By the end of the day, citizens of Lincoln Parish will likely know which agency or agencies will be providing emergency ambulance and rescue services outside the Ruston city limits starting next year.
With a provider recommendation from its Ambulance Service Committee now in hand, the Lincoln Parish Police Jury is scheduled to hold its next regular meeting on Oct. 11.
The Lincoln Parish Police Jury will continue renting out the “ old County Market” building to commercial tenants until the current lease with Dollar General expires in May of 2024.
Despite reports last week that some Lincoln Parish police jurors wanted to review Parish Administrator Doug Postel’s job performance at tonight’s meeting, the published agenda contains no such item.
Some members of the Lincoln Parish Police Jury want to fire Parish Administrator Doug Postel at the jury’s meeting Tuesday, claiming there is evidence of multiple “job performance issues.” But they have not revealed what those issues may be.
More than half of Lincoln Parish’s police jurors say want to see the Ruston Fire Department back at the negotiating table for rural ambulance and rescue services.
It would take a unanimous vote of the Lincoln Parish Police Jury to bring the city of Ruston back to the negotiating table for rural emergency medical and rescue service, Mayor Ronny Walker said Monday.