The Lincoln Parish Police Jury plans to move forward with a “pilot study” to test out the feasibility of painting stripes on chipsealed roads across the parish that are not currently striped.
The Lincoln Parish Police Jury is looking into the possibility of a new “hybrid model” for trash collection that would see the parish’s dumpster sites consolidated into more upgraded “megasites,” in addition to a potential door-to-door pickup service for some areas near the city of Ruston.
The Lincoln Parish Police Jury is trying to figure out whether it can improve motorist safety on several chip-sealed roads around the parish by having them striped.
Operations are continuing at the Lincoln Parish Landfill despite a recent “catastrophic failure” of the scales that are used to weigh intake, a situation the police jury will address at its monthly meeting tonight.
The Lincoln Parish Police Jury is moving forward with a construction project to create a “Health Hub” on donated land next to Northern Louisiana Medical Center to relocate the parish health unit and other healthrelated offices.
The Lincoln Parish Police Jury has agreed to the city of Ruston’s original $120,000 asking price for the Ruston Fire Department to continue providing ambulance service outside the city limits, but just for 2022.
The city of Ruston intends to stop providing ambulance and hazardous materials services outside the city limits effective June 1. Ruston officials have also told the Lincoln Parish Police Jury the city is withdrawing all offers to provide emergency service.
Lincoln Parish became the first in the state to complete its decennial reapportionment of voting districts Tuesday night as the police jury and school board unanimously passed a plan to shift their districts to more evenly distribute the population.
Lincoln Parish voting district boundaries will go under the microscope Monday as the police jury and school board hold a joint hearing on reapportionment.
The city of Ruston is prepared to stop providing ambulance service outside the city limits unless the Lincoln Parish Police Jury agrees to an increased contract fee.
