“If you have an issue with a particular contractor, you should recuse yourself because it’s on the record that it’s personal.”įormer Eagle Mayor Stan Ridgeway. “I think you as a council owe it to the citizens of Eagle to be open and honest with what you’re doing,” he said. He did not provide details about how he knew this information. Ridgeway alleged Pierce then told a customer service representative the company would be done doing business in Eagle when their contract was up. He said customers will also be charged to have extra carts, like during the fall when customers have leaves to dispose of, to be delivered and picked up.ĭuring his comments, Ridgeway alleged Pierce has a “personal vendetta” against Republic Services because his trash was tagged after he put construction materials in his trash can multiple times and his can was tagged. One would be customers could no longer use personal cans without an extra charge to put out trash or leaves to be picked up. Hardin Sanitation will also be using biodiesel to fuel its trucks instead of natural gas, which an employee of the company said is comparable in emissions and air quality to what Republic Services does.īob Van Arnem, one of the members of the RFP committee that reviewed both proposals from Republic and Hardin, also pointed out some other changes between contracts. The price list posted on the city’s website did not appear to have a comparable service for Republic, so it is unknown how this compares to the current service. Commercial carts will cost $24.27 per month for a single cart. For up to six 95-gallon cans, you pay $29.97. For a 32-gallon can, customers pay $17.97 a month and the prices increase from there to $18.97 for 65 gallon and $19.97 for a 95-gallon can. Hardin has a different structure where the can sizes all have different prices and there is no unlimited option. Over a fifth of Eagle customers pay the smallest rate, according to Republic Services employee Rachele Klein. 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. “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.
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