The Bingen City Council has decided to go ahead and appropriate 19-thousand dollars to replace light bulbs in street and decorative lamps with LED bulbs. Bingen received a state grant for the project, but estimates came in $19,000 over budget. Mayor Betty Barnes says the Council decided it was worth the cost to go ahead with the replacement, because of anticipated savings in electricity costs in the long run. In other business, the Council set priorities for improvements to Daubenspeck Park, but will wait on moving forward until they see what impact state budget decisions have on the City’s financial situation.