LOXLEY, Alabama — The Loxley Town Council passed a pair of ordinances and a pair of resolutions at its meeting Monday night, but more importantly did not vote on an ordinance which would have more than doubled the town’s lodging tax.

At its meeting Dec. 10 the council voted to hold a public hearing at Monday night’s meeting to consider increasing the town’s lodging tax from 3 percent to 8 percent.

But during the public hearing held Monday Mayor Billy Middleton said the town had received incorrect information in comparing the town’s current lodging tax with the lodging tax charged by other communities.

“Bottom line is we’re not going to do it,” he said.

The proposed ordinance would have amended an ordinance adopted by the town Oct. 10, 1994.

A lodging tax is levied “upon every person engaged or continuing in this town in the business of renting or furnishing any room or rooms, lodging or accommodations to transients in any hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin or any other place in which rooms, lodgings or accommodations are regularly furnished to transients,” according to the ordinance.

Following the December meeting, Middleton said the town collected $5,400 with the 3 percent lodging tax during October and November, the first two months of the 2012-13 fiscal year. Averaged out that comes to more than $32,000 for the coming year under the current rate.

The proposal ordinance died for lack of a motion with all Council members present at Monday’s meeting.

In other business Monday, the Council voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance No. 2013-01 rezoning five lots on the corner of West Loxley Avenue and Cedar Street from R-1-A, single family residential, to B-1, commercial use, general business district.

In the application for rezoning, the property owner, Porter King III of Streydog & Associates LLC, stated the property would be an ideal location for a new municipal building, housing the library, police department, town hall, post office, etc.

The property is located on the south corner of Cedar Street, one block west of Highway 59, directly across from Loxley’s public library building, which is located on the south corner of Cedar Street and Highway 59. Town hall is located on the north corner or Cedar Street and Highway 59.

Middleton said, however, the town has no plans to acquire the property, which is a vacant lot of approximately 150 feet by 183 feet, and has no plans to move its municipal facilities at this time.

In other business Monday, the council:

• Adopted Ordinance No. 2013-02 increasing the town’s business license issuance fee from $10 to $12 reflecting an increase in filing costs for the town.

• Adopted Resolution No. 2013-03 agreeing to participate in the Severe Weather Preparedness Tax Holiday, which was adopted by the State Legislature and will be held Feb. 22-24.

• Adopted Resolution No. 2013-04 awarding the gasoline and diesel fuel bid for 2013 to Davison Fuels at a cost of $2.8087 per gallon for gasoline and $3.1892 per gallon for diesel fuel.

• Voted to accept one request for garbage fee exemption.

• Set a public hearing for the next town council meeting Monday, Feb. 11 to consider an ordinance that would remove fluoride from the town’s water supply.