July 2021 Monthly Newsletter
Distributed at the beginning of each month, this monthly newsletter provides updates on events and relevant city & community activity.
City Council updates are sent separately after monthly meetings.
Thank you for reading!
City Council and Board & Commission Meetings
Jacksonville City Hall, 315 S. Ragsdale St. (unless noted)
  • Jacksonville Special City Council Meeting
  • Friday, July 2nd @ 12pm - City Hall
  • Jacksonville Public Library Board Meeting
  • Tuesday, July 6th @ 5:15pm - Jacksonville Public Library
  • City Council Agenda Workshop
  • Thursday, July 8th @ 12pm - City Hall
  • Regular City Council Meeting
  • Tuesday, July 13th @ 6pm - City Hall
  • Vanishing Texana Museum Board Meeting
  • Monday, July 19th @ 5:15pm - Vanishing Texana Museum
  • Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Board Meeting
  • Tuesday, July 20th @ 8:30am - City Hall
City Manager Resigns
City Manager, Greg Smith, announced he was resigning from his position after he was recently offered a position as the City Manager of Dennison, Texas.
Mayor Randy Gorham said, "When we hired Mr. Smith, we knew we needed to hire a person that could 'right the ship'. He turned out to be just what Jacksonville needed. Although we hate to see him leave, we wish him the best in his next endeavor."
Mr. Smith will remain on the job as City Manager through August 12, 2021.
Council will be holding a special, closed meeting to discuss replacement for Mr. Smith on Friday, July 2nd at City Hall.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
Budget Workshops
Set for FY 2021-2022
The Budget for the FY 2021-2022 will be discussed and determined in Budget Workshop Meetings scheduled for July 31st and August 1st.
Each Department, along with City Council and the City Manager will be present to finalize the FY 2021-2022 Budget.
JACKSONVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
CITY CENTRAL AT TOMATO FEST
The City of Jacksonville was thrilled to be a part of the 37th Annual Tomato Fest this year! We had each department recognized in our City Central area complete with a Touch the Truck area where kids, young and old, could sit in and touch some of our City fleet of trucks. We had the Explore Jacksonville, Library, Fire and Police tents with department give-away items, as well as the Restroom Amenity Trailer set-up for all of the Tomato Fest visitors to use.

We really enjoyed seeing the thousands of visitors and sharing how each department works together to support this great City!
Kids who visited the COJ Fire Department tent were able to get a red fire hat and activity book, while learning about fire prevention safety!
Our Public & Community Services Department had a big job making sure electrical lines were run prior to all the vendors arriving and they did a fantastic job!
We found many young, aspiring Police Officers who stopped by the PD tent to receive their honorary badge and even try on some official Police gear!
JACKSONVILLE ANIMAL SHELTER
PET SPOTLIGHT
Our spotlight pet is Prince Charles. He is a 2 year old Shepherd Mix. Prince is very personable and plays well with other animals and people.

Stop by our shelter at 208 E. Tena Street or call 903-339-3291 for more information.
PUBLIC & COMMUNITY SERVICES
The City of Jacksonville was selected as a finalist in the Sustainable Infrastructure category in the 2021 IDC Smart Cities North America Awards! The AMI Smart Water Project that was implemented in our city saved millions of gallons of water during the February 2021 freeze. This story was presented to the award committee a few months ago. It is a huge honor to be a finalist!
Please vote for Jacksonville to win by clicking on red button below!
SPOTLIGHT EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHTS OF THE WEEK
AROUND TOWN
Ground Breaking for new
Super 1 Foods
Grocery Store
The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Super 1 Foods grocery store took place on June 23, 2021.

Representatives from Brookshires, the City of Jacksonville and Central Builders, Inc were on hand to take part in the official ground breaking.

JISD Cheer and Drill Teams were also on hand to celebrate the event.

Completion is scheduled for 2022.
The annual Flag Day Ceremony was held at the Hazel Tilton Park on Monday, June 14th. There were several speeches and even special performances from the Sweet Union Youth Band and The Lykin Family band with bass accompaniment from our very own, Mayor Randy Gorham!
UPCOMING EVENTS
KEEP JACKSONVILLE BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTY IN BUSINESS RECIPIENT
Prosperity Bank
203 Neches Street
BEAUTIFUL YARD RECIPIENTS
Jerry Ayers -1504 O'Keefe Road (left)
Manuel & Graciela Tavera - 617 Nacogdoches Street (right)
To learn more about the Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Committee,
or to donate, please email KJB at the below link.
Please include your name and phone number.
City of Jacksonville, Texas
Communications
communications@jacksonvilletx.org