At Tuesday’s Coppell City Council meeting, Mayor Wes Mays, Place 4 council member Kevin Nevels and Place 6 council member Biju Mathew took their oath of office following their May 4 reelection.
Ramesh Premkumar was sworn in as Place 5, replacing Mayor Pro Tem John Jun, who is leaving the council to run for state representative in Texas House District 115.
“Seeing an outgoing councilman like [Jun] talk about all of the city services that he has done for the citizens is really humbling,” Mays said. “I could just go on and on about everything Coppell has done for us”
Nevels was also appointed as the Mayor Pro Tem to replace Jun.
Later, the council approved the zoning plan for the new Coppell High School fine arts building, tennis center and field equipment event area. They also approved the addition of 20 new trees to be planted around the fine arts building.
They also approved the issuing of $53.5 million to pay for new projects in Coppell, such as improvements on water and sewage, upgrading the Coppell Service Center building and new resources for Coppell’s fire Station No. 5.
The plan entailed having the tennis center in the parking lot adjacent to the tennis courts, the fine arts building to the west of Buddy Echols Field and the field events area next to it.
The council also declared May 19-25 as Emergency Medical Services week to honor the efforts of the Coppell Fire Department and May 19-25 to be National Public Works Week to honor employees in Coppell’s construction and infrastructure. It also recognized May as Water Safety Month.
“Public works is one of those teams that works behind the scenes. We like to say ‘If things are going well, we aren’t getting any phone calls,” director of public works Mike Garza said. “It is a privilege to be able to serve the residents of Coppell.”
The council celebrated the 50th anniversary of Cozby Library and Community Commons, and announced that applications were open for the 2024-25 gala committee for the Coppell Arts Center Foundation.
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