Town of St Paul
Town News
Election News: (1/12/12) February 4th is the first day to file for a seat on the Town of St. Paul Council. Election day is May 12, 2012. The Mayor and Councilperson seats 3, and 5 are open for the General Election. These seats are currently occupied by Opie Walter, Robert Kellow, and Robert Simmons. Anyone interested in serving on Town Council can pick up an application at Town Hall, 2505 Butscher's Block, or click here then print the form. Filing deadline is March 5, 2012. Click here for the Filing Notice (Adviso de la eleccion).
Waste Services Calendar: (1/10/12). The 2012 pickup schedule has been added to the link on the front page and HERE.
Waste Service Vendor: (11/14/11). Town Council recently went out for bids for waste service for the Town. Of the 5 vendors solicited 4 responded and after discussions on the offerings Council chose Allied Services to be the Town's official collector/recycler for the next 5 years. If you use such a service it will need to be with Allied. Their contact info is on our main webpage.
Burn Ban Lifted: (11/01/11). Collin County lifted the Burn Ban effective 10/28/11. Therefore the Town of St Paul also has lifted its Ban since we parallel the County. There are still Town qualifications for burning (see info link).
The 28th National Night Out is October 4, 2011. Plan a neighborhood party for that night. See their website at http://www.nationaltownwatch.org/nno/about.html
Burn Ban is in Effect (07/05/11). Collin County announced a burn ban on July 1, 2011. Therefore the Town of St Paul also has one in effect since we parallel the County bans. Click this link for further info: BURN BAN IN EFFECT
General/Special Election (04/14/11) The May 14th election has been cancelled. Only one citizen per position applied to run. This allows the Town to appoint them and forgo the expense of an election. David Gensler, Jim McCasland, John Scanlan, and Robert Simmons will continue on as Councilmembers.
2011 Spring Clean up News (04/11/11) - See Flyer.
Crime Alert Update: (2/21/11) The Sheriff's office reports that the crimes in and around St. Paul in the past two months have been resolved with the exception one involving a stolen trailer from a storage lot on Parker and one involving the Sonic Drive-in.
Election News: (2/09/11) Monday, February 14th is the first day to file for a seat on the Town of St. Paul Council. Election day is May 14, 2011. Councilperson seat 5 is up for a Special Election to fill the remaining term of ex-councilman Korbelic. Council had appointed Robert Simmons to fill this seat until an election could be held. Councilperson seats 1, 2, and 4 are open for the General Election. These seats are currently occupied by David Gensler, John Scanlan, and Jim McCasland. Anyone interested in serving on Town Council can pick up an application at Town Hall, 2505 Butscher's Block, or click here then print the form. Filing deadline is March 14, 2011. Click here for the election order (la orden de la eleccion).
CRIME ALERT: (1/11/11) It was reported that there was a robbery/assault and other criminal activity on St. Paul Road between Town Hall and the Marina. The perpetrator (photo) is considered dangerous and should be avoided. Call 911 if you see him.
Collin County has a Crime Prevention Section that has been in existence for 17 years. Check out their webpage: http://www.co.collin.tx.us/sheriff/crime.jsp for worthwhile tips.
Thanksgiving Schedule: (11/23) Town Hall will be closed on Thursday and Friday - November 25th and 26th for the Thanksgiving Holiday. We will re-open on Monday the 29th. H a p p y T h a n k s g i v i n g !
Power Outage: (7/29) Power was finally restored at about 5:30. Our main transformer failed and caused a meter transformer to fail. We did not know about the main transformer at first. We had to replace the meter transformer and meter box to restore main power to Town Hall. Once that was done we discovered the main transformer had failed and had to replace that.
Power Outage: (7/22) On Thursday 7/15 Town Hall lost power. Staff and electricians have been working since then to restore power. Unfortunately we have to work with Oncor and have lost several days due to poor communications. Stay tuned.
Mayoral Election: The May 08th election has been cancelled. Only one person per position applied to run. This allows the Town to appoint them and forgo the expense of an election. Opie Walter will continue on as Mayor and Greg Korbelic as Councilman. Robert Kellow will succeed Mike Tussy as Councilman. Councilmen David Gensler, Jim McCasland and John Scanlan will be serving the second year of their terms.
Thanks goes out to Mike Tussy for his service to the Town!
Agreement with Collin Park Marina: Council has negotiated an agreement with Mr. Castro of the Marina to allow those with proof of St. Paul residency, free entry to the park. Mr. Castro asked that the residents be tolerant in case of any errors. This is effective March 1, 2010.
Election News: Monday, February 8th is the first day to file for a seat on the Town of St. Paul Council. Election day is May 8, 2010. The Mayor's and Councilperson's seats 3 and 5 will be up for election. These seats are currently occupied by Opie Walter, Mike Tussy and Greg Korbelic. Anyone interested in serving on Town Council can pick up an application at Town Hall, 2505 Butscher's Block, or click here then print the form. Filing deadline is March 8, 2010. Click here to see the order of Election.
Councilman Appointment - State Law allows Towns to appoint citizens to fill the remaining term of an open seat/position. David Gensler was appointed to Chad Robert's vacant position at the January 11th council meeting. Congratulations go out to David on his appointment.
