By Nathan Prewett
MOODY – At a regular meeting of the Moody City Council on Monday, May 10, a local thanked the police and fire departments for assisting his wife after a recent car accident.
The meeting began with the council hearing monthly reports from department heads, including Police Chief Thomas Hunt and Fire Chief Larry Horton.
Hunt reported 1,102 calls for the month of April, as well as 48 arrests, 89 warning citations, 222 citations, 84 misdemeanors, 30 felonies, and $333.74 was spent on vehicle maintenance.
For April Horton reported that there was a total of 176 responses, three fires (one woods, one vehicle and one rubbish), 97 emergency medical calls, 72 vehicle wrecks, 26 public service, 24 lift assists, nine false alarms and received mutual aid twice. The average dispatch to route time was one minute and 17 seconds and the average dispatch to arrival time was six minutes and 14 seconds.
By Nathan Prewett
MOODY – Expenses for the Doris Stanley Memorial Library (otherwise known as the Moody Public Library) not to exceed $2,000 was approved at a brief meeting of the Moody City Council on Monday, April 26.
The request was made by library director Patsy Spradley, who said that the program will be done online for the summer due to the COVID-19 situation as opposed to doing them live in previous programs. Four videos will be produced for children to watch as part of the program.
“We have a good time,” she said. “And I know that it’s a lot more fun to be able to go and watch our live shows, but this will suffice this year.”
By Nathan Prewett
MOODY At a regular meeting on Monday, April 12, the Moody City Council held a public hearing for the amendment of the 2013 CDBG Economic Development Project, which relates to road improvements on Kelly Creek Rd. serving Love’s Travel Stop.
Before the public hearing was held, the council heard reports from department heads, including the police and fire departments for the month of March.
In the police report, the department received 1,171 calls for service, 32 arrests, 86 warning citations, 194 total citations, 76 completed reports, 20 misdemeanor cases were closed, 30 felony cases (23 closed), 16,021 miles were driven and there were $5,936.94 in expenses for vehicle repairs.
By Nathan Prewett
MOODY – At a regular meeting on Monday, March 8, 2021, the Moody City Council meeting began with reports for the month of February from department heads, including the Moody Police Department and the Moody Fire Department.
Moody Police Chief Thomas Hunt reported 1,058 calls, 38 arrests, 62 warning tickets, 179 citations, 67 misdemeanors, 41 felonies, and 15,499 miles were driven.
Moody Fire Department Chief Larry Horton reported 145 responses, six fires (three vehicle, three woods and grass or other), 81 emergency medical calls, 18 public service, eight vehicle assists, 12 false alarms, and 14 wrecks. Dispatch enroute time was one minute and 41 seconds, and dispatch to arrival was six minutes and one second.
By Nathan Prewett
MOODY – At a meeting on Monday, Jan. 25, the Moody City Council approved requests to rezone a number of acres that will be used to develop Kelly Creek Commerce, otherwise known as Kelly Creek Business Park, on Kelly Creek Road.
The requests were made by Michael A. Mouron of Capstone Real Estate Investments along with Paul Eaves to rezone 119 acres located off Kelly Creek road, as well as another 14 acres in the same area from AG-1 (Agriculture) to B-5, which is business commercial park district.
Mouron made an additional request with the estate of Lottie Hyche to rezone 40 acres located off of Kelly Creek to B-5.