City of Salem Council Meeting - September 14 , 2026

The City of Salem Council meeting on September 14, 2026, included an Urban Renewal Agency consent-calendar vote and several city council policy and funding items. The council approved an additional $1.37 million from the city’s livability bond affordable-housing fund for infrastructure improvements supporting the Kasaloma development, which is planned to provide 279 affordable homes. This adds to $3 million previously allocated; the project’s total cost was described as $64 million. The motion passed 5–3, with one councilor recused. Members discussed the remaining bond funds, the project’s readiness and costs, and possible reimbursement for oversized water and sewer infrastructure. No procurement contract award or vendor selection was identified.

The council also adopted Resolution 2026-38 establishing a framework for providing city services to tribal trust lands, including potential service charges and development-related fees. It passed a motion to broaden staff’s work on NDA practices, including advance notice to council and a specific prohibition on NDAs for data centers. Staff briefed council on a proposed data-center moratorium and related code amendments; the moratorium was not adopted at this meeting, with a hearing and decision still to come. The Urban Renewal Agency separately approved consent-calendar changes to the Downtown Advisory Board’s membership requirements.