{"id":18917,"date":"2022-11-02T01:06:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T01:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=18917"},"modified":"2022-11-01T20:09:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T20:09:20","slug":"bellevue-to-hire-local-private-snow-removal-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/02\/bellevue-to-hire-local-private-snow-removal-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Bellevue To Hire Local, Private Snow Removal Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like many businesses right now, the City of Bellevue is experiencing a staffing shortage.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city\u2019s Public Works Department, which normally has up to seven employees for snow removal operations, is down to three employees. To make up for the lack of staff, the city plans to contract with a local company, Pappas Pumping and Land Development Company, to provide on-call snow plowing services. The company will be tasked with plowing residential streets, especially those streets considered to be a top priority.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBy contracting with a private company to help plow residential streets, the city can focus its attention on removing snow from Main Street,\u201d said Mayor Kathryn Goldman.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to Main Street, the city\u2019s top priority streets include Pine, Ash, Beech, 2nd, and Spruce Street from Main to 6th Street. Even with the additional resources provided by the local company, Mayor Goldman wants residents to know that there still may be delays in clearing streets this winter. In particular, residents should be aware that:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When snow accumulations reach 3 inches, the city will plow Main Street and the streets near schools and other critical locations (e.g., city hall and fire station) first.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some roads will not get the same level of service and may be only plowed minimally or will have snow and ice on the roadway for longer periods of time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on the severity of the storm, it may take several hours to several days for life to return to normal. In the aftermath of the storm, be patient and self-sufficient, and travel only if it\u2019s absolutely necessary.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPublic safety is our first priority. We need to focus our resources on clearing snow from streets deemed essential to provide public safety. In doing so, we may have longer response times getting to some of the secondary streets throughout the community,\u201d Mayor Goldman said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mayor also encourages residents and business owners to help the city this winter by:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Removing snow from sidewalks in front of your home and business.\u00a0 The best time to shovel snow is immediately after it falls and before ice can begin to form.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After you clear the sidewalk of snow, consider applying an ice-melting substance. The city recommends the use of calcium chloride (sometimes called \u201chot melt\u201d) rather than sodium chloride (rock salt) because it is less damaging to sidewalks and plants.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, it works at a much lower temperature, so it is more effective in freezing conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your home or business is at a corner, please remove the snow from the sidewalk ramps so children and other pedestrians can cross the street.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you can afford one, buy a snowblower, and help your neighbors.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure you blow the snow into your yard and not the street.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To view the city\u2019s Snow Removal Policy, please visit the city\u2019s website at www.bellevueidaho.us. For more information, please contact Mayor Goldman at (208) 788-2128.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like many businesses right now, the City of Bellevue is experiencing a staffing shortage.\u00a0\u00a0 The city\u2019s Public Works Department, which normally has up to seven employees for snow removal operations, is down to three employees. To make up for the lack of staff, the city plans to contract with a local company, Pappas Pumping and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,72,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bellevue","8":"category-community","9":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18921,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18917\/revisions\/18921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}