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Roseburg council withholds ARPA funding for Public Safety Center renovation, rejects bids
Summary
Councilors voted to withhold awarding a $575,500 ARPA-funded contract to finish office and shower space on the Public Safety Center’s third floor and instead moved those funds back into the general fund; council also voted to reject all bids for the project after a 4–3 split.
Roseburg’s City Council on Nov. 18 voted to withhold funding for a planned renovation of the Public Safety Center’s third floor and to reject all construction bids after weeks of debate over using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money for city office space.
The project, designed by Wilson Architecture, would have finished roughly 1,800 square feet of previously unfinished space, added two single-occupant shower/restrooms, and converted storage into general office space. Staff reported the low…
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