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| Special Project Requires More Guards |
| By djcoregon.com |
| Published: 06/15/2010 |
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A mandate from the 2009 Oregon Legislature to use 1.5 percent of all new construction project budgets for solar energy projects means the agency responsible for housing Oregon’s prisoners will be doing more solar projects in the future. But according to Vern Rowan, facilities services business manager for the Department of Corrections, rolling out new projects has been slow going due to a lack of extra staff to escort contractors while they work on prison property. Because of the secure nature of the correction department’s properties, all contractors need to be monitored by prison staff. “Our workforce has to escort contractors around and we don’t have people who can escort every day,” Rowan said. “We have other construction going on outside of our energy projects. If we did too many at once, it could impact the safety and order of our facilities.” Read More. |
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