The Benton County Board of Commissioners voted 2-1 Tuesday to allow the Coffin Butte landfill to expand.

Audience members wearing “STOP the Landfill Xpansion” stickers sat stunned in a meeting room at the Kalapuya Building in Corvallis on Tuesday afternoon.

Commissioner Nancy Wyse cried as she explained why was choosing to let the expansion move forward, despite her personal belief that the landfill hasn’t been a good neighbor.

“Nancy does not want to expand the landfill,” she said. “Commissioner Wyse must be impartial and follow the laws of Oregon and the Benton County code, as I swore to do at the beginning of my term.”

Coffin Butte landfill is located north of Corvallis, near the rural town of Adair Village. Its owner, Republic Services, has said it wants to add around six years to

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