By Bonnie Culverhouse

Minden City Council took the next step toward building a two million gallon ground storage tank project to ensure more water is available for City of Minden residents.

it’s about a $3.4 million job, and the council voted unanimously to advertise for bids Monday during its regular monthly meeting.

The tank will be around 35-feet tall, round and built on-site.

“It’s about a year-long project,” Public Works Director Tyler Wallace said in a previous interview.

He explained citizens use about 2.5 to 3 million gallons of water per day. “If something catastrophic happens, we could last a day with this new tank. If something happened today, we’d last a half a day.”

Minden Mayor Nick Cox said the project will not cost the residents any money.

“It is a state capital outlay project,” he said. “We were awarded 100 percent of the funds.”

In other business, the council voted unanimously for the following items:

• Adopt resolution authorizing credit card signatory power to Minden Main Street/Economic Development Director Sarah Overall.

• Adopt resolution authorizing signatory authority to Mayor Cox to fulfill all requirements to submit Louisiana Community Development Block Grant (LCDBG) application.

• Adopt resolution authorizing Mayor Cox to execute a contract for LCDBG administrative services.

• Adopt resolution authorizing Mayor Cox to execute a contract for LCDBG engineering services.

• Adopt resolution declaring 10 office chairs as surplus and fixing terms of sale.

• Authority for Mayor Cox to enter into an agreement with Synergy Sports for overall project costs to Recreation Complex, not to exceed $10,000,000.

• Authority for Mayor Cox to negotiate a funding agreement and a development agreement with Synergy Sports.

• Decommissioning and leveling of the dilapidated structures located on 3 acres on Recreation Drive.

• Budget/Financial report for February 2025.

• Fire reports for March 2025.

• Police report for February 2025.