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Council approves $1.5 million in bond premium to fix Civic Center electrical grounding
Summary
The Salem City Council voted May 11 to use $1.5 million in bond premium funds to address unsafe electrical grounding and replace aging panels discovered during the Civic Center seismic retrofit; staff said the work is critical to safety and the project remains on schedule for January 2027.
The Salem City Council voted unanimously May 11 to use $1,500,000 in bond premium funds to pay for an electrical overhaul discovered during the Civic Center seismic retrofit.
Assistant city engineer Aaron Kimsey told the council the buildings electrical grounding was not to current code and that "the current electrical system is harmful to life and property" without a complete overhaul of panels, breakers and grounding. Kimsey said the project team found an uneven mix of panels that are properly grounded and others that lack a safe fault path, and he described the condition as creating a risk of electrocution or fire.
The civic retrofit is part of the…
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