The Benton County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing Tuesday to reconsider its decision approving the expansion of Coffin Butte Landfill. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in the Kalapuya Building’s Holmes and Shipley meeting room.
According to the meeting agenda, the board will consider reopening the record to receive a letter from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality that was issued after commissioners voted to approve the landfill expansion application in November 2024. Planning Division staff has recommended the board accept the new evidence and establish a timeline for the public to submit written testimony regarding the DEQ letter. The agenda states that no public comments will be heard during the hearing.
No vote will be taken Jan. 20 and no decision on the land use application will be made during the hearing. Planning staff is recommending the board continue the hearing to a later date for deliberations and a decision…