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Moody City Council unanimously approves hires, transportation plan and county service contracts
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Summary
At its Aug. 28 meeting, the Moody City Council voted unanimously to post and hire police and firefighter positions, adopt a 2024 transportation plan under the Rebuild Alabama Act, and approve county contracts for dispatching, emergency management and drug enforcement.
The Moody City Council on Aug. 28, 2023, approved a package of personnel hires, equipment purchases and intergovernmental contracts in a meeting that lasted about 11 minutes.
Mayor Joe Lee opened the meeting at 6:01 p.m. and the council recorded two absences: Lynn Taylor and Matt Morris. Council members moved and seconded a series of motions that each passed by unanimous vote of those present.
The council authorized the city to post and hire two police officer positions to replace a retiring officer (Stephen Kaylor) and an officer who resigned; the new hires are slated to begin after Sept. 19, 2023. Reece Smith presented that personnel request; Council Member Linda Crowe moved approval and Council Member Ellis Key seconded.
The council also approved posting and hiring five full‑time firefighter/medic positions to fill vacancies and renewed a one‑year posting for a part‑time position. Larry Horton presented the fire department requests. Council members approved purchases for fire department needs, including traffic safety vests ($1,800) and firefighting nozzles ($1,500), as well as $1,000 for station supplies and authorization to install three new fire hydrants (vendor: Odenville Water) at a capital cost of $15,000 with tentative locations including Old Sawmill Road and James Taylor Road.
On administrative items, the council approved $1,311 in lodging expenses for Silvia Sheffield and Justin Crump to attend records software training in South Carolina (class tuition free), and a $760 purchase of L.E.A.D.S. drug‑prevention materials for Moody Middle School. Sara Roberts requested renewal of the Fold3 Library Edition database (ProQuest LLC) for $1,227.99 for Oct. 1, 2023–Sept. 30, 2024; that renewal was approved and marked as budgeted under code 01‑519‑7200.
The council adopted Resolution R2023‑08‑28 setting the city’s holidays for 2023–24 and Resolution R2023‑08‑28A, which adopts the City of Moody 2024 Transportation Plan pursuant to the Rebuild Alabama Act. Mayor Lee presented both resolutions; Council Member Ellis Key moved approval of the transportation plan.
The council approved Resolution R2023‑08‑28B to accept public streets in the Alden Glen Subdivision for upkeep and maintenance (streets only). It also approved a fiscal‑year contract with the St. Clair County Commission for Central Dispatching at $108,432.19, an annual $6,500 payment to the county for its Emergency Management Agency, and a $15,000 contract for participation in the county Drug Enforcement Unit. Mayor Joe Lee presented the county contracts; Council Member Ellis Key moved the central dispatching contract.
The council renewed the Pell City Animal Facility user agreement for Oct. 2023–Sept. 2024 at $10,000 and authorized entering into an agreement with Michael Spence regarding a utility easement vacation. All motions were recorded as approved by unanimous vote of those present.
Mayor Lee moved to adjourn at 6:12 p.m.; the meeting was approved as closed. The minutes were later attested by Tracy L. Patterson, City Clerk.
What happens next: The approved hires, purchases and contracts will proceed under the terms and budget lines approved by the council; specific start dates and implementation details (for example, individual hire start dates beyond “after Sept. 19, 2023”) were not specified in the meeting record.