LOXLEY, Ala. — The Loxley Town Council met Monday night in regular session. All council members were present.

Joey Knight, Loxley Civic Center Events Coordinator, and Beryl Allen, the town’s senior activities coordinator addressed the town council concerning two proposals they wished the council to consider.

“The first request we have is to start a senior membership,” said Knight. Under the plan Knight outlined, seniors will pay $5 to $10 per year to join the Loxley Senior Center and will continue to receive the senior breakfast offered most Tuesdays at the center for $3. Nonmembers will be charged $4. According to Allen, membership in the senior center will be open to all area seniors. The center averages 90 to 100 seniors each week for the Tuesday breakfasts.

“We want to include van trips at the same price they are now,” added Knight. “We looked at it and talked about it and we are ready to make a final push.”

Allen added that the council was asked to think of “other perks we can offer” to make the membership more attractive.

“Most towns are doing this,” said Allen, when asked by several members of the council if this was a common practice.

Another item on the senior’s agenda, reported Knight was their desire to have a room at the Civic Center set aside for their use.

“It would be a place they could call their own,” said Knight, adding that the seniors he has talked to want to outfit the room with carpet, new furniture and a big screen TV. There’s about $1,000 in money for various “split the pot” drawings available, and there is talk of staging a “Seniors Follies” to raise the rest of the funds needed for the conversion.

Space is tight in the Center, and Knight identified two possible locations for the new senior room.

“We might have to move the office,” said Knight, adding that the other location of the room might be the “arts and crafts room” located toward the back of the building. That room, Knight said had the advantage of having a separate entrance.

No decision has been made as yet, Knight stressed.

“This is something for all of you to think about,” said Knight.

The membership dues, said Allen, could be paid over several weeks or months so seniors could fit then into their budgets.

“We are just coming to get guidance from you all,” said Allen.

The council also heard from Eric Hardy, a resident of South Holly Street, who wished to have the flood zone map around his home changed.

He needs the change to get federal funds to demolish the existing structure, which he says flooded twice in 2008 and construct a larger, raised home. He added later that the flood zone designation of the property had recently been changed.

“I love Loxley, and I love the area,” Hardy told the council.

Questioned as he was leaving the meeting, Hardy said he purchased the 1,000 square foot home about 13 years ago. The demands of a growing family means they need a larger home.

“I like the neighborhood, but the house has to go,” said Hardy.

Hardy estimates it will cost about $30,000 to remove the house. He says “The government was about to send a check,” said Hardy, when the change in the flood zoning came to light.

While councilors were generally agreeable to the request, they were not sure if they were the correct body for Hardy to petition. Hardy agreed to research he matter and return to the council later.

In other matters:

— The council approved the election of officers for the Loxley Volunteer Fire Department. The officers are: Executive Secretary, Rob Lindell; Fire Chief, Tim Curry; Assistant Fire Chief, Robert Wright; Captain, Raymond Lovell; Lieutenant 1 6004, Gavin Fell; Treasurer, Kenny Folsom; Personnel Chairperson, Ash Wursbach; and the Public Information Officer is Ed Vaughn.

— John M. Cason, Loxley Police Chief, informed the council that the department had purchased bullet resistant vests with money from the town and a grant from the Department of Justice. The cost was $7,368 of 15 vests.