Herald Democrat
In an effort to continue to take advantage of near historic-low interest rates this week, Denison issued $11.8 million in debt. The new debt represent the second set of bonds that the city has issued this year that have had interest rates around or below 2 percent. These bonds were sold through a competitive sale and what that means is essentially these bonds were put out into the public market and underwriters were invited for the right to bid, said Marti Shew, representing Hilltop Securities.
These new bonds will be used for 2021 capital projects including several water system improvements. These projects include work on Theresa Lane, FM 691 and Loy Lake Road, along with other extensions.
Campaigning during COVID-19: Mayor Janet Gott talks 2nd term, 2021 election differences
Herald Democrat
Denison s Mayor Janet Gott won a decisive victory against challengers Matt Blackshear and Al Gilberti during Saturday s May 1 elections. Still, she said running for office during a global pandemic posed its own challenges, and while her reelection bid was successful, she learned some things along the way.
Gott received 83 percent of the 692 votes that were cast, effectively securing her second term as mayor. The results are very exciting and I am grateful and humbled by the support shown by our citizens, Gott said Monday. I look forward to the next three years and the opportunity to serve the community I love. For sure, I am happy the campaign is over so I can get back to work moving our community forward.
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Denison considers dumpster diving ordinance
Herald Democrat
Denison City Leaders hope a new solid waste ordinance will help solve recent problems with dumpster diving behind businesses.
The City Council is slated to consider amendments to the ordinance aimed at giving it teeth and providing police with enforcement authority. The ordinance is expected to be discussed when the council meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Denison City Hall. Up until we pass this ordinance, the police department hasn t really had any enforcement teeth to enforce that, so we are going to add that to the solid waste ordinance, Interim City Manager Bobby Atteberry said.
Herald Democrat
For nearly a half-decade, Denison leaders and downtown stakeholders have dreamed of visions of a renewed streetscape with improved pedestrian space, outdoor seating and other improvements.
Now, that vision is becoming reality.
Crews with the city of Denison officially broke ground Tuesday on the first, $16.4 million phase of the Designing Downtown Denison project, which will transform and modernize the city s downtown district as a part of efforts to bring reinvestment to the city s core.
For Interim City Manager Bobby Atteberry, Tuesday s groundbreaking represents the culmination of five years of effort by the city. Atteberry said he can still remember the first meetings held to get feedback on the project. Never did he expect that he would be the city manager who oversaw the start of construction.