Commission reviews landfill policy additions and requests county to share CEP reports with planning panel
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Summary
The draft comp plan adds a policy to permit new construction or expansion of certain landfill facilities and commissioners pressed staff for transparency on outsourced economic reporting; staff agreed to provide the commission with the same monthly CEP reports sent to the Board of County Commissioners.
During the public hearing on Marion County's 2050 Comprehensive Plan amendments, staff highlighted a substantive change in the solid‑waste element that would allow for new C&D landfills and expansion of the county's baseline landfill site. Staff said the intent is to retain local disposal capacity and potentially save residents long‑term hauling costs to neighboring counties.
Separately, the commission discussed the economic element and whether the county's economic partner CEP provides sufficient public access to analyses relied on by staff. One commissioner argued CEP can be "closed" to non‑members; Assistant County Administrator Tracy Straub responded that "they do provide a monthly report to the Board of County Commissioners and it is put on our agenda." Staff committed to supply the planning commission with the same CEP materials the county receives.
The landfill and economic‑reporting language were included in the omnibus motion the commission approved recommending transmission of the entire amendment package to the Board of County Commissioners for state review.