City of Monroe, LA

ORDINANCE

STATE OF LOUISIANA

CITY OF MONROE                                                                        NO.  12,231               

            The following Ordinance was introduced by Mr.  McFarland                who moved for its adoption and was seconded by Mr.  Harvey                        :

WHEREAS, the City of Monroe, in coordination with the Ouachita Parish Police Jury and the City of West Monroe, adopted the Uniform Ambulance Service Ordinance (Monroe City Code, Chapter 5) to ensure that quality ambulance service is available to all residents, provide for the uniform regulation of ambulance service throughout Ouachita Parish, and provide for the license of one provider within Ouachita Parish;

WHEREAS, following a request for proposals and a thorough review of all applicants, Acadian Ambulance Service, Inc. was selected to provide exclusive ambulance service throughout Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, beginning January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2023;

WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 7331, the City of Monroe ratified and approved the Ambulance Services Agreement and licensed Acadian Ambulance Services, Inc. as the sole ambulance service provider within the City of Monroe from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2023;

WHEREAS, in accordance with Section III of the Ambulance Services Agreement, the Ambulance Service Agreement was extended for a one-year period until December 31, 2024;

WHEREAS, Acadian Ambulance Services, Inc. requested that the license be extended for an additional two years, from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026;

WHEREAS,the Ambulance Service Advisory Board, established under the Uniform Ambulance Service Ordinance, met several times to consider the request, and thereafter voted to recommend the two-year extension of the Ambulance Services Agreement, from January 1, 2025 until December 31, 2026,

WHEREAS, the Ouachita Council of Governments reviewed and approved the recommendation at its meeting on June 24, 2024, and the Ouachita Police Jury and City of West Monroe have subsequently approved the extension; and

WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 5-52 of the Monroe City Code, the City of Monroe desires to extend the Ambulance Services Agreement with and renew the license of Acadian Ambulance Services, Inc. from January 1, 2025 until December 31, 2026.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council, in legal and regular session convened, that:

Section 1. The extension of the Ambulance Services Agreement with Acadian Ambulance Services, Inc. from January 1, 2025 until December 31, 2026 is hereby approved.

 Section 2. Acadian Ambulance Services, Inc.’s exclusive license as the sole provider of ambulance services within the City of Monroe is hereby extended from January 1, 2025, until December 31, 2026.

Section 3. Mayor Friday Ellis be and is hereby authorized to execute all documents necessary or proper to extend the Ambulance Services Agreement as set forth herein and to renew the license of Acadian Ambulance Services, Inc.

This Ordinance was introduced on the  23rd     day of July 2024.

            Notice Published on the  26th           day of July, 2024.

This Ordinance having been submitted in writing, introduced and published, was then submitted to a vote as a whole, the vote thereon being as follows:

AYES:            Harvey, Ezernack, Woods, McFarland & Muhammad

NAYS:            None.

ABSENT:      None.

And the Ordinance was declared ADOPTED on  13th         day of August, 2024.

Juanita Woods                       

CHAIRPERSON

Carolus S. Riley                                 

CITY CLERK

Oliver Friday Ellis                             

MAYOR’S APPROVAL

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MAYOR’S VETO