By Bonnie Culverhouse

The Minden Civic Center side of City Hall will soon see something much needed – updated plumbing. During the city council’s special session Monday, they voted unanimously to approve a budget amendment to allow for a project to replace infrastructure that is more than 50 years old and made of cast iron.

Minden Mayor Nick Cox said that because the project bid came in under the bid threshold, additional authority was not required to award the project bid of more than $45,500.

“The council voted to approve the expense as it was an emergency and not a budgeted item,” Cox said.

The City Hall side of the complex was updated in 2010 during remodel and addition, he said.

Shreveport-based Storer Services is set to begin any day now.

“The timeline will depend on coordination and any unforeseen conditions once work starts, but we expect the project to move forward quickly and be completed in about two weeks,” Cox said.

Until that time, portable facilities are located in the parking lot just outside the civic center.