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Benton County to hire outside counsel and consultants for possible landfill review; work-group member replaced
Summary
The Benton County Board of Commissioners authorized staff to solicit outside land-use consultants and independent legal counsel to handle any Republic Services landfill expansion review, and voted to replace a work-group member (Joel Guyer) with an alternate (Chuck Gilbert).
The Benton County Board of Commissioners agreed to seek outside land-use consultants and independent legal counsel to handle any potential land-use application from Republic Services and to reduce the role of county staff in that process.
County counsel Vance Cronin told the board the plan is to "authorize an expenditure of funds to hire a third lawyer to sit on that committee," naming Virginia Gustafson Lander as a potential candidate because she is a Benton County resident with land-use experience. Cronin said the outside lawyer would advise the consulting firm, support the county at planning commission hearings and, if necessary,…
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