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Parish seeks input on ambulance service
The St. Tammany Parish Council is seeking input from residents as it considers renewing the parish's contract with Acadian Ambulance Service as the sole provider of emergency and non-emergency ambulance service in specified unincorporated areas.
The council is inviting residents to attend its Agenda Review Committee meeting Wednesday at 6 p.m. to offer suggestions for improvement or to request services the company does not already provide, said Mike Sevante, the council's administrator.
The meeting will take place in the council's chambers on Koop Drive north of Mandeville.
The meeting is not necessarily the place for residents to lodge complaints about Acadian, as the council has a Quality Assurance Panel for that purpose, he said.
The council plans to introduce an ordinance to renew Acadian's contract Nov. 5 and likely will vote on the matter in December.
Acadian has provided ambulance services to the parish since 1996, and the parish's 4th Fire Protection District also provides ambulance services in and around Mandeville.
Officials are working on the agreement, and plan to make it available to the public after hearing from residents and prior to adoption. The parish's current agreement with Acadian, based in Lafayette, expires at the end of the year, Sevante said.
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Christine Harvey can be reached at charvey@timespicayune.com or 985.645.2853.
