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Seagoville staff propose 2025 events calendar; fireworks vendor change saves $3,500

3620353 · March 3, 2025
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Director of Public Works Chris Rand presented a draft 2025 events calendar at the March 3 work session, noting a switch to a new fireworks vendor that would save the city $3,500, a proposal to move the summer movie nights to September and October, and a plan to move the tree-lighting to a Friday to boost attendance.

Director of Public Works Chris Rand presented a draft 2025 community-events plan at the Seagoville City Council work session on Monday evening, outlining changes to fireworks, movie-in-the-park dates and the annual tree-lighting event.

Rand said the city is switching to a new fireworks company "that do[es] bigger shells than the previous company, by a lot," and that the change will save the city $3,500 even though the city must supply its own music. "We have to supply our own music, but we save $3,500 by switching to this newer…

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