The rates for the smaller cans without the unlimited service from Republic are $12.18 per month for a 32-gallon can and $17.93 for 65-gallon can service. BoiseDev asked City of Eagle Public Information Officer Dana Bibertson about this, and she replied with an explanation about an unrelated topic. The bids were reviewed by a committee and forwarded to the city council for review, which heard presentations from both companies on April 21st in an executive session.Īt the time, the agenda said the council was going into executive session “to consider preliminary negotiations involving matters of trade or commerce in which the governing body is in competition with governing bodies in other states or nations.” It’s not clear how the contract negotiations put the City of Eagle in competition with other states or nations. Pierce refuted this.Įagle put out a legal notice looking for a new solid waste contractor in February of this year and received bids from both Hardin and Republic. Former Mayor Stan Ridgeway, who lost a bitter reelection effort to Pierce in 2019, also came out and alleged Pierce’s “personal vendetta” against Republic Services was the driver behind the change. Several residents spoke at the public hearing against the change, noting they like the service they get from Republic, the natural gas trucks the company uses, and felt there was no reason to change companies. Your chance of becoming a victim of property crime if you live here? Just one in 245.“I think the safety of our community is number one, and I don’t think Republic has been looking at it that way, and I hope Hardin will learn from mistakes others have made and make sure going forward we’re taking care of the residents,” Pierce said, right before the vote on the contract. This means that you are less likely to become a victim of arson, motor vehicle theft, larceny, or burglary in Eagle than in most communities in America. NeighborhoodScout's analysis of property crime reveals that the property crime rate in Eagle is below average to all cities and towns in the nation. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Eagle is one in 683. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape (not statutory), and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Eagle's violent crime rate is 1 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Eagle. Now let us turn to take a look at how Eagle does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This means Eagle is one of the safest places in America in which to live for its size, a very important finding. The US average across communities from the largest to the smallest is 1 in 43.Īdditionally, NeighborhoodScout analyzed all cities and towns in America with a similar population size to Eagle, and we found that the crime rate in Eagle is one of the lowest in the nation for its size. If you live in Eagle, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in the community is 1 in 180. In Idaho, only on the order of 38% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Eagle. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime statistics, Eagle is safer than 73% of the cities and towns in the US of all population sizes.
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