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.
If Pafford Emergency Medical Services becomes the ambulance provider for Lincoln Parish, it will add one advanced life support ambulance to its area fleet, but that ambulance won’t be sitting in the parish waiting just for local calls.
It will be at least Aug. 5 before the committee charged with recommending how to provide ambulance and rescue service for parish residents outside the Ruston city limits resumes its discussions.
The Lincoln Parish Police Jury’s president and vice president were aware of an offer from the city of Ruston for parishwide ambulance and rescue service for the majority of 2021 but never brought it to the jury for a vote.
On Tuesday the Lincoln Parish Police Jury rejected an offer from the city of Ruston to extend the Ruston Fire Department’s emergency medical and rescue services to the parish through 2023 for $645,604 on a 3-6 vote.
The fate of ambulance and rescue services in Lincoln Parish is still up in the air after the police jury on Tuesday rejected an offer from the city of Ruston to extend the Ruston Fire Department’s parishwide coverage through 2023.
