Improvements to unfold at city hall building in Imbler

City Recorder Nan Bigej said that the council is working on finding contractors who will either powerwash the exterior siding or repaint it, whichever it needs. If the council chooses to repaint, they expect the cost to be between $4,000 and $5,000.

Passersby may have already noticed that the flowerbed has been removed and landscaping has been downsized and made to be low maintenance. Bigej said the former flowerbed may be converted into a cemented patio area at some point.

Other improvements to the interior of city hall are in the making, thanks to a senior project by Hannah Bingaman, daughter of Shawn and Molly Bingaman of Summerville.

“Hannah Bingaman, a junior at Imbler school, has a senior project that will hopefully put new carpeting in the city hall and new window blinds,” said Bigej.

Hannah is in the early stages of planning her senior project, but she recognized the practical use of this idea.

“I’m really interested in interior design and photography,” said Bingaman, “and I thought the new carpet and window coverings in Nan’s office would be really cool. The carpet Nan has now is really old and worn and has a dirty look.”

Bingaman said that she will be accompanying Bigej to select the right type of carpeting for the office in the future.  She said she doesn’t have her timeline for her project completed yet, but would like to see the carpet and window coverings installed next summer before her senior year begins and things get busy for her.

Unlike some senior projects, this one will not involve a fundraising event.

“The city council might be able to pay for it,” said Bingaman. “If not, then it will come out of my personal savings.”

Bingaman is interested in photography and her senior project adviser, Jennifer Teeter, who teaches business and personal finance, suggested that she take before and after photos to be displayed in the city hall office as a permanent record of the hall’s makeover.