Draft minutes: County Council approved two industrial rezones next to JBS plant near Hyrum on 6-1 votes
The Oct. 27 minutes, up for approval Tuesday, also show a waste-sorting rezone and new animal-processing rules.
LOGAN - The Cache County Council voted 6-1 on Oct. 27 to rezone 7.5 acres and an adjacent 24 acres at 1200 West and 4600 South from agricultural to industrial, next to the JBS beef plant and inside Hyrum's future annexation area, according to draft minutes in the council's Nov. 10 meeting packet.
Council member David Erickson voted no on both, saying city planning should govern industrial growth on city edges, the minutes say. A representative of the applicant said Hyrum rescinded annexation consideration because JBS opposes annexation.
The council also voted 6-1, with Keegan Garrity opposed, to apply a public infrastructure overlay to 40 acres west of the Benson Marina for a Clean Slate Services waste-sorting and tire-recycling site. Unanimous votes approved rules for animal processing facilities, fire district board divisions based on taxable valuation and a road-frontage exemption in the Forest Recreation zone.
Why this matters
The rezones open farmland to industry at Hyrum's edge. The minutes are a draft until the council approves them Tuesday.
Source: Draft Oct. 27, 2026 Cache County Council minutes, Nov. 10 meeting packet.