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Board Of Commissioners Meeting Packet Published For Jan. 20; Meeting To Start At 10 A.m. - 01/14/26

CORVALLIS, Ore. — The Benton County Board of Commissioners Office has published the agenda and meeting packet for the Jan. 20 meeting. The meeting will include two short public hearings and will begin at 10 a.m. in the Holmes & Shipley meeting room at 4500 SW Research Way in Corvallis.

 

The Jan. 20 Board of Commissioners meeting will begin an hour later than the standard 9 a.m. start time because of a smaller than usual amount of regular business on the agenda.

 

Public comment will be heard at the beginning of the meeting, but comment related to either of the scheduled public hearings will not be allowed.  

 

The first of two public hearings will begin at 11 a.m. It will address a development code text amendment related to mobile food carts. At this time, public comment about the text amendment only will be heard.

 

The second hearing will be a public hearing for reconsideration of the Board’s decision on LU-24-027, a Conditional Use Permit application to expand Coffin Butte Landfill. The Board will consider a recommended timeline for accepting written public testimony, included in the agenda packet published on Wednesday, Jan. 14.

 

The Board is considering a recommendation from Planning Division staff to open the record to receive a DEQ letter issued after the Board voted to approve the landfill expansion application in November 2025. The recommendation includes a timeline for the public to submit written evidence or argument regarding the new evidence presented at the Jan. 20 hearing. Planning staff is recommending the Board continue the hearing to a later date for deliberations and decision.

 

Ex parte rules continue to apply to the Commissioners’ consideration of the application. They prevent the Commissioners from hearing verbal or written comment outside of the public process for accepting evidence and testimony about the Coffin Butte Landfill.

 

No vote will be taken on Jan. 20 and no decision on the land use application will be made.

 

Following the public hearing on Jan. 20, the County will distribute a press release to share the Board’s decisions regarding continued hearing date and the timeline and guidelines for any open record period set during the hearing.

 

More information is available at bentoncountyor.gov/coffin-butte-landfill.

 

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Benton County is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission or access to our programs, services, activities, hiring and employment practices. This document is available in alternative formats and languages upon request. Please contact the Public Information Office at 541-766-6800 or pioinfo@bentoncountyor.gov.

Board Of Commissioners Meeting Packet Published For Jan. 20; Meeting To Start At 10 A.m. - 01/14/26

CORVALLIS, Ore. — The Benton County Board of Commissioners Office has published the agenda and meeting packet for the Jan. 20 meeting. The meeting will include two short public hearings and will begin at 10 a.m. in the Holmes & Shipley meeting room at 4500 SW Research Way in Corvallis.

 

The Jan. 20 Board of Commissioners meeting will begin an hour later than the standard 9 a.m. start time because of a smaller than usual amount of regular business on the agenda.

 

Public comment will be heard at the beginning of the meeting, but comment related to either of the scheduled public hearings will not be allowed.  

 

The first of two public hearings will begin at 11 a.m. It will address a development code text amendment related to mobile food carts. At this time, public comment about the text amendment only will be heard.

 

The second hearing will be a public hearing for reconsideration of the Board’s decision on LU-24-027, a Conditional Use Permit application to expand Coffin Butte Landfill. The Board will consider a recommended timeline for accepting written public testimony, included in the agenda packet published on Wednesday, Jan. 14.

 

The Board is considering a recommendation from Planning Division staff to open the record to receive a DEQ letter issued after the Board voted to approve the landfill expansion application in November 2025. The recommendation includes a timeline for the public to submit written evidence or argument regarding the new evidence presented at the Jan. 20 hearing. Planning staff is recommending the Board continue the hearing to a later date for deliberations and decision.

 

Ex parte rules continue to apply to the Commissioners’ consideration of the application. They prevent the Commissioners from hearing verbal or written comment outside of the public process for accepting evidence and testimony about the Coffin Butte Landfill.

 

No vote will be taken on Jan. 20 and no decision on the land use application will be made.

 

Following the public hearing on Jan. 20, the County will distribute a press release to share the Board’s decisions regarding continued hearing date and the timeline and guidelines for any open record period set during the hearing.

 

More information is available at bentoncountyor.gov/coffin-butte-landfill.

 

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Benton County is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission or access to our programs, services, activities, hiring and employment practices. This document is available in alternative formats and languages upon request. Please contact the Public Information Office at 541-766-6800 or pioinfo@bentoncountyor.gov.