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A priority for Grant County Emergency Management Coordinator Eric Bush since beginning his role in late 2021 has been to remodel the seven-decade Berry Building as the county’s new emergency management center.
But in order to be an official emergency management facility, it must meet state seismic standards. Bush said it likely does not, having been built more than 70 years ago in 1950.
Bush plans to hire a structural engineer to determine the work and cost to make the 73-year-old building seismically compliant to meet the state’s requirements. The state of Oregon has a competitive grant program to provide the money to do the seismic rehabilitation work, particularly for public schools and emergency services buildings under the state’s Seismic Rehabilitation Grant Program.
The Grant County Court unanimously approved Bush to use $19,200 in contingency funds to conduct a structural survey on the emergency management building. Bush hopes to have the survey completed b