By JIM BUTLER

Contrary to some expectations, the question of who provides parish ambulance service is not on today’s Police Jury agenda though, with unanimous vote, it could be added.

The jury’s Ambulance Advisory Committee voted in late February to recommend the parish continue sole provider status and switch providers.

Four services submitted proposals – Acadian (parish’s provider for about 30 years), AmeriPro, MedExpress and Pafford, whatever the details may be.

The committee, after executive session discussions, favored Pafford.

Such advisory panels are not subject to the same executive session restrictions as public bodies.

Today’s posted agenda does include Acadian’s monthly response report. Its contract requires meeting response times in at least 80% of the calls in each service zone.

The zones, required times and percentage of responses meeting or bettering the times:

• Alexandria, 8 minutes, 88.5%;
• Pineville, 8 minutes, 81.1%;
• Rapides, 12 minutes, 87.6%;
• Rapides, 20 minutes, 82.6%.