The Enid City Commission held a public hearing Dec. 2 on an application from Centurion Health Systems d/b/a Mercy Regional of Oklahoma to operate ambulance services within the city under the city's municipal code (Title 3, Chapter 8, Article A-4). The hearing is required by ordinance and allowed public comment before any licensing decision.

Matt Miller of Medford, who signed up to speak, said he reviewed the materials provided with the agenda and identified two omissions: three required city references and proof of umbrella insurance. “There are a couple things missing in that application. Firstly, there's a requirement for 3 references from the city. I did not see those in that application. And also there's a requirement for an umbrella insurance policy. I did not see that in there as well,” Miller said.

City staff responded that the three city addresses required for in-city references were provided by the applicant but had not been attached to the agenda packet, and that the applicant supplied a certificate showing umbrella insurance coverage in the amount of $2,000,000. Staff and counsel noted the private sale of assets between Life EMS and Mercy Regional had not completed; to avoid overlapping licenses and to reflect the pending transfer, staff advised approval conditioned on closing.

The commission voted to approve the ambulance-service license with a contingency that final issuance wait on completion of the sale/closing; the motion passed 6 to 0.

The approval is limited to the municipal licensing step and is explicitly contingent on the private transaction closing and on the applicant meeting any additional code requirements. The city will not issue conflicting licenses while the transfer remains pending.

Next steps: staff will finalize license paperwork and confirm the sale closing before issuing the active license.