Resignation - Councilman Chad Roberts tendered his resignation on Dec 7th due to work schedule conflicts with the Town's Council Meeting night. We will miss him, wish him the best in his new position and thank him for his service!
Allied Waste Rate Increase - A/W has requested its first rate increase since we contracted with them 3 years ago. By contract they are allowed a CPI adjustment and are allowed to pass on increases from governmental agencies. The CPI and landfill increase comes to 7.78%. This becomes a $1.37 per home per month cost. For new rates see this link: A/W 2010.
Census 2010 Information - The Census for 2010 is coming soon. See Census for general info.
2009 Fall Clean Up Day - October 17, 2009: See flyer.
2009 Tax rate set: The Town's tax rate was left at .0421279/$100 of valuation.
2009 Election Results: Congratulations are in order for Chad Roberts, John Scanlan and Jim McCasland.
They were elected/re-elected to Council on May 9th.
2008 Spring Clean Up Day: See flyer.
Election News: Monday, February 9th is the first day to file for a seat on the Town of St. Paul Council. Election day is May 9, 2009.Councilperson seats 1,2 and 4 will be up for election. These seats are currently occupied by Chad Roberts, Cam Davis, and John Scanlan. Anyone interested in serving on Town Council can pick up an application at Town Hall, 2505 Butscher's Block, or click here then print the form. Filing deadline is March 9, 2009.
2008 Fall Clean Up Day: See flyer.
Unclaimed Money Available: The State of Texas will publish their Unclaimed Property List on October 19th, 2008. You can search for more or begin a claim for it at www.ClaimItTexas.org .
Free Monthly Waste Disposal for Collin County Residents: see link.
2008 Spring Clean Up Day: See flyer.
2008 Election: The Mayor's and 2 Councilperson's positions are up for election on May 14, 2008. Applications to run are available at Town Hall and must be turned in by March 14th.
June 2007: The issue of installing Bad Weather Sirens was recently discussed at our Council Meetings. The Town Council decided St. Paul will not be purchasing a local outdoor siren system as they are too expensive and ineffective.
Instead Council recommends the purchase of a Midland Weather/All Hazards Alert Monitor with Alarm Clock. This radio will alert your household when bad weather enters our area. Follow this link for more info ==> Radio Page
2007 Election: The Mayor's and 3 Councilperson's positions were up for election this past May 12, 2007. As there were no contested positions Texas State Law allows the appointing of those that ran. Resolution 07-04-09 did just that. It appointed Mayor Opie Walter and Councilpersons John Scanlan, Cam Davis and Chad Roberts (who ran for Mark McCartt's position). Mayor Walter administered the oath of office to Mr. Roberts at the May 14th Council meeting. Being able to cancel this election saved the Town about $4000 in election costs.
Animal Clinic
The Town held its first Shot Clinic on April 21, 2007 at Town Hall from 1-3 pm. Council will later decide if this is to be an annual event.
May 12, 2007 Election - Cancelled
Council has cancelled the Mayoral Election of May 12, 2007. There were no contested races so all candidates will be appointed.
Effective May 14, 2007 your new Council will consist of:
Mayor: Opie Walter
Council persons: Cam Davis, Greg Korbelic, Mike Tussy, Chad Roberts, John Scanlan
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El consejo ha cancelado la elección mayoral del de mayo 12 de 2007. No había razas disputadas así que designarán a todos los candidatos. De mayo eficaz el 14, 2007 que su nuevo consejo consistirá en:
Alcalde: Opie Walter
Councilmen: Cam Davis, Greg Korbelic, Mike Tussy, Chad Roberts, John Scanlan
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COLLIN COUNTY GROWTH - click here
Trash Service (January 5, 2007)
Allied Waste ((972) 422-2341) is sending out a letter next week to all residents with a request for information that will need to be completed and returned to them. This information will be used to set up your service.
Delivery of bins should start near the end of January.
Billing at the new rate for residents currently with Allied Waste begins January 1, 2007. A credit will be issued on your next bill to adjust for the new pricing.
The other vendors have been notified of the February start date and committed to adjust their billing accordingly.
Recycling Program (December 18, 2006)
Billing, at the new rate, for residents currently with Allied Waste Services ((972) 422-2341) service should begin January 1, 2007.
For those with other service, delivery of bins should start during January with billing beginning February 1, 2007.
Recycling Program (December 12, 2006)
Town Council voted last night to enter into an
agreement with Allied Waste Services ((972) 422-2341) for household waste and recycling. services
for Town
residents.
Residents will not be required to contract for residential garbage pickup services but if they do it will have to be with the selected company.
Town staff will work with Allied to develop a startup schedule and Allied will send out a mailing with instructions on changing over to them.
Speeding Penalties (Sep 2006)
Your Town Council met with Sheriffs' department representatives to discuss the issue of speeding that is occurring on our Town streets.
The Sheriffs representatives stated that the are unable to ticket speeders because the Town had set lower speed limits that override the state limits and prevent them from being able to enforce ours. Council has now repealed the existing limits and is in the process of replacing the speed signs in the Town. Any resident can then call the sheriffs' department at 1-972-547-5100, report any speeding and ask them to target specific recurring occurrences.
