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Moody City Council approves equipment purchases, tank repairs and appoints city attorney
Summary
At its Dec. 9 meeting the Moody City Council unanimously approved purchases for police and fire departments, IT equipment for the Senior Center, repair bids for the Moody Industrial Park water tank, bids to build four pickleball courts, postponed the Dec. 23 meeting and appointed Kyle Barrentine as city attorney.
The Moody City Council on Dec. 9, 2024, unanimously approved a series of purchases and capital projects and appointed a new city attorney during a 13-minute meeting.
Mayor Joe Lee called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and the council first approved the published agenda and the Nov. 25, 2024 minutes by unanimous votes. Department representatives were listed for November reports, including Police (Reece Smith) and Fire (Larry Horton), and several department heads were noted as absent or out of the room.
Council actions included approval of a police radio signal booster from Decatur Electronics for $3,665.00 (Budget: 01-513-2503), and cold-weather beanies for fire staff from Big Daddy Stitches for $550.00 (Uniforms budget 01-514-4700). Tracy L. Patterson presented a Senior Center technology purchase — three computers, three monitors, software and one printer from Dell and Amazon for $2,107.46 (Admin Capital 01-512-9900) — which the council approved.
On capital work, the council approved multiple bids to repair the Moody Industrial Park water tank, listing a $165,616.00 fire pump replacement (Central Fire Protection Inc.), $41,500.00 for building re-model work to fit the new pump (Bryson Co. II, LLC), $15,000.00 for site improvements (O’Cet Construction) and $10,355.80 for engineering (HagerCo. LLC). The total project cost was listed as $232,471.80 to be funded from the Fire Tank Reserve Fund; Council Member Lynn Taylor moved approval and Council Member Matt Morris seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.
Mayor Lee brought forward the appointment of Kyle Barrentine as city attorney for the remainder of the current administration's term; the council approved the appointment on a motion by Council Member Nick Rutledge, seconded by Council Member Matt Morris.
The council also approved bids to construct four new pickleball courts: Milam and Company, LLC (build) for $244,270.50; S & G Walrop Electric, Inc. (LED lighting) for $77,250.00; and HagerCo. LLC (engineering) for $16,076.03, for a reported total of $337,596.53 from the capital account. Council Member Nick Rutledge moved approval, seconded by Council Member Ellis Key; the motion carried unanimously.
Council Member Linda Crowe moved, and Council Member Nick Rutledge seconded, postponing the Dec. 23, 2024 meeting to be rescheduled if necessary at the mayor's call; that motion also passed unanimously.
The meeting closed at 6:13 p.m. The minutes were later attested and signed.
