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Benton County postpones reconsideration hearing for Coffin Butte Landfill to Jan. 20

Benton County Board of Commissioners · March 20, 2026
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Summary

Benton County staff postponed the Jan. 6 reconsideration of LU 24-027 (Coffin Butte Landfill) to a public hearing on Jan. 20, saying materials will be posted on Jan. 13 and about 1,000 interested parties were notified; county counsel said the 90-day reconsideration clock began Dec. 16.

Benton County officials postponed a planned reconsideration of LU 24-027, the conditional-use permit application for the Coffin Butte Landfill, and set a public hearing for Jan. 20.

Petra Sheets, the planning director, said the Jan. 6 agenda originally included a public hearing on the reconsideration but that the item has been postponed to Jan. 20 "to allow some more time for that public hearing process." She said a packet will be available on Jan. 13 and that "all that information will be posted to the Coffin Butte Landfill web page in a press release that's forthcoming" and distributed via Flash Alert and the county homepage; staff also sent notice to about 1,000 interested parties.

The postponement is intended to give staff and outside legal counsel time to develop the…

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