MPR City council discusses flood donations

July 17, 2025

By Michelle Rodriguez

The Belton Journal

The City of Morgan’s Point Resort’s city council held a regular meeting on July 8 at the MPR Event Center. Before the regular meeting there was a workshop. To start, Mayor James “Jimbo” Snyder announced that the Volunteer Firefighters Association in collaboration with five different departments Barlett, Sparta, Holland, Bell, and Moffat are collecting items and goods for the regions affected by flooding. “Those locations along with our fire department have partnered with Bold Republic and Belton Feed as well as 1-800 Board Up and the storage location here in town. I want to thank everyone that has contributed or thought about contributing even a simple thought or simple prayer,” said Snyder. “Priority items right now are cleaning supplies like bleach, mops, brooms, dust pans, cleaning solutions, and baby wipes,” Snyder added. “Hunt residents requested flat shovels, rounded shovels, gardening shovels, work gloves, work boots, socks, and boot length socks for people working up and down the river.” They are accepting monetary donations and checks made out to the Volunteer Firefighters Association. A citizen’s comment was made by Kaylee Brown, whose parents own a property at 29 Vista. “We’re here for the short-term rental permit. We’re really excited about this property. My oldest sister is having a baby in Temple so that’s why they bought the property. This would be a great way to get some income,” said Brown. Her parents couldn’t go to the meeting due to a volleyball tournament in Florida, so Brown went to the meeting since she was closer, living in Dallas. The packet was completed by the owners and the city council adopted it. Resolution 2522, asked for city council to consider and discuss a resolution to establish a formal automatic aid agreement between the city of Morgan’s Point Resort Fire Rescue and Moffat Volunteer Fire Department. “Historically, Moffat has been a mutual aid partner for us. Mutual aid means that if we need help, we call anybody, and they come help us. That does lead to a delay in notification. The automated agreement makes this where it automatically occurs. If a fire, a structure fire, a wild and urban interface fire, or anything that is specified in the agreement occurs in Morgan’s Point or Moffat, it’s a reciprocal agreement, they will automatically be dispatched by the Bell County Communications Center,” said Fire Chief Taran Vaszocz. This would help save time and allow the departments to have the manpower and equipment they need to fight fires. It was clarified that the agreement is between the Moffat Volunteer Fire Department and not the City of Moffat. An RFP was discussed for road improvement services with Bennet Pavement Incorporated and the council authorized the city manager to execute a contract as long as it does not exceed the budget amount. A resolution considered Tom Edwards as new P&Z Committee member to fill the vacancy through September 2026. The Finance Director, Mary Tolman, gave a brief update on the audit. It was pointed out by city council member Roxanne Styker that the city could be penalized if the audit was not completed in a timely manner and that Tolman and her staff are doing a great job. The next special session will cover the budget. It was brought up by the mayor that terms should be staggered.