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Moody City Council approves routine purchases, liquor license and renews garbage contract
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Summary
At its July 8, 2024 meeting, the Moody City Council approved a series of department purchases (firefighting equipment, gym equipment, uniforms and vehicle maintenance), granted a retail liquor license to Wharf Casual Seafood Moody LLC, authorized a $35,000 remodel of the fire training building, and renewed the citys one-year garbage contract with Waste Management.
The Moody City Council met July 8, 2024, and approved multiple routine departmental purchases, a retail liquor license for a new restaurant, a $35,000 remodel of a fire training building, and a one-year renewal of the citys garbage contract with Waste Management. Mayor Joe Lee called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.; the meeting adjourned at 6:21 p.m.
Council action focused on procurement and routine municipal operations. The Council approved several Fire Department requests from Larry Horton: a $1,500 upgrade to kitchen cabinets (account 01-514-4900; in-house labor), uniform supplies from Big Daddy Stiches for $828 (01-514-4700), firefighting nozzles from The Fire Store for $8,725 (01-514-5400), and uniform pants from Galls for $1,750 (01-514-4700). The body camera purchase for Lt Mulkey from Bearcom for $1,070 (01-514-5500) was also approved. Each of these motions passed on recorded motions by individual council members and "all present" voted AYE, per the meeting record.
Park and Recreation purchases were approved after requests from Mike Staggs: one Aspire upright bike from LifeFitness for $4,199.40 and two Aspire recumbent bikes from LifeFitness for $9,118.80 (charged to 2023-2024 Capital Projects). Public Works requested and received approval to purchase four tires and an alignment for a Ford F250 from Vulcan Tire for $1,209.95 (01-515-4202 Vehicle Maintenance).
On business licensing, the Council approved a retail liquor license for Wharf Casual Seafood Moody LLC at 2023 Village Drive (inside Moody city limits). Council Member Nick Rutledge moved the license approval; Lynn Taylor seconded and all present voted AYE.
Mayor Joe Lee presented a Public Works project to remodel the training building for Fire Administration offices with Clapper Restoration at a cost of $35,000 funded from Capital Outlay - Fire Dept; the motion passed unanimously among those present.
The Council also approved Resolution R2024-07-08 to renew the garbage contract with Waste Management for one year; the motion was approved unanimously among those present. The meeting record shows routine unanimous votes on most items; the minutes for June 24, 2024 were approved on a motion by Council Member Lynn Taylor and seconded by Council Member Nick Rutledge with the record indicating Matt Morris abstained.
The meeting included a brief roll call and the listing of department heads—Park and Recreation (Mike Staggs), Police (Reece Smith), Fire (Larry Horton), Public Inspections (David Crowe), Public Works (Steve Mitchell), Library (Sara Roberts), Municipal Court (Tim Senft), and Senior Center (Addie Duke)but no extended public comment or debate on the agenda items was recorded. Mayor Lee closed the meeting at 6:21 p.m.
Notes on the record: the roll call text indicates Matt Morris as "Absent," while the minutes approval line records Matt Morris as abstaining; that contradiction appears in the meeting minutes as presented and is reported here as recorded.