
• Installed 2 water taps and replaced 17 water meters.
• Unstopped 35 sewer mains.
• Repaired 19 sewer mains and installed one new sewer tap.
• Patched 42 potholes and made 35 street repairs following underground utility repairs.
• Cleared out Peavine Pinion Pool in preparation for the Larry Buster Memorial Sulphur Springs Kids Trout Fishing Day at Buford Park.
• Conducted 30 health inspections and 27 public nuisance inspections.
• Conducted 34 building inspections, 14 electrical inspections, 14 plumbing inspections, and 9 miscellaneous inspections.
• Repaired Highway 11 lift station.
• Repaired influent storage basins at wastewater treatment plant.
• Hauled 300 cubic yards of sludge to the landfill.
• Responded to 196 animal control calls and achieved an adoption rate of 60%.
• Began using electronic ticket writers.
• Made 12 felony arrests in the special crimes unit.
• Responded to 40 accidents, made 98 arrests, wrote 652 citations and recorded 67 offenses.
• Responded to 112 fire/rescue calls.
• Conducted 31 fire inspections.
• Performed preventative maintenance on 111 fire hydrants.
• Treated 109 million gallons of drinking water.
• Put a new roof on the Gray’s Building, painted the interior and power-washed the exterior.

Checked out 2,112 materials from the library

 

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