The doors of Napier City Council's civic buildings will soon close, after they were found to be earthquake prone in a new report recieved today.
Staff will be moving from both the council's Station St buildings - which house the council offices, and library - "as quickly as possible", a council spokeswoman said.
The results of seismic assessment on the council's civic buildings were returned this morning. The report found the civic building which houses the mayoral chambers was measured with its lowest point at ten per cent of a new build in a catastrophic earthquake.
The building housing Napier Library came in at 15 per cent as its lowest point, which was "a bit of a surprise."
That rating was due to a couple of parts of the building.