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April 25, 2025 in News

Benton County statement about LU-24-027 public written testimony

The staff report for LU-24-027 was published by the Benton County Planning Division on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Public written testimony is one of the addenda/exhibits included with this report. The large amount of content submitted as written testimony was more than the Munidocs platform could support. When the County realized that the initial compilation of comments uploaded on April 22 was truncated, staff began recompiling written testimony, ending up with six separate files to contain all the material for the addendum.

All written testimony submitted before 5 p.m. on April 21 is now published to the Munidocs platform. Benton County assures the public that all comments currently found on Munidocs will be seen by the Planning Commission prior to the start of the Public Hearing on April 29, not just those comments initially uploaded on April 22.

The next batch – including comments submitted between 5:01 p.m. on April 21 and 5:00 p.m. on April 29 – will be delivered in hardcopy to Planning Commission members prior to the start of the Public Hearing at 6 p.m. on April 29, but will not be uploaded to Munidocs until the digital compilation is available in May.

The final batch of written testimony will include all written comments submitted from 5:01 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29 through one week after the close of public testimony – a date that will be determined by the Planning Commission Chair during the Public Hearing. This written testimony will be available to Planning Commission members prior to the deliberation and decision meeting of the Public Hearing on June 17, 2025. It will be uploaded to Munidocs as soon as it is compiled, which will likely be after the Public Hearing ends on June 17.

Members of the public who submitted written testimony prior to 5 p.m. on April 21 and do not find their comment included in any of the six written testimony files on Munidocs* should contact publiccomment@bentoncountyor.gov by 5 p.m. on Monday, April 28. Any comments inadvertently omitted from the compiled written testimony will be delivered to Planning Commission members at least 24 hours prior to the start of the Public Hearing to ensure they can be read and considered ahead of the hearing.

County staff are reaching out to everyone who submitted written testimony prior to 5 p.m. on April 21 through the publiccomment@bentoncountyor.gov email address and the online comment form on the County website, providing instructions for verifying the presence of their comment.

*County staff recommend using Ctrl+F (PC) or Command+F (Mac) keyboard shortcuts in your web browser to keyword search the compiled written testimony documents, as the search feature in Munidocs is ineffective.

March 27, 2025 in News

Four ways to submit written comments about the proposed landfill expansion application

Members of the public are invited to submit written testimony about Republic Services’ Conditional Use Permit application (LU-24-027). Planning Commissioners will receive the full text of all written comment submitted. It will not be edited or summarized.

There are four ways to submit written testimony:

Submit testimony online

Regular Mail (USPS)
Benton County Community Development
4500 SW Research Way
Corvallis, OR 97333-1139

Email
publiccomment@bentoncountyor.gov

Hand Delivery
Community Development is located on the second floor of the Kalapuya Building at 4500 SW Research Way in Corvallis, OR. The office is open Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Timeline for Written Testimony

The deadline to submit written testimony will be determined by the length of the Public Hearing. As long as it is open, written public comments will be accepted into the record. Once all verbal testimony is received, the Planning Commission chair will determine when the Public Hearing should be closed. The schedule provided above is planned and expected, but those dates are not guaranteed as less time might be required for verbal testimony.

After the public hearing, all written comments that were not in the original staff report will be added to the record and posted to the County website in one action. 

Expected Hearing Schedule

Tuesday, April 29, 6 – 9 p.m.              Day 1: Staff report, applicant presentation and start public testimony if time permits
Thursday, May 1, 6 – 9 p.m.Day 2: Start or continue public testimony
Tuesday, May 6, 6 – 9 p.m.Day 3: Continue public testimony as necessary
Tuesday, June 17, 6 p.m. – completeDay 4: Deliberations and decision

Find more information about the landfill and the application for proposed expansion on the Coffin Butte Landfill page.

March 19, 2025 in News

Hearing dates set for landfill expansion application, public comment period now open

The Benton County Planning Division has announced the schedule for the public hearing on Republic Services’ Conditional Use Permit application for the proposed expansion of the Coffin Butte landfill.

The public comment period is now open. The following dates have been set for the hearing before the Benton County Planning Commission.

Tuesday, April 29, 6 – 9 p.m.              Day 1: Staff report, applicant presentation and start public testimony if time permits
Thursday, May 1, 6 – 9 p.m.Day 2: Start or continue public testimony
Tuesday, May 6, 6 – 9 p.m.Day 3: Continue public testimony as necessary
Tuesday, June 17, 6 p.m. – completeDay 4: Deliberations and decision

The hearing will be held at the County’s Kalapuya Building at 4500 SW Research Way in Corvallis. Anyone can sign up as an Interested Party to receive updates about the status of the CUP application and changes or additions to the schedule.

County invites comment from public

Members of the public can now submit written testimony about the CUP application.

After the public hearing, all written comments that were not in the original staff report will be added to the record and posted to the County website in one action. 

Members of the public can also sign up to share verbal testimony during the hearing. An online sign-up system will be released about a week before the hearing begins. Although this option will be available, the community is encouraged to provide written comments in advance so Planning Commission members, County staff and the public have time to consider all perspectives and prepare to respond at the hearing. This also allows for the most efficient use of meeting time.

Addendum submitted, now available to public

Republic Services submitted additional material for the CUP application on March 14, 2025. This addendum to the Burden of Proof (submitted on Jan. 15) is publicly available on the Munidocs platform as Landfill Expansion Application, 1st Addendum to Burden of Proof.

The Benton County Planning Division is working to incorporate this new information into the staff report.

View Republic Services’ CUP application online:

To learn more about the decision process, visit bentoncountyor.gov/coffin-butte-landfill.

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