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Marge (work group member) said the county maintains an email list of about 10,000 addresses while the county population is roughly 100,000, and that broad coverage likely requires a paid mailing service that uses public-address records. Marge said one vendor estimated a postcard mailing to all Benton County residents could cost about $5,000, though she cautioned that the amount could be higher.

Other members suggested targeted mailings by ZIP code or using the existing landfill neighbor notification list for immediate neighbors, which would reach a smaller group and cost less. The subcommittee agreed to report further on communication options at the work group meeting scheduled for Dec. 15 and asked county staff to circulate the SMMP outline and other links so interested parties can provide input.

Next steps: The communication subcommittee will develop specific recommendations on whether to use postcards to all households, targeted ZIP-code mailings, email notifications, or a mix of methods and present cost estimates and recommended language back to the work group on Dec. 15. The meeting record captured no county decision to fund a mailing; budget decisions would require separate county approval.

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The meeting was a report-out from multiple subcommittees of the Benton County Talks Trash work group (BCTT). The landfill size, capacity and longevity subcommittee said the site development plan filed in 2021 lays out how permitted acreage and cell sequencing would allow continued operations, but that the quarry material complicates projections for when and how the landfill would move into the quarry area.

\"It turns out to be a more complex equation than that,\" said Meeting chair (work group convenor), summarizing the subcommittee's view that physical parameters alone do not determine capacity. Subcommittee members said Republic Services has discussed quarry excavation with Knife River but has not shared firm outcomes of those negotiations with the subcommittee.

Members described three practical implications: (1) engineers and operators must decide whether to excavate quarry rock before filling, (2) if excavation occurs someone must accept and store or dispose of the excavated material, and (3) scheduling or financing excavation can shift who bears the cost and when cells become available. \"There are a lot of dilemmas,\" the Meeting chair said, noting those trade-offs currently rest with Republic and Knife River.

Work group members also described a site development plan timetable that would require preparations to begin in the mid-2020s to move into the quarry area, and emphasized that the county's ability to plan depends on clearer information from the landfill operator. A subcommittee member who submitted a letter to the work group argued that Republic Services' contractual arrangements with outside customers affect when and how space is used and that those contract patterns are \"a problem of Republic Services' own making.\"

Bill Brumman (as reported during the meeting) and other committee members said Republic Services is actively discussing whether Knife River can expedite aggregate removal to create space sooner, but that no firm schedule or written commitments were available to the subcommittee at the time of the report.

The subcommittee recommended continuing to press for timely information from Republic and its contractors so county planning and any consultant work can consider alternative waste-management options if quarry constraints shorten the landfill's usable life. The meeting record shows the subcommittees plan to keep meeting through February to compile information and refine scenarios for county review.

Background and next steps: Subcommittee members said the 2021 site development plan remains the county's primary technical projection for acreage and cell life. The subcommittee will continue to seek clarifying data from Republic Services and Knife River and incorporate any new information into the broader sustainable materials management planning process that the county is scoping.

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\"The county commissioners had strongly wanted this to be about Benton County,\" said Marge (work group member), stressing that the RFP should reflect local core values rather than simply copying other counties' plans. She and other members urged that the county use the RFP to attract a consultant capable of forward-looking analysis, including alternatives to landfilling such as recycling, reuse, composting and potential waste-to-energy options.

Members said the draft outline incorporates examples from other Oregon plans, including Portland Metro, but cautioned that a
\"me-too\" approach would not reflect Benton County's stated sustainability goals. The subcommittee intends to submit edits to the outline by an immediate deadline referenced in the meeting (members cited a near-term Friday deadline for input to the work group).

Daniel Redick, identified as Benton County staff, confirmed the board of county commissioners approved a work plan that includes SWAC and DSAC feedback on a draft by Feb. 10. Several members asked that the RFP scope include long-term scenario analysis of legislative trends, methane-management technology, and regional coordination with neighboring jurisdictions.

Committee members said a separate selection process will later procure the consultant who will prepare the formal plan; the work group has already engaged a facilitator and is drafting the RFP language. Subcommittee members asked county staff to circulate the outline URL and to accept written input according to the announced deadline.

Next steps: The SMMP subcommittee will finalize recommendations for the RFP scope and return the draft to SWAC/DSAC for comment in advance of county action. Members recommended emphasizing Benton County's core values in the RFP and prioritizing consultants with experience in long-term, innovation-focused waste planning.

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Subcommittee participants said the county initially provided an approximately 60-page compilation of land-use actions beginning in 1974. The subcommittee has expanded that record to about 125 pages while working through roughly 80-plus conditions of approval tied to notices of decision and other land-use documents.

\"We're trying to determine whether or not prior land use actions' whether the landfill owner is in compliance, whether it's not been demonstrated that compliance is happening, whether it's not in compliance but we need more information,\" said Mark (first name only in transcript), describing the subcommittee's review process. Members said the work is detailed and ongoing and that they have drafted introductory material aimed at guiding readers through the voluminous documents.

The subcommittee includes county staff (Inga Williams and Jeff Condit were named as county participants in the discussion) and volunteer work group members. Its work is intended to identify where evidence shows compliance, where documentation is missing, and where follow-up inquiries to the landfill owner or county files are needed.

Next steps: The subcommittee will continue its document-by-document review and report findings to the broader work group and SWAC/DSAC. Members said the process is still in progress and did not announce formal enforcement actions; rather, they are compiling the record to determine whether additional county follow-up is required.

","A DSAC/SWAC subcommittee reported that county staff and volunteers have expanded a land-use compliance review of Coffin Butte-related actions dating to the 1970s. The committee said an initial 60-page staff compilation has grown to roughly 125 pages as members assess whether conditions of approval tied to permits have been met or require further","actionData","errors"]

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