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Moody City Council approves drainage project, routine purchases and school sponsorship in 13-minute session
Summary
At its Feb. 26 meeting, the Moody City Council approved a $45,000 Stuart Drive ditch-and-drainage project funded by Rebuild Alabama Act dollars (with one abstention), renewed a RecDesk subscription, authorized equipment purchases and pledged $500 to Moody Schools’ Special Olympics.
Mayor Joe Lee called the Moody City Council to order at 6:00 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2024, and the body quickly moved through a short agenda that included routine purchases, a school sponsorship and approval of a public-works drainage project.
The council approved the published agenda and the minutes from its Feb. 12 meeting by unanimous voice votes. Several residents and candidates were listed on the agenda to address the council, including Joey Stevens (running for County Commission Place 3) and Bryan Newell (seeking the U.S. House nomination in Alabama’s 3rd District), but the minutes record their appearances only as agenda items and contain no statements attributed to them.
Council members approved a series of spending items presented by staff. The council renewed the city’s RecDesk subscription with RecDesk, LLC for $4,700 (budget code 01-526-2300) and authorized replacement of two front-desk computers and one office computer from Dell Technologies for up to $3,500 (01-536-2300). The council also approved purchase of four metal picnic tables from U-Line (not to exceed $3,800, capital projects) and authorized the Fire Marshal’s office to buy and install a bed slide from H&H for $3,000 (01-514-5500). Each of those motions was moved and seconded by council members and carried by unanimous vote, as recorded in the minutes.
On the agenda’s public-works item, Mayor Lee presented the Stuart Drive ditch-and-drainage project. The motion, which named O’Cet, Inc. and the Public Works Department as vendors/implementers and capped costs at $45,000, was described in the minutes as funded from Capital Projects using Rebuild Alabama Act funds. Council Member Lynn Taylor moved the project; Council Member Matt Morris seconded. The minutes state that all present voted AYE except Council Member Nick Rutledge, who abstained; the motion carried.
The council also approved a $500 sponsorship for Moody Schools’ Special Olympics as a Mayor and Council expense (01-510-1200), on a motion by Council Member Linda Crowe that was seconded by Council Member Matt Morris and carried unanimously. Mayor Lee moved to close the meeting at 6:13 p.m.; the minutes show no further business.
Votes at a glance: the minutes record motions to approve the agenda and minutes; lodging reimbursement (up to $700) for training; renewal of RecDesk ($4,700); replacement of three computers (up to $3,500); four picnic tables (up to $3,800); Fire Marshal bed slide ($3,000); designation of voting delegates for the Alabama League of Municipalities convention; Stuart Drive ditch-and-drainage project (not to exceed $45,000, funded by Rebuild Alabama Act funds; Nick Rutledge abstained); and a $500 sponsorship for Moody Schools’ Special Olympics. Where the minutes record outcomes, they note motions carried; in most cases the minutes say "all present voted AYE" but do not list roll-call tallies.
The minutes were later attested by Mayor Joe Lee and City Clerk Tracy L. Patterson on March 11, 2024. The record contains no extended debate or direct quotations; most items were approved on voice votes and described in the minutes as carried or carried with the one abstention noted above.
